All Daily Bread articles – Page 137
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Comment & Opinion
Sisters, suitors and underwhelming surprises
So Ranjit Boparan has until 21 January to get a bid together for Northern Foods. It seems a long shot, with some observers questioning whether the 2 Sisters owner can raise the kind of cash that would tempt Northern’s shareholders to turn their backs on the Essenta deal’s promised upside.
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Comment & Opinion
New year, same problems
Welcome back to those of you that, like the worker bees of Grocer Towers, returned from the festive break today.
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Comment & Opinion
Next Year's News: the Daily Bread guide to 2011
Daily Bread brings you the biggest stories of the year to come - before they happen
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Comment & Opinion
Smoke and mirrors
One finding in particular from The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2010 will have given Andrew Lansley food for thought. Or rather, something to put in his pipe and smoke, as they say.
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Comment & Opinion
Tilting at Mills
They say that a good big’un beats a good little’un. But while scale has its advantages, stealth isn’t usually one of them.
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Comment & Opinion
Curiosity killed the Kat
Today Diageo claimed a decisive victory in its long-running dispute with InterContinental Brands over the Vodkat brand name.
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Comment & Opinion
VAT's life
The British Retail Consortium today said it was “nonsense” to suggest retailers would use the VAT rise in January as a cover for price increases.
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Comment & Opinion
Muscling in
Just a couple of months ago Malcolm Walker was making optimistic noises about retaking control of Iceland, the chain he set up, then left, and has since restored to significant growth.
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Comment & Opinion
Will Diageo swallow Yankee spirit?
Chances to stock up on Christmas booze may have been thwarted by the weather, but one company with a new opportunity to bolster its drinks cabinet is Diageo.
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Comment & Opinion
The snow must go on
Whether you're marooned at home or smugly sitting at your desk wondering what all the fuss is about, it won’t have escaped your notice that there’s a bit of snow around. Or rather, a lot.
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Comment & Opinion
Whiteout
There’s been a spot of bad weather today round The Grocer’s Gatwick command bunker, which means the magazine is running with something of a skeleton staff.
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Comment & OpinionWhite Paper, not carte blanche
Andrew Lansley today outlined what he called a “radical shift” in the way we tackle public health challenges.
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Comment & Opinion
Brash and Brasher
In retail there’s no such thing as a Christmas ceasefire. Except for the day itself, of course, when most of us are too stuffed to move, the festive season is when the fighting is at its fiercest.
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Comment & Opinion
Northern's Irish bailout
Most of the time, Jerry Marwood leaving Spar would be the big story of the day.
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Comment & Opinion
Andy's Christmas carol
After a rollercoaster year, it seems quite a while since Asda was flying.
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Comment & OpinionMarc's masterplan
Today we got our first real glimpse of what Marks & Spencer will look like under Marc Bolland. And the early signs are… not that different.
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Comment & Opinion
Away with the Fairies
While organic struggled and brands promoted themselves towards oblivion, Fairtrade proved surprisingly hardy during the recession. Some principles, it seemed, were non-negotiable.
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Comment & OpinionTwo Harts are better than one
When Mike Davies in May announced his departure from Thorntons, it was amid the clatter of profits warnings.
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Comment & OpinionDunn and dusted
The best double-act since the original Gold Blend couple have officially called it day.
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Comment & OpinionDiageo's Champagne moment
Today one of Diageo’s many overseas interests hit the acquisition trail, with East African Breweries splashing out $60m on rival Serengeti. But the Guinness brewer has rather bigger fish to fry on the deal markets.