All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 44
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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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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
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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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?
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ProfilesCoca-Cola's Team GB unites for the big push
It’s taken years of planning and teamwork to match any Olympian feat to come. We talk to Coke’s Simon Baldry and Jon Woods.
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Category ReportThe best TV ads of 2011
How great was your last TV ad? Ask 100 people and you’re likely to get 100 different opinions.
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Comment & Opinion
Why dairy has got its sums tragically wrong
Can it be right that milk costs less than water, Coca-Cola or Red Bull? The Robinsons Fruit Shoot…
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Comment & Opinion
Bribery and corruption is still prevalent in grocery
I once asked a Tesco executive why there were no plans to enter Russia. His answer was short and simple…