All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 21
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News
Costcutter rejected Bestway proposal after Co-op deal
Sources close to both parties told The Grocer this week that Bestway approached Costcutter in December
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Comment and Opinion
Urgent work is needed to make plastic more sustainable
It’s all very well declaring a war on plastic, but unless we can find viable alternatives, the war will only end in defeat
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Comment and Opinion
Why has Conviviality spent out on company-owned stores?
The flotation of Conviviality on the stock market in 2013 was one of the most unlikely events in the history of grocery
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Comment and Opinion
As a nation, we need to diet. But will PHE's bitter pill work?
Instead of pile-it-high sell it cheap, retailers must somehow sell less, waste less and charge more
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Comment and Opinion
Entrepreneurs will find a way even in harsh retail conditions
A few years ago, you couldn’t give a forecourt away, such was the perceived might of the grocery multiples. Now look at the money they’re worth
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News
Matthew Barnes promoted to top table seat at Aldi South
The promotion, effective 15 April, follows the retirement of Robert Ochsenschläger. Barnes will add responsibility for Aldi South’s fast-growing US business while also overseeing its UK and Ireland operations
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Grocer 33
Asda wins Online 33 with online shop virgin
Navigation ‘was much easier’ than our shopper had imagined
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Comment and Opinion
KFC supply chain fiasco is Heathrow's Terminal 5 all over again
Heads will surely roll… and not just chickens
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The Big Interview
No pain, no gain: Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr on connecting the supply chain
With his penchant for ironmans and other feats of endurance, Doug Gurr is a glutton for punishment. But it’s the consumer’s pain he’s most focused on
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Comment and Opinion
Reasons not to write off Tesco-Booker's discounter plans
Are we about to see the return of Tesco’s Fresh & Easy… in the UK?
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Comment and Opinion
The Russell Hume scandal has shown how easy it is to relabel meat
The Food Standards Agency has received government signoff to properly fund the National Food Crime Unit
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Comment and Opinion
Iceland has shown real leadership with its plastic plan
It’s been a PR masterstroke, and a far cry from the Kerry Katona years
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Comment and Opinion
Predictions for 2018: sugar, veganism & food price inflation
We’ve loads of predictions this week. But before I offer a few of my own, I have a confession
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Comment and Opinion
An extraordinary year in grocery, and Brexit is still unclear
For a supermarket boss the next week is the most exciting and most terrifying in the year
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Comment and Opinion
Sugar Levy is proving inspirational for soft drinks makers
What will be the impact of the Sugar Levy? Time will tell but I suspect it will be good news for adult soft drinks
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Comment and Opinion
Who killed Palmer & Harvey?
From the 2008 MBO, Palmer & Harvey still chose to pay out £70m in interest payments to preferential shareholders. Why?
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News
Tony Reed tells P&H colleagues and customers: 'I'm sorry'
Reed said he was ‘dreadfully sorry’ to all the stakeholders that he had been unable to save the wholesaler
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Comment and Opinion
A tax on single-use plastic could help stop pollution of the seas
There’s a new enemy in the war on waste: single-use plastic
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Analysis and Features
Dave Lewis and Charles Wilson: the exclusive and uncut interview
With the CMA provisionally clearing the Tesco-Booker merger, platinum members can read an extended version of our exclusive Q&A ahead of this Saturday’s issue of The Grocer
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco-Booker a case of if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
But not in the old sense of selling up. It’s about forming a genuine partnership (or Faustian pact)