plastic bottles recycling

Richard Walker, on battling plastics

“Other big retailers need to get their head out of the sand. The genie is out of the bottle”

Mike Coupe on… 42nd Street

“We’re in the money, the sky is sunny. Let’s lend it, spend it, send it rolling along…”

2018 in review: Bombshell mergers, sensational shortages and environmental triumphs

Boris Johnson’s concern for businesses fearing Brexit?

“F**k business”

Rodger Hobson, chairman of British Carrots, on the heatwave

“People say ‘you farmers always moan’ but we are pretty good at growing carrots, we’ve never had them perform as badly as this. Kevin the carrot could have a French accent this year”

carrots

Giles Hurley, Aldi’s new CEO, on reports its growth was slowing

“We don’t spend much time speculating on how they reach conclusions. I suspect sometimes there are vested interests”

James Watt on staying firmly anti-establishment

“I’d rather shoot myself in the head than sell out and be a rich motherf***er. I couldn’t look myself in the mirror”

Heck’s Andrew Keeble speaks out on copycatting

“Why should we stand by and watch these cowboys sell a looky-likey pack to their customers?”

heck vs aldi chicken sausages

Jason Warner, AB InBev, on 2018

“This will be a Darwinian year – survival of the fittest”

Christine Tacon makes a plea for a broader remit

“My ambition is to get me the right retailers. Give me retailers that need to be regulated and I will grasp that with both hands”

Professor Tim Lang on Brexit

“If the government takes us into Brexit of any kind, it is food that is going to bring it to its knees”