All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 36
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NewsTesco to pay small suppliers within 14 days vows Lewis
“We want suppliers who are partners. Negotiation will always be part of this business. Aggression will not. We want to work in a way that’s sustainable for our business and for our partners. That will mean a whole new way of working.”
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's Mike Coupe already faces the ticking of the clock
Isn’t it funny how little the media writes about Sainsbury’s? Tesco is a national obsession…
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Comment & Opinion
Does the food & drink industry need to embrace the Living Wage?
Ex PepsiCo, Birds Eye and UB boss Martin Glenn was unveiled as the new chief executive of the Football Association
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NewsMartin Glenn appointed CEO of Football Association
Glenn is to be succeeded from 3 April by Jeff van der Eems, currently CEO of UB’s international business
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Comment & Opinion
From Potty to Potts: Tesco lifer David Potts is just the job
Potts was a talent Tesco could ill afford to lose. Particularly in the UK…
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Comment & OpinionAllan Leighton will ensure The Co-op gives as good as it gets
How refreshing it is to have Allan Leighton back in the grocery fold
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InterviewsAllan Leighton: Exclusive interview with the new chairman of Co-op
Our editor Adam Leyland gets an exclusive interview with Allan Leighton covering the chairman’s thoughts on the business, Ursula Lidbetter and his role
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Leighton, working pro bono, returns to his roots as chairman of Co-op
Leighton, whose father ran a Co-op store, was long rumoured for the role
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Comment & Opinion
Misty 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 & Opinion
Tesco'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…