All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 11
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NewsDelay tactics from supermarket buyers slowing supplier cost price increases
Supermarket buyers are using increasingly onerous justification processes to delay and thwart supplier cost price hikes
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Comment & OpinionAlcohol duty law shake-up is progressive and persuasive – with one glaring exception
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s shake-up of alcohol duty laws in this week’s Budget is long overdue. And in the main both progressive and persuasive
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Comment & OpinionBuyers playing a dangerous game as suppliers threaten to stop the trucks
Will suppliers stop the trucks? That’s the risk buyers amid inflation and delivery shortages
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Gold Awards has shone a light on our industry’s hidden heroes
This week’s awards was a chance to put the names of some of these supply chain heroes up in lights
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NewsMorrisons clinches top prize at Grocer Gold Awards 2021 to cap eventful week
Grocer of the Year was one of 33 awards handed out during the prestigious ceremony at London’s Guildhall
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Comment & OpinionThe CMA is in for a tough time arbitrating on the ‘Green Claims Code’
The situation for an online shopper isn’t good. While supermarkets pander to vegans and free-from shoppers, the experience for a ‘green’ shopper is universally poor
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Comment & OpinionCO2 crisis: there’s another cliff edge in three weeks’ time
It’s remarkable to think CF Industries could destabilise food supply in a way that neither Covid nor Brexit had thus far managed
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Comment & OpinionAre the big four supermarkets using fuel price hikes to subsidise food price increases?
Input costs are soaring. Yet we still have so-called ‘negative’ inflation in the supermarkets, according to the latest Kantar data. So what’s going on?
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Grocer 33Asda wins despite year-on-year rise in price of Grocer 33 basket
Featuring a pork joint with lots of trimmings, plus a celebratory cake, chocolates, and lashings of Coke, our basket was comfortably won by Asda this week. Asda’s £82.89 basket was £2.29 cheaper than nearest rival Tesco, with 10 items exclusively cheapest, including the eclairs, coffee, milk, ...
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Comment & OpinionNo-one will starve on account of food shortages but that’s no reason for government complacency
Politics have taken over from pragmatism amid food and drink industry shortages
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Comment & OpinionIs food too cheap in the UK? If so it's hard to see how it looks like this
Structural changes to food prices could hit nutritious, fresh food hardest
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Analysis & FeaturesEx-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy outlines CD&R’s case for buying £7bn Morrisons
‘We want to build on the traditional strengths of Morrisons with innovation, capital and new technologies,’ vows Leahy
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Comment & OpinionSupply chains need drastic overhaul to cope with long-term problems and new disruption
The picture on the availability crisis has been partial and piecemeal. Until now.
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NewsFood shortages ease… but worst is yet to come as HGV driver crisis continues
As changes to self-isolation rules mean fully vaccinated workers must no longer isolate, new research by The Grocer reveals food shortages have now eased
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Comment & OpinionAsda search for new CEO reminiscent of Tottenham Hotspur’s protracted recruitment of new manager
The Issa brothers are struggling to find a successor to Roger Burnley, who stepped down earlier this month
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are in a quandary over on-demand delivery partnerships
We’ve seen the likes of Aldi, Asda, the Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s jump into bed with these operators
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Comment & OpinionWill the government pay any attention to Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report?
While there will be lots of soul searching in the industry about the NFS recommendations, it’s the government’s response that’s key
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s increase in delivery charges has opened Pandora’s box
Tesco’s move opens the door for other retailers to follow suit
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Analysis & FeaturesProtection vs plundering: why Morrisons is backing the Fortress bid
The Morrisons board has announced its support for a £6.3bn cash offer from Majestic Wine owner Fortress Investment Group. Here’s why
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Comment & OpinionHealth and sustainability label proliferation risks consumer confusion and undermines public trust
At the weekend, Nestlé joined retailers including M&S, Co-op and Sainsbury’s to announce the launch of Foundation Earth, a new front-of-pack eco-score