26-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
Hugh Bayley has written to the Chancellor urging him to support pubs in the Budget — and called for action over pricing and the pubco-tenant relationship.
Supermarket chief says no to minimum pricing
17-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A supermarket boss has hit out at the Chief Medical Officer's recommendation to introduce minimum pricing. Peter Marks, chief executive of the...
Donaldson confirms call for minimum price
16-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
Plans recommending the government introduce a minimum price on alcohol as an "immediate priority" have been unveiled by Chief Medical Officer Sir...
Mark Daniels: Clubcard Pints!
09-Mar-2009
Following in the business models of giant American retail corporations, who swept through US towns and decimated small businesses in the seventies...
Marc Allinson: Supermarkets rule the world, but only due to our apathy
25-Feb-2009
If you were to go back only 30 years, before the supermarkets grew to the colossal size that they are now, if you wanted groceries, you would go down...
15-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
A scheme has been launched to roll-out the Challenge 25 age-check policy across the off-trade. The Retail Action Standards Group (RASG), which...
08-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Nexum Leisure adopted supermarket-style loss-leader tactics to get punters in to Escapade in Newport for its £5 all-inclusive sessions. The...
Head of Steam boss backs minimum pricing
18-Nov-2008
Head of Steam boss,Tony Brookes, has thrown his weight behind the Make it the Minimum campaign and is calling on other pubcos to do the same.Brookes,...
ALMR chief rejects calls for minimum pricing
31-Oct-2008
Trade leader Nick Bish has claimed that a ban on below-cost selling, rather than minimum pricing, would be the most effective way to tackle...
Licensees back minimum pricing campaign
22-Oct-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees up and down the country have been adding their voices to The Publican's Make it the Minimum campaign. We are urging the government to...
22-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Supermarket giant has defended its right to offer huge discounts on alcohol at a Westminster Health Forum debate.
The Publican urges government to act on Minimum Pricing
17-Oct-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican is today calling on readers to back our new Make it the Minimum campaign to crack down on irresponsible cut-price booze deals.Licensees...
06-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets are selling alcohol below 1980s prices, according to an investigation by Scottish paper the Sunday Mail. The paper revealed that Asda is...
For your aisles only
23-Sep-2008
In the leisure industry there is something of a tradition of the out-of-home environment being the focal point for new product launches and...
New trade body boss pledges support for Northern Ireland pubs
09-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A new chief executive has been appointed by the Federation of Licensed Trade Retail (FRLT), which represents more than 1,100 pubs, hotels and...
Tesco is first off-trader recognised under BII scheme
15-Aug-2008
Supermarket giant Tesco has become the first off-trade retailer to be recognised by the BII for its training scheme, including its policy on underage...
High rents swamp rural publicans
31-Jul-2008
Rural publicans have spoken out against high rents and supermarket loss-leading sales.Their opinions form part a new survey by South Norfolk...
Hamish Champ: Disappearing petrol stations and government help for pubs
21-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
To those many of you noticing the growing number of pubs boarded up across the country I ask this; is it just me, or have you also spotted a sharp...
The Guv'nor Dennis Griffiths
10-Jul-2008
Stopping below-cost sales would help us all As any regular reader of this column will know I am not a massive fan of supermarkets. But I am, if...
MP hits out at 'immoral' supermarkets
12-Jun-2008
Supermarkets are "immoral" and "irresponsible" for selling alcohol below cost, according to an MP. Asda and Tesco were attacked on their policy of...
Supermarkets branded "immoral" over loss leading
05-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
Supermarkets have come under fresh fire in Parliament for selling alcohol as a loss leader - with one MP branding the practice "immoral". During a...
04-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
MP Patrick Mercer blasts supermarkets over cheap deals
Health Secretary hints at action on supermarket deals
02-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
Health Secretary Alan Johnson today confirmed the government is willing to take "mandatory action" against supermarkets that sell alcohol as a loss...
Supermarkets bigger threat to pubs than smoking ban
23-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Cheap supermarket booze is now a bigger threat to the future of pubs than the smoking ban, according to the chief executive of Martson's. Speaking...
