All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 2
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News
Media Bites 28 March: UPFs, Dubai chocolate, Asda numbers game, tariffs
Gut health subscription service Zoe says some UPFs are safe to eat
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Comment & Opinion
Allan Leighton will need time as well as money to turn Asda around
Allan Leighton is ‘putting the band back together’ but it’s going to take a lot of practice to get the Asda show well and truly back on the road
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Analysis & Features
Exclusive: Allan Leighton’s plans to turn ‘maverick’ Asda around
Allan Leighton has ‘loved every minute’ since returning to Asda. And his comeback is already having an impact internally – and externally. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, he reflects on the progress to date and the plans that are taking shape
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Comment & Opinion
Defra’s abrupt termination of the SFI is reprehensible
For farmers not to receive payment after opting under the terms of SFI to reduce productivity or forego income is morally repugnant
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Comment & Opinion
Even Poundland is struggling. What now for the UK high street?
It’s been a big week for the high street, with a WH Smith selloff and a ‘potential’ Poundland sale dominating the retail headlines
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Comment & Opinion
Will a Grinch-like ASA steal our Christmas supermarket ads?
Blockbuster supermarket ads are as much of a fixture of Christmas as mince pies
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News
Media Bites 3 March: Asda, online substitutions, Unilever
Asda is in the news for all the wrong reasons again with declining sales impacting staff bonuses while shoppers are receiving poor customer service from its online deliveries
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Comment & Opinion
Peckish and Scoot could be a gamechanger for rapid delivery
The Co-op’s Peckish and Booker’s Scoot are the first rapid delivery solutions to be developed by wholesalers
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Comment & Opinion
Goodness Issue shows food and drink putting best foot forward
This week’s Goodness Issue offers a timely reminder of the great and noble work performed by the industry on a daily basis
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Comment & Opinion
A blanket ban on junk food advertisers is a step too far
The world is watching on with interest to see how Robert F Kennedy Jr can ‘Make America Healthy Again’
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Comment & Opinion
It’s all over for Amazon Just Walk Out technology in grocery
The fact is: Just Walk Out technology is just not all that frictionless
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Comment & Opinion
Self-checkout survey offers supermarkets a reminder about ‘entitled’ thieves
It’s clear the wholesale adoption of self-checkout tills has created a new breed of shoplifter
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Comment & Opinion
Trump’s vow to drill, baby, drill could have dire consequences
The agenda of Donald Trump’s new White House administration leaves you breathless and fearful
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon would fight a GSCOP investigation tooth and nail
Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White needs to take care before he goes into battle with Amazon
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Comment & Opinion
If even M&S is worried about growth, what hope is there for the stragglers?
Inflation is back on the agenda even after supermarkets worked hard to bring it down this Christmas
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News
Grocer Gold Awards 2025 launch includes social impact award
New social impact award to recognise outstanding work of food and drink industry in improving lives and benefiting society
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Comment & Opinion
Shoppers have been re-evaluating red meat, but not necessarily in a good way
The Top Products Survey is always full of surprises. And this one, tracking the performance of thousands of products in a record 127 categories – has more surprises than ever
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Grocer 33
Tesco cheapest for deluxe Christmas dinner at ‘just’ £195.76
The price of a luxury Christmas dinner fell by 0.1% on average to £217.80 in our second Christmas 33 price comparison survey
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Comment & Opinion
Tomato purée slave labour muck throwing doesn’t seem to be sticking
It’s not just the supermarkets challenging the tomato purée slave labour findings, either
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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer and its journalists are not anti-vegan or anti-plant-based foods
It’s our job to report on the plant-based category’s downs, as well as ups