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FLVA calls for ban on supermarket newspaper ads

22-Mar-2007

A trade association is calling on the government to ban supermarket alcohol advertising in newspapers.The Federation of Licensed Victuallers'...

Don't blame us: Asda responds to Dump the Deals

10-Mar-2007

IT WAS way back in October that we first put the calls out to the big four supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons. We, like The...

Asda chief responds to The Publican

08-Mar-2007

Another of the most senior supermarket figures in the UK has responded personally to the accusations made by The Publican's Dump the Deals campaign.A...

InBrief

15-Feb-2007

TV cheat caught with wrong card A London licensee has been ordered to do 100 hours of community service work and pay costs of £768.68 after he was...

Supermarket alcohol pricing to be investigated

25-Jan-2007

Licensees finally have their chance to make a stand against alcohol pricing in supermarkets. The Competition Commission (CC) has stunned the...

Hewitt should investigate supermarkets

05-Jan-2007

John Grogan urges Health Secretary to act

MyShout - John Grogan

02-Nov-2006

The critical issue of off-trade pricing is galvanising the entire industry, says John Grogan For the first time in a generation, the supermarkets are...

Grogan: let us fight supermarket booze prices

02-Nov-2006 By Tony Halstead

All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman calls on brewers and pub companies to join the fight against rock-bottom supermarket beer prices.

Legal advice: Should youth pay rates be challenged?

19-Oct-2006

On October 4 Asda announced plans to pay under-18s the same hourly rate as older workers. Although the move was not directly in response to age...

City Comment: Hamish Champ

14-Aug-2006 By Hamish Champ

Recently the brewer had written to the Competition Commission - currently investigating the trading practices of the supermarket giants - to suggest...

What the Sunday papers said

13-Nov-2005

Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and City money woman Robin Saunders are locked in a battle to buy Spirit Group, the managed pub business valued at...

Trade anger at 45p supermarket pint

21-Jul-2005

Trade leaders fear that the latest round of price cuts by supermarkets may fuel a rise in summer street drinking, resulting in behavioural problems...

Price war is on as supermarkets continue to slash prices

07-Apr-2005

The first shots in a new supermarket price war have been fired this week, with alcohol set to become a key weapon in the battle for market share.Both...

Supermarkets to sell alcohol around the clock

17-Mar-2005

Major supermarket chains could soon be selling alcohol around the clock - despite the fact that most pubs will stay open just one or two hours...

Pubs face supermarket onslaught for Euro 2004

24-May-2004

Pubs can expect a massive challenge for beer sales in the run-up to the Euro 2004 tournament next month, as supermarkets compete for...