All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 36
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Comment & OpinionMisty veg will be missed - but not by core Morrisons shoppers
I’ve gone all misty eyed. I liked the misting tables at Morrisons. I’ll miss them when they’re gone…
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Comment & OpinionA lot of comings and goings in the corridors of power
It’s almost two years since The Grocer put together its last ‘Power List’
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Analysis & FeaturesBuilding a new Co-operative Movement
The crisis that almost engulfed The Co-op has been averted. We talk to the architects of the rebuild
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Comment & OpinionTesco's major reset will have a huge impact on the market
With the festive five, Tesco started on a journey to prove less is more…
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Comment & Opinion
Tacon with Teeth: will fines give Adjudicator power at last?
Will the Adjudicator’s newly won power to fine supermarkets really stop market abuse?
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Analysis & FeaturesSir Terry Leahy: why I saved Tesco’s final salary defined benefit pension scheme
As we recall Sir Terry Leahy’s saving of the Tesco final salary defined benefit pension scheme, will Dave Lewis rue his decision to finally scrap it?
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Comment & Opinion
Big four management upheaval is sign of grocery power shift
It’s the January sales. And normally we would be examining the various “biggest-ever” promos…
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InterviewsStuart MacFarlane Big Interview: It's Good to Talk
One year into his new role as zone president of AB InBev Europe, Stuart MacFarlane talks exclusively to The Grocer…
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Comment & Opinion
Lasting impressions from 2014 and resolutions for year ahead
So. The biggest week of the year is upon us. And how fitting that we have our biggest issue of the year…
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Analysis & FeaturesReady meals: Horsegate still haunts the category
Almost two years on from the first discovery, and ready meals are still haunted by Horsegate…
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Comment & OpinionThe Tesco leopard can change spots - but can it still hunt?
There are four rules to rebates,” an ex-buyer once told me. “1. Get a rebate. 2. If you have one increase it…
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Comment & OpinionReasons to be cheerful this Christmas? Win Champagne!
Reasons to be cheerful this Christmas? Tell us why and you could win a case of Champagne…
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Analysis & FeaturesPremier is following a well-established supermarket playbook
The real surprise about Premier Foods’ demands for payment from suppliers is not that the company is doing it, but that it’s suddenly in the spotlight.
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Comment & OpinionThis is not a food porn ad. This is food poisoning on a stick
Shocking image isn’t it? Deliberately so. We all know that sex sells. Whether it’s M&S or Haagen Dazs, retailers and brand owners
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Comment & OpinionFSA’s shock campylobacter tactics directed at the wrong target
What conclusions are shoppers meant to draw from the FSA’s naming and shaming exercise this week?…
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NewsBrussels set to ruin Christmas ... we're not talking sprouts
The introduction of complex and confusing new EU regulations on labelling 12 days before Christmas could ruin the festive …
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Analysis & FeaturesNew Britain Palm Oil outperforms Stock Market after knockout bid
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for New Britain Palm Oil, but it’s leaving the FTSE on a high
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Comment & OpinionThe ultimate lightbulb moment for grocery: Switch the Lights
For years we’ve been writing about refrigeration: should you put doors on the chillers and freezers?…
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Analysis & FeaturesPureCircle’s sweet success as share price outperforms market
Price of PureCircle’s shares proves stevia’s status as a bona fide sugar substitute