All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 35
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Comment & OpinionDo supermarkets have any right to demand supplier loyalty?
What to do about the discounters? That is the question every grocery retailer is asking. (Or should be.)…
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Comment & OpinionGreen Coke is so good it could replace Red Coke entirely
A few weeks ago I called on the industry to ‘dial down the sugar’. Coca-Cola has risen to the challenge.
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Comment & OpinionWagyu beef: another triumph for Aldi's charm offensive
Aldi’s crowning achievement is persuading the middle classes it is the last word in über-chic Primani-style grocery…
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Comment & OpinionAt last some light relief from the supermarket price war
At last some light relief from the price war, but just how wise were the confessions of the supermarket bosses?…
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Comment & OpinionConvenience is sacred, but also full of sacred cows
In our first-ever Convenience Report, we’ve examined the channel’s growth from every conceivable angle…
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Comment & OpinionLook to your laurels and dial down the sweetness
Fair play to Tesco. It may be in a pickle but it doesn’t lack ambition…
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons has finally unleashed its bazooka
With Dalton Philips finally unleashing the proverbial bazooka, Morrisons is certainly going to be cheaper…
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Comment & OpinionWith fizzy pop, sugar is only half the story
Fizzy lemonade is the perfect pop for a recession: cheap, sweet, inoffensive, and a good mixer too…
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Comment & OpinionPity a supermarket CEO in light of the latest Kantar numbers
Ouch. If you think Kantar’s 12-week numbers look bad, you should see the four-week ones…
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InterviewsAsda's Andy Clarke: The Big Interview
Asda boss Andy Clarke speaks out on restructuring, hypermarkets, changing technology and the rise of the discounters…
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News'Programming error' to blame for Co-op Bank's £400m bill
The Co-operative Bank’s ‘technical breach’ of the Consumer Credit Act was caused by a computer programming mistake, The Grocer can reveal.
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Comment & OpinionPaul Flowers' Newsnight performance was a self-pitying failure
I don’t know what persuaded the Rev Paul Flowers it was a good idea to be interviewed this week…
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Comment & OpinionPrice wars and The Budget: good news for consumers
Who stands to lose most from this price war isn’t yet clear…
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Comment & OpinionThe Co-op Group board game: not so much Cluedo as Clueless
With its bizarre cast of disparate characters, The Co-op Group board game is not so much Cluedo as Clueless…
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Comment & OpinionTesco should focus its price investment on fruit & veg
Milk is not an incremental category. Fruit & veg is. Let’s hope Tesco’s price investment is focused there then…
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Comment & OpinionWhat would Einstein do if he were running Tesco?
It’s not rocket science, or nuclear physics, but even Einstein would agree, were he running Tesco, the answer isn’t easy…
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NewsColes' Ian McLeod tipped for return to UK retail
Coles MD Ian McLeod moved to a senior role within the Wesfarmers Group this week…
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Comment & OpinionWilson's City Food Lecture: astute and cleverly subversive
Wilson painted the supermarkets as latterday Gordon Browns, knowing only how to spend, spend, spend…
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Comment & OpinionIt's all been kicking off at Morrisons
It’s all been kicking off at Morrisons this week, and not just at its two-day Kickoff Conference…
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Comment & OpinionJason Gissing's achievements are not to be sniffed at
Jason Gissing may not win as many plaudits as Justin King, but his achievements are not to be sniffed at…