All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 8
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Analysis & FeaturesIt’s Amazon vs the ROCC, a legal coalition with an axe to grind
Coalition is offering to support suppliers for as little as a monthly Prime subscription
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Comment & OpinionLet’s hope the Windsor Agreement presages better trade across the Channel
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a “historic” deal that solves all the problems of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade regime are somewhat overstated
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy it's so hard to prove profiteering and greedflation in food
Questions have been raised about the legitimacy of supplier price increases. But margins at major fmcg giants are almost universally in decline
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Comment & OpinionWith the King invested in food poverty, it’s time to subsidise redistribution
Surely human consumption is a better social, economic and environmental outcome than anaerobic digestion?
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Comment & OpinionWho in their right mind would entrust the government to run foodservice?
Foodservice supply is a cottage industry of little miracles. Why the government shake-up?
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Comment & OpinionBestway is no longer a wholesaler. It’s an activist investor… in Sainsbury’s
The Pervez-Choudrey-Sheikh family want a seat at the Sainsbury’s table
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Comment & OpinionIs greedflation really happening in food and drink?
Hundreds of food and drink suppliers are pushing through price hikes, and inevitably, somewhere along the line, some will take advantage
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Comment & OpinionHas food price inflation peaked? It’s the wrong question to ask
It seems the concerted efforts of supermarkets and suppliers to keep prices down is having an impact
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Comment & OpinionWho won Christmas? The grocers, of course
It would have needed a spectacularly bad performance for a grocery retailer not to achieve at least some sort of sales growth
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NewsWilliam Reed snaps up Retail Week and World Retail Congress from Ascential plc
It follows William Reed’s acquisitions of The London Coffee Festival and Rethink events businesses
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Comment & OpinionHow the ElfBar captured the hearts, minds and lungs of the Zoomer generation
The garishly colourful little sticks, available in myriad sweet shop flavours, have gained an outlandish £314m in extra sales
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Comment & OpinionHow can the government watch food banks run out when millions of tonnes of food is going to waste?
A new report shows suggests the war on food waste is in danger of being lost
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Comment & OpinionUkraine’s food industry is as heroic and resourceful as its soldiers
Were it not for the resilience, bravery and ingenuity of the people feeding those in Ukraine, Kyiv would have surrendered many months ago
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Comment & OpinionThe scandal of supermarket egg pricing and rationing will soon tarnish their reputations
Consumers will be shocked when they learn the truth about the eggs shortages
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NewsEx-Unilever boss Sebastian Munden becomes new Wrap chair
Munden replaces Julie Hill, who had been with the food waste charity since 2014
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NewsRoyal Albert Hall is new venue for Grocer Gold Awards 2023
‘With this new venue an exciting new chapter opens for the Gold Awards, in which many more guests can celebrate their success. And in a setting equally stunning and historic’
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Comment & OpinionWhy the Rustlers All-Day Breakfast Pancake Stack deserves to be New Product Awards Champion of Champions
In the cost of living crisis, it’s really important to consumers that food and drink innovation delivers on taste and value
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InterviewsAshwin Prasad: planning Tesco’s way out of the permacrisis
Tesco’s chief product officer is in full-on Christmas mode, as he looks to help shoppers find value, but his mission is also to tackle volatility once and for all
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Comment & OpinionWhat is the industry going to do to tackle the availability ‘permacrisis’ that has descended?
The gaps on the shelves aren’t just physical. There’s a knowledge gap that needs to be filled
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Grocer 33Haddock fillets price hike stands out in latest Grocer 33 price comparison survey
Half the items in this week’s Grocer 33 have risen in price since last month