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All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 104
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Collaborative spirit of PM report welcomed
The government's new strategic framework for food has been hailed by manufacturers as the beginning of the end of conflicting and interventionist measures. The 126-page Food Matters: Towards a Strategy for the 21st Century report, published...
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Ombudsman role may be delayed by retailers
The creation of a grocery ombudsman could be delayed by as much as two years as the Competition Commission thrashes out the detail with the supermarkets. This was the fear expressed this week by supplier organisations, lawyers and MPs at a meeting...
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Norman: stand up to regulatory fists
Former Asda chairman and Tory MP Archie Norman claimed the current breed of politicians and regulators are the most reactionary yet and retailers need to stay ahead of the tide of regulation. In a provocative speech at The Grocer Gold...
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Booker to tailor offer to Scottish customers
Cash & carry giant Booker plans to start tailoring its offer to suit Scottish customers, after trading director Warren Thompson admitted this week that it was still not performing as it would like north of the border. In the week Booker...
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Nisa-Today's crosses border to build business in Republic
Buying group Nisa-Today's has made its first foray into the Republic of Ireland. Nisa has been supplying one major account in the Republic, the identity of which remains secret, for four months now as part of a trial. The contract...
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Asda tipped to buy Somerfield for £2bn
Asda has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to buy high-street grocery chain Somerfield, The Grocer has learnt. Somerfield hired the bank Citigroup this week after receiving "some unsolicited approaches", according to a source close...
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British urged to export health range expertise
Food from Britain has launched a bid to help UK manufacturers target overseas markets where better-for-you products are yet to make a mark. The UK's own label health and wellbeing category is worth £1.5bn a year, according to TNS...
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We're rivals to big four, Netto tells Commission
Netto UK has told the Competition Commission's groceries inquiry it is wrong not to consider discounters effective competition to the multiple grocers. In its provisional findings last October, the Commission said the discounters were...
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FSA aims to beat food fraudsters
The Food Standards Agency is explore new methods of detecting food fraud. It is to invite experts on food fraud detection to a seminar next month to tell enforcement officers how they can use modern techniques, such as DNA testing, to...
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Select & Save cuts 60 everyday prices
Symbol group Select & Save has introduced a round of price cuts designed to turn up the heat on rivals Tesco and Bargain Booze. The group has cut the prices of 60 everyday grocery items for a three-week promotion starting this month. The...
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CJ Lang raises age challenge to 25
Dundee-based wholesaler and Spar retailer CJ Lang is introducing a Challenge 25 policy in a bid to prevent underage sales of alcohol. CJ Lang currently asks its retailers to demand ID from anyone staff believe to be under 21. It is set to...
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Nisa rebels seek election to board
The rebels who derailed Nisa-Today's proposed merger with Costcutter have launched a controversial bid to win seats on the buying group's board. Papers seen by The Grocer show that former leading lights in the Nisa Members Association,...
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Test may view discounters as ineffective competition
Attempts by Aldi, Lidl and Netto to expand could be hampered by a Competition Commission proposal to introduce a 'competition test' for new store developments. The idea, mooted in the provisional findings, would mean any proposed new...
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Cigarettes ditched at Lidl in Scotland
Lidl is to stop selling cigarettes in its Scottish stores in a bid to enhance its healthy credentials. From next week, tobacco will no longer be stocked in any of its 78 outlets north of the border, bringing the offer into line with the...
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Winterton blasts superstore voting
The Electoral Commission has been urged to stop allowing supermarkets to set up in-store polling stations on the grounds it undermines small retailers. Tory backbencher, Sir Nicholas Winterton made the plea this week during a House of...
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The beginning ofthe end?
Convenience chains could become a target again for the major multiples after the Competition Commission found Tesco's and Sainsbury's move into c-stores had done independent retailers no harm. The commission's surprise verdict in the...
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Salmonella alert shuts Fox's factory
Confectionery maker Fox's has reopened two of the four product lines it was forced to suspend at its Leicester plant after the discovery of salmonella a fortnight ago. The contamination, which was identified during...
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BRC sounds alert as violent attack and theft levels soar
Theft levels have rocketed to a 10-year high, the British Retail Consortium's annual crime survey has revealed. The total cost of goods stolen shot up to an estimated £830m last year, with detected theft up 8.5% to £205m and undetected...
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Irish c-stores welcome sales boost as expansion kicks off
Ireland's Celtic Tiger economy may have slowed after a decade of unprecedented growth, but its convenience store sector is still booming, according to new data. Figures from the Irish government's central statistics office indicate sales...
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Costcutter accused of double standards over ordering levy
Nisa member Costcutter has been accused of double standards over its reaction to the introduction of Nisa-Today's new Low Weekly Order Volume Levy. Costcutter executive chairman Colin Graves has given his broad support for the levy, which...