All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 41
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Comment & Opinion
Still all to play for as 2012 ends in tantalising fashion
This is the last issue of the year for The Grocer, and we’re finishing as we started, with a huge 176-page issue…
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Comment & Opinion
David Cameron's Nazi red tape analogy is a bad joke
To audible sighs of relief, DBIS relented this week in its Jo Swinson-led Midata quest.
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Comment & Opinion
Convenience alone won't guarantee success for c-stores
It’s commonly assumed that Sainsbury’s is leading the pack thanks to its heavily Southern-based store estate….
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ProfilesObituary: Dan Yealland, the star investment banker
As a star investment banker, Dan Yealland brokered many of the biggest deals in grocery retail in recent years.
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Comment & Opinion
In grocery, time is like money. In short supply
This has been a momentous week in terms of retail people news, with Morrisons, Tesco and M&S all announcing big changes.
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Comment & Opinion
How the economy is suffering from David Brailsford syndrome
Last week, I accused the government of building an economic platform made of jelly. And constantly sticking its spoon in….
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Comment & Opinion
Portman Group ruling against Jody Scheckter's ales is absurd
It’s not been a good month for the UK’s various governments when it comes to legislating to curb alcohol abuse…
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Comment & Opinion
Why this government is no friend to the food and drink industry
This government says it wants to be a friend to business. As it has repeatedly shown, it is no such thing….
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Comment & Opinion
Why did everyone discount the discounters at the IGD Convention?
This year’s IGD’s convention was the best I can remember. So why did everyone discount the discounters?
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco will look wistfully at Aldi, not Sainsbury's
How irksome for Tesco boss Philip Clarke to update the City on its £219m decline in half-year profits on the same day Sainsbury’s revealed its 30th consecutive quarter of growth.
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NewsBrasher lands CEO role in South Africa
Former Tesco UK CEO Richard Brasher is jetting off to South Africa this weekend in preparation for his new role as CEO…
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Comment & Opinion
Cancer study should give pause for thought
This week, we broke a story on thegrocer.co.uk about a highly controversial new French…
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Comment & Opinion
It's dangerous to assume prices always rise with bad weather
Is price inflation back? That is the $64bn question taxing retail and supply executives in the UK (and beyond) right now.
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InterviewsNo time like the past
As he celebrates 30 years with the John Lewis Partnership, Mark Price has witnessed a transformation in Waitrose…
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NewsYooMoo brings in Gü founder James Averdieck as interim director
Entrepreneur James Averdieck has been brought in as an interim director at YooMoo, as the fast-growing frozen…
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Comment & Opinion
This week: water and watersheds
While the sun(shine) was reminding us, last weekend, of its its value to the trade, the Mail was clearly working…
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Comment & Opinion
Has the Tesco oil tanker quietly turned?
Like the improvement in this week’s jobless figures, no one was expecting the 5.1% increase in Tesco’s sales…
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Comment & Opinion
It's hard to believe Olympic Britain is the same country that rioted last year
What a glorious week it’s been for Team GB. So many medals, so much history made, so many legends.
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Comment & Opinion
LOCOG has trapped us in an Olympic logjam of Y2K proportions
London has been scandalised by the rows of empty seats at this week’s Olympics. Well, what did you expect from the IOC?
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Analysis & FeaturesWould it be Dotty to drop Every Little Helps?
With a hot new ad agency, what can Tesco do to turn its fortunes around? Could it drop its famous strapline?