All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 12
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NewsAre you DRS ready? The Grocer hosts webinar on Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme
The Scottish DRS launches on 1 July next year. Make sure you’re up to speed and understand the practicalities and the significance
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Comment & OpinionThe government’s ‘new normal’ for food and drink looks increasingly unpalatable
This week’s announcement of a ban on ‘junk food’ ads online and before the 9pm watershed will cost £200m a year
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Grocer 33Morrisons looks cheap in more senses than one with great value shopping basket
Morrisons has two wins in three weeks following its June price initiative
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons takeover: where’s the succession plan?
The potential retirement of David Potts and Andy Higginson puts a huge weight on heir apparent Trevor Strain in a takeover scenario
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Comment & OpinionTrade faces another resilience test with fresh produce deliveries being cancelled or delayed
The trade has long since warned of an impending disaster amid long-term HGV driver shortages
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Grocer 33Asda gets off to a winning Grocer 33 start with basket 16.3% cheaper year on year
Asda’s first win of G33 year is 16.3% cheaper yoy
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Comment & OpinionSo-called ‘sausage war’ in Northern Ireland masks a deadly serious issue
Even if the sausage (and bacon) issue is overcome, there’s further threats once other grace periods end in October
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Comment & OpinionWith Aldi and Lidl winning share again normal service has resumed. Or has it?
Grocers and their suppliers are still benefiting from a market that’s anything but normal
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Grocer 33Tesco and Sainsbury’s lag Aldi by 16% to 21% on price, finds latest Grocer 33 survey
Aldi socks it to Tesco and Sainsbury’s on the price-match front in Grocer 33 guest appearance
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Comment & OpinionFood technology has always been vital in delighting shoppers and developing the market
Oatly’s rise to fame and fortune is one of the greatest feats of entrepreneurship the food industry has ever seen
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Comment & OpinionFourth National Lottery licence competition is the most ‘open’ contest ever
Gambling Commission more open to change in how it views the lottery than in its previous guise as OFLOT
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Comment & OpinionDenis Lynn: the man who went out on a limb
An entrepreneur and innovator to his bootstraps, Lynn’s success spanned four decades and at least four separate success stories
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Comment & OpinionThe prospect of food price inflation is a worrying new development
Echoes of previous crises are unavoidable, but this is no time to panic
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InterviewsJustin King: why I’m investing in Snappy Shopper
Rapid delivery players’ dark store models cannot compete against a Snappy-powered independent convenience store, says King
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NewsJustin King backs Snappy Shopper app with ‘significant’ investment
King is set to join the board as a non-exec when the fundraising is complete
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Comment & OpinionLeon acquisition is surely no replica of Tesco’s doomed Giraffe strategy
Experts are clear the restaurants are unlikely to be planted in too many Asdas, if any
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Comment & OpinionThe flipside of the ‘coiled spring’ of unlocking is the nasty kickback of Covid
A new generation of shoppers will remain stuck indoors: too poor and/or too fearful to go out
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Comment & OpinionDeliveroo share price rise shows investors aren’t bothered about gig economy workers
While CEO Will Shu and early investors have made hundreds of millions (despite the IPO flop), a damning report last month found many workers are paid less than the minimum wage
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Comment & OpinionWill the government follow Chris Whitty’s advice on obesity as it has on Covid?
That public health policy will now sit once again within the DH is a significant turning point, especially with Whitty at the helm
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Comment & OpinionDRS delays are a chance to regroup and to go further and faster
There will be mixed feelings about the delay in the rollout of a DRS, first in Scotland and now England