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The World Cup has kicked off and it’s not just the footie fans and militaristic Russian ultras twitching with excitement
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Supply chain transformation has turned out to be a lot harder to achieve than anyone thought, and many retailers are watching their original goals slip away in a continually changing retail environment.
Convenience, a growing sector predicted to be worth £47.1 billion by 2022, used to mean an acceptance of higher prices with limited choice, but that isn’t the case today.
Adam Leyland
Editor of The Grocer since 2006
Julia Glotz
Managing Editor of The Grocer
Harry Walker
Industry Head, Grocery Retail, Google
Chris Elliott
Director of the Institute of Global Food Security
Joanna Blythman
Journalist and author of Bad Food Britain
Jeremy Garlick
Partner at Insight Traction
David Sables
CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
Steve Parfett
Chairman of AG Parfett & Sons
Alec Mattinson
Finance Editor
