All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 39
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Comment & Opinion
Horse meat scandal: questions will be asked. A lot of them
Moviegoers heading to the cinema to see Les Misérables this weekend might find the film unexpectedly topical…
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Comment & Opinion
As the value creation model alters, can execs stay motivated?
Amid the flurry of new appointments at Tesco, three significant resignations have been announced this week…
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Comment & Opinion
Will retailers resolve to go the extra mile in 2013?
My predictions for 2013? More of the same, ie hard times, bonkers legislation, and the growth of online…
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Category ReportIce cream - Unilever strengthens its Core
Appalling summer weather dampened an already double-dipped economy…
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Comment & Opinion
Still all to play for as 2012 ends in tantalising fashion
This is the last issue of the year for The Grocer, and we’re finishing as we started, with a huge 176-page issue…
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Comment & Opinion
David Cameron's Nazi red tape analogy is a bad joke
To audible sighs of relief, DBIS relented this week in its Jo Swinson-led Midata quest.
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Comment & Opinion
Convenience alone won't guarantee success for c-stores
It’s commonly assumed that Sainsbury’s is leading the pack thanks to its heavily Southern-based store estate….
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ProfilesObituary: Dan Yealland, the star investment banker
As a star investment banker, Dan Yealland brokered many of the biggest deals in grocery retail in recent years.
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Comment & Opinion
In grocery, time is like money. In short supply
This has been a momentous week in terms of retail people news, with Morrisons, Tesco and M&S all announcing big changes.
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Comment & Opinion
How the economy is suffering from David Brailsford syndrome
Last week, I accused the government of building an economic platform made of jelly. And constantly sticking its spoon in….
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Comment & Opinion
Portman Group ruling against Jody Scheckter's ales is absurd
It’s not been a good month for the UK’s various governments when it comes to legislating to curb alcohol abuse…
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Comment & Opinion
Why this government is no friend to the food and drink industry
This government says it wants to be a friend to business. As it has repeatedly shown, it is no such thing….
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Comment & Opinion
Why did everyone discount the discounters at the IGD Convention?
This year’s IGD’s convention was the best I can remember. So why did everyone discount the discounters?
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco will look wistfully at Aldi, not Sainsbury's
How irksome for Tesco boss Philip Clarke to update the City on its £219m decline in half-year profits on the same day Sainsbury’s revealed its 30th consecutive quarter of growth.
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NewsBrasher lands CEO role in South Africa
Former Tesco UK CEO Richard Brasher is jetting off to South Africa this weekend in preparation for his new role as CEO…
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Comment & Opinion
Cancer study should give pause for thought
This week, we broke a story on thegrocer.co.uk about a highly controversial new French…
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Comment & Opinion
It's dangerous to assume prices always rise with bad weather
Is price inflation back? That is the $64bn question taxing retail and supply executives in the UK (and beyond) right now.
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InterviewsNo time like the past
As he celebrates 30 years with the John Lewis Partnership, Mark Price has witnessed a transformation in Waitrose…
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NewsYooMoo brings in Gü founder James Averdieck as interim director
Entrepreneur James Averdieck has been brought in as an interim director at YooMoo, as the fast-growing frozen…
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Comment & Opinion
This week: water and watersheds
While the sun(shine) was reminding us, last weekend, of its its value to the trade, the Mail was clearly working…