All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 15
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NewsTesco responds to ‘speculation’ around Aldi ‘price war’
Despite concerns about the short time frame for the ‘tough negotiations’, Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon says she’s received no complaints
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Comment & OpinionConsumers still want quick and easy environmental swaps and solutions
What’s clear is the continuing consumer appetite for sustainable initiatives, and for progress on the environment, despite the impending recession and growing job losses
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Analysis & FeaturesThe food and drink funding challenge: how suppliers are raising cash and doing deals in the pandemic
Whether to survive, or to continue with existing plans, many suppliers have needed funding in the crisis. With investors spooked, how have they fared?
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets need to sharpen their pencils on price
Allowing prices to rise as they effectively have will damage the reputations of the supermarkets if they’re not careful
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Analysis & FeaturesFood price inflation: where have all the supermarket offers gone?
Supermarkets cut promotions heavily to stop panic buying but with availability back to normal they’re still down 17% on average. So why aren’t they back?
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Comment & OpinionTrade deals: we need to be able to ‘follow the science’ on food standards
Framing a potential US trade deal purely in terms of chicken does a disservice to the complexity of trade deals
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocer 33: How supermarkets responded to the coronavirus in-store
The annual Grocer 33 competition has tracked store performance throughout the coronavirus pandemic. So how have they fared?
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Comment & OpinionCoronavirus has highlighted the importance of food security. Our system needs a rethink
As the government reviews its 5G plans, shouldn’t we also reconsider the value of our food?
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Comment & OpinionThe questions online grocery’s power players need to be asking and answering
If the current situation is ‘the largest ever global online grocery trial’, it’s a highly favourable offer – even better than free champagne
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Comment & OpinionEven with demand for online delivery sky high, making money from DTC isn’t easy
Some brands have discovered this route to market more recently, and with impressive speed
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Comment & OpinionLooks like Tesco’s Aldi Price Match has landed
Aldi is rattled. And the decision to target Tesco as a comparator, rather than brands per se, is a sign of the source of the rattle
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Comment & OpinionNPD is making a comeback but more support will be needed from grocers
Grocers also need to find new ways to respond to shopper missions that are being lost in the melee
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Comment & OpinionLockdown easing cannot come soon enough - but it may be at a terrible price
Vera Lynn’s wartime promise that ‘we’ll meet again’ has taken on a doubly poignant strain
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Comment & OpinionWho’s winning amidst outrageous swings and unfortunate arrows of grocery’s good fortune?
In the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis the direction of travel was only one way. It’s getting trickier now
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Comment & OpinionThe food industry is doing amazing work. It deserves respect from politicians and the public
Coronavirus is bringing out the very best in humanity – but the worst, too
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Comment & OpinionA timetable for ending the lockdown is needed but the government is unlikely to give it
Announcements from the government could catch catering businesses off guard once again
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket bosses must be careful not to undermine the goodwill they’ve earned
There’s growing envy, resentment and anger at the supermarkets despite the challenges and extra costs they face
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Comment & OpinionYou can’t mothball a cow, rescue packages are needed for great swathes of the industry
If HMG doesn’t thrash out a rescue package for great swathes of the food and drink sector caught up in this - if it doesn’t find bespoke solutions - many more will go under
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Comment & OpinionMixed messages from the government are hampering the food and drinks industry’s coronavirus response
Boris Johnson clearly hasn’t grasped that the supermarkets don’t have the capacity to meet demand
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Comment & OpinionA message of support to all our readers, customers, partners and friends in the UK food and drink sector
In these harrowing times, the industry is working together in every sense