All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionDefra’s Food Strategy will fail if it doesn’t support growth
Addressing obesity, sustainability and food security all crucial in food strategy but so is growth
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Grocer 33Asda almost delivers on Leighton’s price promise in Grocer 33
Only Morrisons came close to matching Asda’s prices in latest price comparison
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NewsMedia 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 & OpinionAllan 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 & FeaturesExclusive: 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 & OpinionDefra’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 & OpinionEven 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 & OpinionWill 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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NewsMedia 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 & OpinionPeckish 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 & OpinionGoodness 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 & OpinionA 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 & OpinionIt’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 & OpinionSelf-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 & OpinionTrump’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 & OpinionAmazon 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 & OpinionIf 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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NewsGrocer 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 & OpinionShoppers 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 33Tesco 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