All Daily Bread articles – Page 123
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Comment & OpinionGreen Shoots
Greencore’s challenging six months will not impinge the long-term prognosis, the own-label ready meals and convenience manufacturer said…
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Comment & OpinionA good day for lawyers
It emerged this weekend that Waitrose has retained the services of a QC to comb through the details…
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Comment & OpinionAsda on reinventing 'convenience'
“This industry’s full of jargon,” said Asda CEO Andy Clarke today, referring to the UK grocery business.Clarke was speaking to a room full of journalists in the retailer’s convivial albeit cosy offices above Carnaby Street, delivering the news that Asda had seen sales growth of 1.8% in Q1.Clarke’s statement was ...
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Comment & OpinionThe high-street circus continues
The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery.
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Comment & OpinionThe new top-up shop
In these straitened times, it seems people are more willing than ever to mix and match where they pick up their produce – doing a big shop in one supermarket and topping up at another.
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Comment & OpinionWhat price Ocado-Morrisons?
Ocado must be fuming after reading the threatening comments made by Waitrose MD Mark Price in the weekend papers.
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Comment & OpinionDalton battles the headwinds
Headwinds, headwinds, headwinds: that was the key word used by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips on a call with journalists today.
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Comment & OpinionIt was The Grocer wot won it
Today was a very good day for Sainsbury’s Justin King. As well as announcing a great set of results, he was delighted to have his name linked to | his hero, Sir Alex Ferguson, amid fevered speculation on their reportedly imminent departures…
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Comment & OpinionDiageo's Walsh calls time
Paul Walsh has rung the bell on his spell as CEO of Diageo – and quite a spell it’s been.
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Comment & OpinionPlain packs - back on the shelf?
Today the Department of Health told me of its surprise at a story in The Sun proclaiming the news the PM had scrapped plans to force tobacco into plain packs…
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Comment & OpinionDigging for good in Kenya
Fourteen female execs from the food and hospitality industry are in Kenya this week digging a pond for a remote village…
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Comment & OpinionBust-up on the high street
Can high-street tsar Mary Portas see eye-to-eye with Tesco on the future of the British high street?
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Comment & OpinionSour notes
Barely had the fuss over Weetabix’s sourcing of non-UK wheat died down last week than questions over another brand’s British credentials began to pop up.
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Comment & OpinionThe toast of the egg trade
The Grocer looks back at the Salmonella crisis, 25 years on, and the role of then-junior health minister Edwina Currie…
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Comment & OpinionThe North-South divide - in snacks
Northerners are fond of cakes, while southerners have a weakness for sushi. That’s not us resorting to lazy regional stereotype – it’s backed by the latest figures on snack food…
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Comment & OpinionHasbro strikes back
Size might not be everything – but it certainly counts for a lot… especially when it comes to action figures.
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Comment & OpinionDrawing a line
It’s been another busy week in horse. Today ABP announced that it’s selling its Silvercrest facility to Kepak…
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Comment & OpinionTesco's space race falls to earth
Tesco has waved goodbye to £1.2bn after finally confirming it is to pull out of the US - but this could pale into insignificance compared to its other plans.
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Comment & OpinionE-cigarettes' burning questions
There may be no smoke without fire – but there’s certainly plenty of fire without smoke in the electronic cigarette market…
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Comment & OpinionChill winds
Britain may be basking in some spring sunshine at last but the forecast is for more chill economic winds this week, with the UK’s largest retailer once again finding itself at the centre of the storm…