All Leader articles – Page 7
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s Just Essentials reduction shows the danger of a booming budget range
As commentators pointed out at the time of launch, a hugely successful budget range is a double-edged sword
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Comment & OpinionCo-op has taken the lead in the race to demonstrate value in convenience
At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking Co-op’s latest move on Member Prices was a ‘me too’
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Comment & OpinionJust as we thought food inflation was starting to ease…
A series of threats to global commodity markets are stoking renewed fears of price hikes
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Comment & OpinionAs the CMA’s food price probe goes upstream, will it get lost in the weeds?
After the war of words over “rip-off” fuel prices, a more placatory tone was struck this week by the Competition & Markets Authority towards supermarkets
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Comment & OpinionPlant-based is likely to see consolidation and rationalisation, not obliteration
Another week, another plant-based exit. Samworth Brothers has become the latest to pull the plug on its vegan operation
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Comment & OpinionScrapping COP26 environmental pledges saves billions but at what cost?
Mandatory food waste reporting has been dumped, with DRS and extended producer responsibility hanging in the balance
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Comment & OpinionWhat if price-matching schemes were anti-competitive?
The question now, with the CMA’s report out next week, is whether supermarkets will be prepared to lower margins
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Comment & OpinionUK retail sector is one of the most competitive and innovative in the world
Customers have the final say by voting with their feet, says The Grocer’s guest editor Kris Comerford
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Comment & OpinionWhat is the Adjudicator doing about all those supplier complaints?
As retailer relations sour with suppliers what is the GCA doing about all their complaints?
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Comment & OpinionThe ultra-processed foods debate is not binary
Many of the arguments used to bash manufacturers are lazy, boring and stuck on repeat
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Comment & OpinionLobbying for less sustainability legislation is dangerous game
Having convened three meetings in three weeks, you would think the government knew better
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Comment & OpinionA clampdown on alt-meat and dairy words would be silly and wrong-headed
Faux names are important in flagging usage, while some meat and dairy brands are playing in plant-based anyway
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda the obvious suspect in road fuel competition enquiry – but not so fast
It’s still consistently cheaper than supermarket rivals on unleaded and diesel
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Comment & OpinionWill Rishi Sunak’s ‘cakeist’ summit manage to keep all parties satisfied?
On the one hand, Sunak wants to know how to support endangered British farmers. On the other, he wants to get food price inflation down
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Comment & OpinionThe coronation of King Charles III will bring much-needed cash to grocery tills
Supermarkets haven’t exactly pulled out all the stops, but street parties and other festivities are still likely to boost sales
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Comment & OpinionChallenger brands are proving there is still room for premiumisation in soft drinks
Is there a more fertile category right now than soft drinks?
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Comment & OpinionPlight of British apples shows ‘rampant profiteering’ is only half the story
The clamour to denounce supermarkets and suppliers for their “rampant profiteering” and “global greedflation” keeps growing
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Promotional FeaturesThe difficulty of diversity - and how the industry is working together to overcome it
The dial has been moved in terms of addressing diversity and inclusion within the grocery industry, but now it’s time to turn inspiration into accountability.
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Comment & OpinionLike the Red Bull F1 car, Tesco Clubcard now has an even faster model
Tesco has opened up an unassailable lead in the loyalty card stakes
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Comment & OpinionThe blame game has started over the meat fraud scandal
With the industry desperately hoping it’s a case of one bad apple rather than a systemic failure, who’s at fault?