All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 23
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Comment & OpinionCredit to Kraft Heinz for whipping up a Salad Cream storm
Apparently millennials don’t know what Salad Cream is for
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Comment & OpinionWhat's going to change the dynamics in UK online grocery?
The IGD’s bullish 48% UK online sales growth prediction was unexpected, says The Grocer’s editor Adam Leyland
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Comment & OpinionThe plant-based food trend is much more than a fad
Now Nestlé wants a piece of the action. Its Garden Gourmet brand launches in Sainsbury’s and Ocado next week
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NewsMedia Bites 22 May: Sainsbury's, Ocado, Tesco
More than 100 MPs have signed a letter criticising changes to Sainsbury’s staff pay that threaten to leave as many as 13,000 employees worse off.
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Comment & OpinionHotel Chocolat: case for and against in Waitrose bar spat
What is Hotel Chocolat’s Angus Thirlwell getting his meringue-strawberry-and-white chocolate knickers in a twist about?
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NewsSainsbury's to help incubate startups with new scheme
Sainsbury’s wants startups to help differentiate its offer from rivals
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Comment & OpinionOcado ends with a lot of zeroes now
The online supermarket is now worth more than Marks & Spencer’s and deserves to be considered among the UK’s greatest technology companies
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NewsMedia Bites 15 May: Countrywide, David Potts, Sainsbury's
The CMA’s decision to block Mole Valley Farmers’ acquisition of struggling agricultural stores chain Countrywide has seen the latter go bust.
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's-Asda merger is a corporate matchmaker's dream
Will Morrisons tie the knot with Amazon, court the Co-op, swipe right on M&S Food, or buddy up with Waitrose, for example?…
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NewsWarburtons to launch artisanal sourdough bread range
Warburtons has invested £1m in a specialist artisanal facility in Milton Keynes
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Comment & OpinionAsda-Sainsbury's mega merger unboggled
Some say Asda Sainsbury’s is a defensive move, but I see it as a potential Adam Gilchrist play, where defence is quickly turned into blistering attack
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury’s & Asda mega merger: what we know and what it means
The market is still coming to terms with the Tesco-Booker deal and now this: a £51bn-sales combination play between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been confirmed. So what will it mean? And how on earth would it get competition clearance? Here’s an updated analysis from The Grocer following the announcement earlier this week
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Comment & OpinionHow scared should suppliers be about the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger?
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said that Sainsbury’s had “good supplier relations and supported British producers extensively” but that hasn’t stopped the NFU from expressing its concerns vociferously …
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Comment & OpinionPlastic: the industry must come together to find solutions
It’s brilliant news that nearly 50 of the UK’s biggest grocery players have signed up to the Plastic Pact
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Comment & OpinionIs M&S being prepared to be broken in two?
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne masterminded some great campaigns, including the Mrs Santa and Paddington Bear Christmas ads
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Comment & OpinionWe're providing substantive analysis of the Future of Meat
With the Soft Drinks Industry Levy kicking in, this week’s issue features comprehensive coverage of the category
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose proves there is no such thing as a free coffee
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Nor free coffee at a Waitrose café …
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NewsExclusive: Bestway set to acquire Conviviality Retail in £7.25m pre-pack deal on Monday
Wholesaler’s intervention looks to have saved 2,000 jobs, in knockdown deal set to be rubber-stamped next week
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Comment & OpinionTesco is no longer being outmuscled on the advertising front
Normal service has been resumed among the UK’s biggest retail and fmcg advertisers
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Comment & OpinionIs it exit stage left for Bargain Booze?
While C&C Group is set to snap up Matthew Clark and Bibendum, uncertainty remains about the future of the retail side