All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 10
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Comment & OpinionWrap’s fresh produce initiative is a huge step backwards – and I mean that in a good way
Wrap’s research has broken the link between food waste and plastic usage in fresh produce
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Comment & OpinionBig 30’s historic losses last year only tell half the story
Last year was the most challenging for the UK’s grocery wholesalers since the Second World War
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Comment & OpinionAmazon under GSCOP: who’d be a code compliance officer?
What makes the prospect of Amazon facing challenges all the more compelling is quite how it manages the threat
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose must tackle the cost of living crisis too and free newspapers or free coffee isn’t the answer
“The biggest fall in living standards since records began and what are Waitrose customers getting upset about? A free newspaper”
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are powerless to prevent food price inflation but there's a how and a where
Supermarkets have done an amazing job of keeping price inflation in check for 60 years. They can’t afford to lose their grip
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Comment & OpinionJust walk out could be a game-changer for Aldi’s stores
Aldi’s ‘just walk out’ move seems unlikely for a no-frills discounter. But if it works it makes total sense
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ProfilesA giant of the industry: Lord Sainsbury obituary
John Sainsbury was a towering figure, dominating and defining the most important period in the rise of the supermarkets through his vision and attention to detail
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NewsLord Sainsbury of Preston Candover: reaction to death of supermarket industry giant at 94
As chairman and CEO from 1969-1992, his flotation of the family business on the stock market in 1972 was, at the time, the largest in UK history
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Comment & OpinionThe results are in and the winner is… grocery
We have Kantar and NielsenIQ to tell us about topline sales momentum, but that’s slim pickings versus the updates from the plcs
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Comment & OpinionHow Sainsbury’s is forcing inflation to work in its favour
The number of lines matching Aldi slipped in the run-up to Christmas, but two moves show it’s back on the programme
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Comment & OpinionAsda needs to stand for something and increasingly it’s hard to say what that is
It’s no surprise that Derek Lawlor is leaving Asda
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Comment & OpinionThat grocery innovated so impressively throughout such a tough year is astounding
It’s a huge credit to the sector that it’s by and large kept delivering the goods this year
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NewsChristmas ranges smaller and fewer discounts for second year running as supermarkets trim their sails
Research by The Grocer using Assosia data shows that since Christmas 2019 Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose have collectively cut over 8,500 products
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Comment & OpinionFood and drink suppliers face some dark months ahead as new restrictions hit home
With no government authority and no furlough scheme, are the wheels about to finally fall off for food and drink?
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Comment & OpinionAmazon faces stiff competition from the major grocers – and now from a group of ultra-fast players
I visited my local Amazon store – a phrase that still sounds odd – the other day. The thing that struck me was the sheer number of people! But not shoppers
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Comment & OpinionChristmas looks like it’s going to be OK in grocery – but it’s still touch and go
Some turkeys may be Polish, some mince pies may run short, and there will be less choice, but Christmas won’t be the disaster many feared just a few months ago
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Comment & OpinionIt’s blink murder out there in the cost price increase standoff
A staring competition with Aldi is particularly tricky
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer’s New Product Awards show brands are meeting the needs of post-pandemic shoppers
In the darkest days of the pandemic there were real fears the coronavirus would put the kibosh on food and drink NPD
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Comment & OpinionUK suppliers are at an inflexion point after Covid and cost price hikes are not optional
Supermarkets have a duty to keep inflation in check but also need to accept that suppliers must remain profitable
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Comment & OpinionSympathy for buyers only goes so far as cost price increases are scrutinised to nth degree
There’s a tsunami of cost price increase demands coming through right now from every corner of the supply base