15-May-2008 By The PMA Team
Bar Sport, the sports bar operator founded by Scott Murray, is to offer a franchise. The company believes it can expand to about 100 sites in the...
Supermarkets let off hook on below-cost selling
30-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
The Competition Commission will not take action against supermarkets selling alcohol at below-cost, despite a two-year inquiry into the grocery...
'Asda boss slams alcohol duty rise'
16-Mar-2008
Andy Bond, the chief executive of Asda, the UK's second biggest supermarket, has hit out at Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, over increases in...
LETTERs
06-Mar-2008
Supermarket smoke screen Re: "Scrap cheap deals - now" (MA, 28 February 2008), Asda and the other supermarkets need to go much further. For...
ASDA gets tough on alcohol sales
25-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
Supermarket giant ASDA has unveiled a series of hard-hitting measures to limit access to alcohol in its stores - including a ban on post-midnight...
21-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers has slammed Tesco for ducking its responsibilities
Reaction to Tesco's move on alcohol prices
21-Feb-2008
Why not add your voice to the debate? Click on the link to the right and have your say...Andy Bond, CEO of ASDA "We are already talking to government...
THE GUV'NOR
14-Feb-2008
Dennis Griffiths The licensee of the Miners' Rest, Barnsley, provides a new slant on the supermarket pricing debate It has not been a good start to...
18-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
ADZs must be scrapped or at least a level playing field on charges introduced
17-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Government is considering a ban on cheap supermarket booze, according to the Daily Mail. The paper reports that the joint Home Office and...
08-Jan-2008
ALMR urges licensing minister to take action on cheap supermarket booze
Fresh call for action on supermarket booze deals
08-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
A trade group is ramping up the pressure on the government to tackle supermarkets selling alcohol at below cost. The Association of Licensed Multiple...
'Takeover Panel urged to intervene in Scottish & Newcastle bid'
16-Dec-2007
The acrimonious battle over the future ownership of Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) will take a fresh twist this week when the Takeover Panel is...
Bish: off-trade's in denial about its role
13-Dec-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Big supermarkets should review their alcohol advertising and marketing techniques to encourage more responsible retailing. That is the view of...
No end for supermarket discounts
01-Nov-2007 By James Wilmore
Hopes for action on supermarket discount deals were dealt a huge blow last week after the issue was thrown out by the Competition Commission.The...
31-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets given the all clear on using alcohol as a loss leader
29-Oct-2007
The FSB has urged the Competition Commission to take action against supermarkets selling alcohol below cost
22-Oct-2007
MA editor and industry guru Andrew Pring urges the Government to act to stop loss leading on booze in supermarkets
Action against supermarkets could still be on the cards
13-Sep-2007
The Competition Commission (CC) could still take action on supermarkets and the use of alcohol as a loss-leader.Despite claims that supermarkets are...
Low booze prices: trade battles on
13-Sep-2007 By Ewan Turney ewan.turney@william-reed.co.uk
Price war fears intensify in wake of inquiry giving supermarket alcohol deals the all clear Trade leaders have warned that the battle against...
MyShout
09-Aug-2007
Better publicity for responsible retailing initiatives is the way forward, says Stephen Crawley Just as the furore over the pricing set by one of the...
Challenge-25 example set by Asda
10-May-2007
Asda is trialling a Challenge-25 scheme at 10 stores in Scotland and has called on its off-trade rivals to follow suit. The supermarket giant already...
Could the beer industry do more to help?
09-May-2007
The Dump the Deals campaign has been running for four months now and in that time a lot of attention has been drawn to the issue of supermarket...
Supermarkets say no to alcohol price rises
26-Apr-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Supermarkets have ruled out increasing alcohol prices and said they are not to blame for town-centre binge-drinking. They also refused to be drawn on...
Supermarkets fail to defend themselves over loss-leading alcohol
19-Apr-2007
The Big four supermarkets failed to defend themselves against accusations of loss-leading with alcohol when grilled by top-level MPs at the House of...
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'...
