All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 15
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Comment & Opinion
The least the government can give the food industry this Christmas is the gift of a deal
The challenges stacking up for food, if it’s possible, could be even greater than when Tyas first answered the call in March
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News
Analysis reveals true cost to retailers of business rates relief payback
The value of business rates relief over 12 weeks has been compared with grocery-only sales figures from Kantar for the same period for the 10 biggest supermarkets
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Comment & Opinion
Asda’s new twist on grocery is a potential game-changer
The aim for Asda’s Clapham Junction store is to offer both a counter service and delivery via third-party couriers
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Comment & Opinion
So it’s Five Days of Christmas this year. Good luck to retailers trying to plan ahead
Christmas is coming, but the turkeys are on a diet. So here it is, Mini Christmas!
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Comment & Opinion
It’s a tough year to strike a suitable Christmas ad tone
The retailers’ festive campaigns are out – some are tugging at our heartstrings while others are poking fun at the year we’ve had. So who’s got it right?
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Comment & Opinion
It has been a year like no other for grocery. But there’s lots to celebrate
We’ve used this year’s Gold Awards to highlight the value of the grocery sector to society and the UK economy
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Comment & Opinion
Brexit: in such a grave crisis as this, it’s an unnecessary risk
The prospect of coping, with so many retailers and wholesalers close to oblivion, is hard to imagine
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Comment & Opinion
All eyes will be on Sainsbury’s commercial team to see how it delivers as a food-first retailer
Critics will question how a ‘food first’ retailer can close all those counters
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets should list more smaller brands that offer shoppers green solutions
For too long, the efforts of the supermarkets to explore green solutions have almost exclusively involved own-label commitments
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Interviews
David Milner’s Midas touch: the Big Interview
Everything this serial entrepreneur and investor touches has been turning to gold. What’s his secret?
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Comment & Opinion
Foodservice wholesalers have been thrown under the bus on business rates relief
Foodservice wholesalers have been thrown under the bus on business rates relief
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News
Waitrose food and grocery head Rupert Thomas to leave business
Thomas joined Waitrose from Sainsbury’s in 2003, and was promoted to marketing director in 2010
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Profiles
We are our own bosses now, no longer part of Walmart, says Asda CFO
Asda chief financial officer Rob McWilliam tells us everything we want to know following today’s announcement
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Comment & Opinion
Asda EG Group combo will reverberate through the grocery sector
With combined sales of £40bn, it will be the UK’s second-biggest retailer (by sales)
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Comment & Opinion
Saddling Asda with piles of debt won’t help it through a recession
It’s clear that Tesco’s change of strategy over the summer, and the impact of Tesco’s Aldi Price Match, is rattling Asda almost as much as Aldi
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Interviews
Dave Lewis: the Exit Interview
Tesco’s CEO reflects on his time at the helm of the UK’s largest retailer, and on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the UK and for his successor Ken Murphy
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Comment & Opinion
Clubcard is a magic wand to pep up Tesco’s boring EDLP experience
Big data is still a hugely powerful tool in the right hands, hence Tesco’s continued evolution of its Clubcard proposition
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Comment & Opinion
Food and drink is at the centre of the Brexit Withdrawal Deal controversy
Government indecision, opacity and brinkmanship will make a bad Brexit decision worse
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Comment & Opinion
Marcus Rashford food poverty taskforce must activate the food and drink industry
Food and drink industry’s role in the taskforce must be about more than social media support
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Grocer 33
Online Grocer 33: Tesco wins as Ocado is second from bottom
Tesco scored with an impressive 90 points