All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 48
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Promotions mean availability is a bigger issue than ever
Hams Hall, the Sainsbury's DC, is still inextricably linked for me with the availability issues that cost the hapless Peter Davis his job.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: No-one can predict the effect of Osborne's measures
Until this week, the acronym CSR was synonymous with the fluffy, caring-sharing side of business
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Editor's Comment: Always leave them wanting more...
Can you predict the future? With the theme emblazoned in big fluorescent yellow capital letters across an impressive set, delegates at this week's IGD convention paid hundreds of pounds to get a little taster, from a stellar cast of speakers.
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Editor's Comment: Fresh & Easy could be Sir Terry's farewell gift
It's been a bad week for the Germans. As we report, Metro-owned wholesaler Makro posted a £45m loss in the same week that discounter Aldi suffered a £147m reversal in fortunes an Icarus-like fall from grace.
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NewsFresh & Easy ‘will be profitable in 2012/13’
Fresh & Easy, Tesco's US-based convenience chain, will no longer require a recovery in the US economy in order to make money, and will be profitable from 2012/13, CEO Sir Terry Leahy predicted this week.
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NewsAs Waitrose matches Tesco, is Price serious about price?
The Waitrose Essential range has been a huge success. Now Mark Price wants to challenge the big four on brands. By Adam Leyland and Michelle Perrett
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Editor's Comment: Packaging is like putting sex on the cover. It sells
Sean Poulter, the Daily Mail's consumer affairs editor, was at his brazen best this week, accusing Tesco of "penny pinching" with its wafer-thin plastic bags in the same article in which he attacked supermarkets for "failing to reduce packaging".
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Editor's Comment: A missed chance to show inconsistencies of local recycling schemes
Tizer. Dandelion & Burdock. Cream soda. In the craze for retro products, these fizzy treats are due a comeback. And so, says Bill Bryson, are the 'money back' bottles they once came in.
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Editor's Comment: Being first to market can be overrated in business
Being first to market can be overrated in business. the Wright brothers will be remembered for being first; Boeing made the cash.
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Editor's Comment: I sympathise with Diageo's cunning duty plan
Either sort it out among yourselves or we'll sort it out for you. That was the message from the coalition when it asked the industry to help cut down on binge drinking earlier this summer.
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NewsWill profits be cannibalised in Tesco’s race for space?
As Tesco pumps up the pipeline, leaving even Sainsbury’s in its wake, how close is the market to saturation? Adam Leyland and Michelle Perrett report
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NewsBack to the farm: Jamie Mitchell of Daylesford Organic
Fine food retailer and manufacturer Daylesford Organic is returning to its roots – on the farm – under a new plan outlined by new CEO Jamie Mitchell. Adam Leyland reports
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Editor's Comment: Why can’t an offer be extended if it has done well?
Fingers is at it again. Meddlesome OFT chief John Fingleton, an economist, has been sticking his digits into "the advertising of prices".
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NewsGood call? Or are the rumours just silly-season deal talk?
Why would Campbell want to buy UB, or SAB Miller go for Foster’s, ask Adam Leyland, Anna-Marie Julyan and Hannah Stodell
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Editor's Comment: Ill-informed prophecies on inflation can be self-fulfilling
The phones have barely stopped ringing since The Grocer broke news of the soaring price of wheat, animal feed and silage, and the possibility of a ban on Russian wheat exports has captured the media's imagination.
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Editor's Comment: The 12.5p pint of milk will have a major impact on the trade
I suppose it’s not surprising Andrew Thornton’s squirrel-steak-selling Budgens store in Crouch End is receiving so much publicity right now.
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NewsPepsiCo's Richard Evans: A not so trivial pursuit
PepsiCo UK and Ireland president Richard Evans is on a mission to take PepsiCo to the next level. Ten months into the job, he talks to Adam Leyland
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Walkers taps growth in sharing bags with Extra Crunchy range
Walkers is launching a new crisps range called Extra Crunchy next month, available exclusively in sharing bags and backed by a £3.5m ad campaign. PepsiCo hopes the power brand can tap into the runaway growth in the bagged snacks sharing...
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NewsHot Topic: I can take or leave Marmite, but it's still my mate
There was more good news for Birds Eye this week, with Myleene Klass signing up to TV ads that will feature get fit exercises.
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NewsItalian job sees Birds Eye snatch frozen ops
As Birds Eye Iglo landed Unilever's Italian frozen food business this week, CEO Martin Glenn said strong backing in the City and a willingness to work jointly with Unilever in the future helped beat off competition from frozen food...