All articles by James Halliwell – Page 17
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ProfilesGrocer Gold 2015 Store Manager of the Year Richard Perry
Sainsbury’s Richard Perry on “the highlight of my career”: winning the Grocer Gold 2015 Store Manager of the Year
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Analysis & FeaturesConcierge services: the new 'c' in c-stores?
The ‘c’ in c-store will always mean convenience, but in 2015 it also stands for concierge…
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Comment & OpinionCultivating Fear: Tom Heap explores GM's blurred lines
When does offering a helping hand stray into meddling? Or a curious question become troubled uncertainty?…
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NewsPlenty kicks off wider roll-out of cleaning wipes range
Plenty is to launch a £2m push for its new cleaning wipes range, which is rolling out across the trade from this month.
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Comment & OpinionSCA aims to conquer the world, by boat and by brand
The Swedish consumer goods company has a focus and a desire, and Team SCA embody that vision
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InterviewsWincanton retail MD Liam McElroy Big Interview
Running a logistics company has become more complex in the age of online shopping and busier urban c-stores…
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Comment & OpinionEating Together: Nigel Slater modest & masterful on dumplings
Nigel Slater is a master of his craft. He’s on the mild side, but where Keith Floyd bubbled over with ebullience and excitement
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NewsOperation London: is Amazon Fresh on its way to the UK?
First Amazon Fresh rolled out in Seattle, before crawling across more US states. Then, last year, it pitched up in Germany.
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Comment & OpinionHoneymoon over for Dave Lewis? Hold your horses
There comes a point in every reign when the whispers begin. For Dave Lewis that time has come, courtesy of the Daily Mail…
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Analysis & FeaturesFrench waste food ban: coming to a store near you?
As France imposes a ban on supermarket food waste, is its draconian approach necessary, practical and likely over here?
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InterviewsJames Watt and Martin Dickie: BrewDog's kings of controversy
Controversy has been a key ingredient in BrewDog’s success almost from its 2007 inception
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Comment & OpinionQueen's Speech - what lies in store for fmcg?
Not many would have predicted the election would end in the manner it did, with David Cameron triumphant and his three main rivals resigning their way into ignominy. It was a shocker. But that’s politics. Now it’s back to business. And the business of politics means four ...
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Analysis & FeaturesConvenience stores on a mission: get smart and chill out
Convenience shoppers are on a mission. And if independent retailers want to help them they need to get smarter.
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Comment & OpinionHorizon's van Tulleken twin booze experiments are entertaining
Who’d be a twin? As a baby you get half the attention you deserve, as a teen you worry if your twin is better-looking…
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Comment & OpinionThe World's Most Expensive Foods: flush foodies flash the cash
Mind-blowing sex aside, the best things in life are certainly not free. They cost an absolute fortune.
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InterviewsPoundland CEO Jim McCarthy: the Big Interview
The £55m deal for rival 99p Stores is on hold while the CMA investigates. So what does Jim McCarthy plan in the meantime?…
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NewsDan Ronald and Giles Hurley joint GMDs at Aldi UK & Ireland
Like Barnes and former GMD Roman Heini, Ronald and Hurley are Aldi lifers
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InterviewsMatthew Barnes Big Interview: Going Solo as Aldi UK's first CEO
In an exclusive interview Aldi UK and Ireland CEO Matthew Barnes talks to The Grocer about rumours, rivals and Roman
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Analysis & FeaturesThe mega pig farm that kicked up a mega stink
For five years, Midland Pig Producers battled to open a pig farm in the village of Foston. They failed. So what happened? And what does the future now hold for large-scale pig farming in the UK?
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Comment & OpinionSchool Dinners Progress Report gets full marks
Apologies if this makes you feel old, but Jamie Oliver’s School Dinners campaign was 10 years ago…