All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 14
-
Comment & OpinionBrexit: in such a grave crisis as this, it’s an unnecessary risk
The prospect of coping, with so many retailers and wholesalers close to oblivion, is hard to imagine
-
Comment & OpinionAll eyes will be on Sainsbury’s commercial team to see how it delivers as a food-first retailer
Critics will question how a ‘food first’ retailer can close all those counters
-
Comment & OpinionSupermarkets should list more smaller brands that offer shoppers green solutions
For too long, the efforts of the supermarkets to explore green solutions have almost exclusively involved own-label commitments
-
InterviewsDavid Milner’s Midas touch: the Big Interview
Everything this serial entrepreneur and investor touches has been turning to gold. What’s his secret?
-
Comment & OpinionFoodservice wholesalers have been thrown under the bus on business rates relief
Foodservice wholesalers have been thrown under the bus on business rates relief
-
NewsWaitrose food and grocery head Rupert Thomas to leave business
Thomas joined Waitrose from Sainsbury’s in 2003, and was promoted to marketing director in 2010
-
ProfilesWe are our own bosses now, no longer part of Walmart, says Asda CFO
Asda chief financial officer Rob McWilliam tells us everything we want to know following today’s announcement
-
Comment & OpinionAsda EG Group combo will reverberate through the grocery sector
With combined sales of £40bn, it will be the UK’s second-biggest retailer (by sales)
-
Comment & OpinionSaddling Asda with piles of debt won’t help it through a recession
It’s clear that Tesco’s change of strategy over the summer, and the impact of Tesco’s Aldi Price Match, is rattling Asda almost as much as Aldi
-
InterviewsDave Lewis: the Exit Interview
Tesco’s CEO reflects on his time at the helm of the UK’s largest retailer, and on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the UK and for his successor Ken Murphy
-
Comment & OpinionClubcard is a magic wand to pep up Tesco’s boring EDLP experience
Big data is still a hugely powerful tool in the right hands, hence Tesco’s continued evolution of its Clubcard proposition
-
Comment & OpinionFood and drink is at the centre of the Brexit Withdrawal Deal controversy
Government indecision, opacity and brinkmanship will make a bad Brexit decision worse
-
Comment & OpinionMarcus Rashford food poverty taskforce must activate the food and drink industry
Food and drink industry’s role in the taskforce must be about more than social media support
-
Grocer 33Online Grocer 33: Tesco wins as Ocado is second from bottom
Tesco scored with an impressive 90 points
-
Comment & OpinionCould Waitrose really be about to team up with Amazon? And if so how?
Of all the sacred cows Sharon White is slaying that would be the most sacred and sensational
-
Comment & OpinionFood prices will rise in the new year. That is the reality of Brexit
The fundamentals of food price inflation have been sorely tested by the coronavirus. But the balance is about to tip
-
Comment & OpinionMarks & Spencer is threatening a middle-class price war against Waitrose
And Ocado also gets an extra 2,000 unique M&S products on its site
-
Comment & OpinionObesity plan’s clumsy methodology will catch many guiltless products in its crosshairs
Boris Johnson is the ultimate poacher turned gamekeeper when it comes to tackling obesity
-
Comment & OpinionDoes Asda’s Uber Eats trial signal a move into dark kitchens?
We know what Tesco wants to do with all its excess space, but Asda’s plans seem to be taking a different direction
-
Comment & OpinionThe answer to Allied’s troubles is surely to acquire Hovis
Despite hefty investment, Hovis is still taking lumps out of the Allied Bakeries business