All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 39
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News'Programming error' to blame for Co-op Bank's £400m bill
The Co-operative Bank’s ‘technical breach’ of the Consumer Credit Act was caused by a computer programming mistake, The Grocer can reveal.
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Comment & OpinionPaul Flowers' Newsnight performance was a self-pitying failure
I don’t know what persuaded the Rev Paul Flowers it was a good idea to be interviewed this week…
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Comment & OpinionPrice wars and The Budget: good news for consumers
Who stands to lose most from this price war isn’t yet clear…
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Comment & OpinionThe Co-op Group board game: not so much Cluedo as Clueless
With its bizarre cast of disparate characters, The Co-op Group board game is not so much Cluedo as Clueless…
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Comment & OpinionTesco should focus its price investment on fruit & veg
Milk is not an incremental category. Fruit & veg is. Let’s hope Tesco’s price investment is focused there then…
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Comment & OpinionWhat would Einstein do if he were running Tesco?
It’s not rocket science, or nuclear physics, but even Einstein would agree, were he running Tesco, the answer isn’t easy…
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NewsColes' Ian McLeod tipped for return to UK retail
Coles MD Ian McLeod moved to a senior role within the Wesfarmers Group this week…
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Comment & OpinionWilson's City Food Lecture: astute and cleverly subversive
Wilson painted the supermarkets as latterday Gordon Browns, knowing only how to spend, spend, spend…
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Comment & OpinionIt's all been kicking off at Morrisons
It’s all been kicking off at Morrisons this week, and not just at its two-day Kickoff Conference…
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Comment & OpinionJason Gissing's achievements are not to be sniffed at
Jason Gissing may not win as many plaudits as Justin King, but his achievements are not to be sniffed at…
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Grocer 33Tesco tops Online 33 as Morrisons makes inauspicious debut
Morrisons makes an inauspicious start in The Grocer’s Online 33 as old timer Tesco comes top…
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Comment & OpinionThe King has left the building. Long live King Mike!
So, the last of the big four old guard is gone. The King has left the building. Long live King Mike!…
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Comment & OpinionWho needs supermarkets? Or any retailers for that matter?
Disintermediation is a powerful concept for suppliers in today’s changing supply chain…
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Comment & OpinionThe obesity debate breaks bad
In the obesity debate a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but not as bad as making it up…
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Comment & OpinionIs Horsegate History?
Horsegate was not a catastrophe on the scale of BSE. Nevertheless, the industry left no stone unturned in its response.
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Comment & OpinionTop Products Survey 2013 provides examples of success
We are at a pivotal moment. There’s all to play for: resting on the next few days are budgets, bonuses, careers…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe other swindle of the year: manuka honey
With manuka honey prices hitting record highs (as much as £45 per jar), we reported a clampdown on discerning thieves…
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Comment & OpinionPlain packs pose possibility of a u-u-u-turn
It was at best an astonishingly cynical piece of politicking to announce the recent u-u-turn over plain packs…
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InterviewsJohn Kennedy: Big Interview with Diageo Western Europe president
Diageo’s Western European business has lost some of its old swagger, says John Kennedy. He is determined to get it back….
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Comment & OpinionAre the big four taking the discounters seriously enough?
You only have to eye the Kantar figures since August to know how tricky times are for the supermarkets…