Lois Vallely
Lois Vallely is features editor at The Grocer
Contact info
- Tel:
- 01293 846653
- Email:
- lois.vallely@wrbm.com
Analysis & FeaturesCan supermarkets steal a slice of the takeaway market?
Driven by the success of Deliveroo, Just Eat and other apps, the takeaway market is worth nearly £13bn and now supermarkets want a pizza the action
- Interviews & Profiles
Damian Soong, Form Nutrition, on Prince, Keanu Reeves and queues at checkouts
“My motto in life is fortune favours the brave”
- Interviews & Profiles
Bryony Tinn-Disbury, Jack & Bry, on Take That, jackfruit and Anchorman
“The most rewarding part of my job is my ambitious team”
- Interviews & Profiles
Hannah McCollum, Chic P, on Westlife, labradors and The Sound of Music
‘My first job was in an old-fashioned sweet shop at age 12’
- Analysis & Features
The Grocer announces the Top New Talent class of 2019
Presenting the 36 rising stars of the food and drink industry who have made our TNT class of 2019
- Interviews & Profiles
John Luck, Carabao Energy Drink, on Adam & The Ants, Guinness and Jürgen Klopp
‘How would I describe my job to my mates? Bonkers – but in a good way’
- Interviews & Profiles
Owen Hazel, Jannettas Gelateria, on Blondie, Pink Panther and mango sorbet
‘My first album was Blondie’s Parallel Lines’
- Comment & Opinion
Retailers are right to use renewables. But they must also cut energy use outright
Tesco says its renewables deal will save 90,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
- Interviews & Profiles
Natalie Luke, Aduro Communication, on East 17, teleportation and Desert Island Discs
‘In one of my first interviews I was asked to sell a biro back to the interviewer’
- Interviews & Profiles
Julian Metcalfe: Itsu’s British foodie with global ambition
Following success with Pret a Manger and Metcalfe’s Skinny, Itsu founder Julian Metcalfe is setting his sights on taking the brand global
- Interviews & Profiles
Luke Boase, Lucky Saint, on Cliff Richard, Postman Pat and being superstitious
‘My motto in life is: you make your own luck’
- Analysis & Features
Farm Africa’s 1,000-trees challenge: helping young Ugandan women thrive in the coffee business
Eight industry execs want to help young people – and particularly young women – in Uganda build their own businesses
- News
Sky executive and England cricketer join Leadership Symposium speaking lineup
This year’s Leadership Symposium lineup will include former England cricketer Matt Prior and Sky business leader Fiona Ball
- Analysis & Features
Plastic: is the industry moving far enough and fast enough?
Which plastic reduction initiatives are working and which are window dressing?
- Interviews & Profiles
Anna Garrod, The Coconut Tree, on vintage clothes, Glastonbury and True Romance
‘The animal which most reflects my personality is a cat – a softie but independent’
- Comment & Opinion
Secrets of the Superfactories: a look behind the scenes of Heinz beans
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the Heinz factory in Wigan is making tins and tins of baked beans
- Comment & Opinion
Snackmasters: how hard can it be to recreate a Kit Kat?
The first episode of Channel 4’s Snackmasters challenged two British chefs to recreate the legendary bar
- Interviews & Profiles
Bryan Martins, Wessanen UK, on the DeLorean time machine and Eye of the Tiger
‘The most rewarding part of my job is managing great brands with real purpose’
- Interviews & Profiles
Jenny Costa: how Rubies in the Rubble is taking on Heinz
Having started as a kitchen table business, Rubies in the Rubble now has the mainstream condiments market in its sights
- News
Food execs head to Uganda to raise money for Farm Africa
They will plant 1,000 trees on 80 acres of coffee farmland to give the coffee plants the shade they need to grow
