All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 18
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News
Patisserie Valerie appoints ex-Starbucks boss to new group commercial director role
Patisserie Valerie has appointed a retail “heavy hitter” to lead its front of house operations, completing the new management team that new CEO Steve Francis has brought to turn around the crisis-stricken chain.
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Profiles and QandAs
How Steve Francis is turning around Patisserie Valerie
Francis believes there’s a ‘candy shop of opportunities’ to improve the café chain
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Comment and Opinion
Upheaval, disruption and scandal: 2018 had everything
In an up-and-down year, the triumph of The Grocer’s Waste Not Want Not food waste campaign is our highlight
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco fraud trial is thrown out... so who was to blame?
The SFO smelt blood. And in Bush and Scouler (and UK finance director Carl Rogberg) it thought it had found the villains of the piece
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Comment and Opinion
When is a promise not a pledge? It’s all in the Ts&Cs
It has emerged that Waitrose quietly scaled its price match pledge back to 1,000 lines in April 2017
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Comment and Opinion
Paul Polman: fall guy, good guy, good bye
Paul Polman has gone earlier than everyone expected, but there’s no doubt he leaves a strong legacy
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Comment and Opinion
Brexit stockpiling can't protect us from fresh food shortages
Ambient lines can and are being stockpiled – but as warehouse space becomes thin, how will fresh ingredients fare?
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Comment and Opinion
After Iceland's PR blinder on palm oil what happens next?
Historic move to make RSPO certification adhere to stricter standards is a major breakthrough
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News
Tesco teams up with WWF to make shopping more sustainable
Measures will encourage consumers to slash meat consumption through offering greater choice
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Comment and Opinion
It's all doom and gloom at M&S. Where's Paddington?
There was little sparkle and magic in the senior management team’s downbeat assessment
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Comment and Opinion
Dine In deal’s demise is a symbol of M&S malaise
It started off with the best of intentions and was hugely successful at first, but the ‘profit-dilutive’ promotion has lost its way
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Comment and Opinion
Waitrose cannot afford to offend its mindful customers
As they say in retail, the customer is never wrong. And the customer is not just Waitrose, it’s Waitrose customers
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Comment and Opinion
Sial trip gives insight into Brexit mindset of British exporters
New UK exhibitors at the international food and drink show in Paris were down from 60 to 37
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Comment and Opinion
Buying time for Brexit is an eminently sensible move
A recent survey for Scala found that 61% are already stockpiling raw materials and/or finished goods, says The Grocer’s editor Adam Leyland
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The Big Interview
Lord Price on how to future-proof your business post-Brexit
As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit grows, Mark Price, the former Waitrose MD and ex-minister of trade, offers some predictions and some timely solutions
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Comment and Opinion
Will the tobacco industry ever be trusted?
When Philip Morris declared it wanted people to stop smoking its cigarettes, it felt like we were reaching a watershed moment
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Comment and Opinion
I love Pret a Manger, but it clearly has serious issues
The tragic death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse has exposed clear weaknesses in its food labelling policies
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Grocer 33
Tesco's discounter lines can't knock Asda off top spot
Asda was exclusively cheapest on 13 items, with the dog chews, beer, cauliflower, potatoes and sausage rolls decisive…
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Comment and Opinion
Food waste announcement is great news, but there's work to do
If the subsidies are not used it will prove the industry simply cannot be bothered and will rightly be taken away
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco suppliers' waste figures are a triumph for transparency
Yes, the figures are in many cases shocking, but at least these companies have taken the plunge