All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 41
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Comment & Opinion
DBC's rapid descent reminds us how quickly a business can unravel
Analysts at Company Watch put 173 of the UK’s 680 largest food and drinks manufacturers on red alert this week, noting their vulnerability to insolvency…
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Comment & Opinion
After DBC and R&M Swaine, we need some good news about jobs
At very long last, the political pawn that was the hot pasty is no longer dominating the headlines…
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Profiles
Adam Leyland of The Grocer meets Levi Roots
The Grocer’s editor, Adam Leyland, recently met Levi Roots at the Food & Drink Expo. He asks him what’s next in one of UK food’s most compelling success stories.
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NewsGlenn to run Birds Eye 'whoever owns us'
CEO Martin Glenn has pledged to take his team with him if Birds Eye Iglo changes hands.
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Comment & Opinion
Fish or fuel the order of the day as 2012 grows yet curiouser
Fish or fuel? Two key themes in grocery these past few months grew curiouser and curiouser this week…
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Comment & Opinion
Budget's biggest anomaly is the continuing 20% VAT rate
It’s not just restaurants that have been badly hit by the downturn. Even takeaways struggle to compete…
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ProfilesOlympic feast
The Games’ head of catering, Jan Matthews, outlines her vision for London 2012.
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Analysis & FeaturesBrasher too slow to keep the home fires burning
A man of huge retail talent, ousted Tesco UK CEO Richard Brasher failed to ignite his newly devolved republic and paid the price.
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Comment & Opinion
Olympics: We should big up Britain's multicultural food and drink credentials
What a week! On Monday, the UK’s biggest food manufacturer successfully staved off bankruptcy…
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Comment & OpinionThe fall guy
The departure Richard Brasher represents a sad loss to Tesco and an inglorious exit for a man of significant retail talent.
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Comment & Opinion
Minimum pricing would create a traffic jam behind Cameron's police car
Strange but true. In depriving workers the right to strike, in a dispute over pay and conditions, a Lithuanian court this week…
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NewsWaitrose grows but counts cost of spending spree
Waitrose grew like-for-like food sales by 3% in the past year, off the back of new own-label ranges including Love Life and Good to Go.
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Comment & Opinion
Ownership matters hugely to this country's self-esteem but not, it seems, to sales
We are all aware it’s a big year for Britain - perhaps the “biggest ever”, as Coca-Cola’s Nick Canney maintains. And some will begrudge Coke boarding the GB bandwagon in 2012.
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Comment & Opinion
It's remarkable that Tesco's £40bn supertanker can turn so quickly and simply
Little details really do count in retail. And they can turn around the performance of a £40bn sales supertanker in a matter of weeks…
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Comment & Opinion
Buyers hate Pringles, but Kellogg's has spotted a lovely opportunity
When P&G announced that it was selling to Diamond in a $2.3bn paper and cash deal, it seemed ready to…
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Comment & Opinion
It's time to talk tax: avoidance and value added
I’m not sure whether the Portas Pilots are a sign of quite how broke the UK government is, or how futile it believes this exercise is.
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets are unavoidable... even for the wholesalers
At first glance, very little has changed in this year’s Big 30 wholesalers list. Booker is the stand-out, cash & carries are dominant.
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News
Warburtons to kick off big push without Hayes
Warburtons marketing director Richard Hayes has left just days before the family-run baker embarks on its biggest-ever marketing push.
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Comment & Opinion
For every useful question it answers, the carbon footprint label raises several more
OK, we were wrong about self-service supermarkets in 1947, but our doubts about the Carbon Trust label have proved well founded.
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Comment & Opinion
Can you imagine an ad with Usain Bolt impersonating Philip Clarke?
Tesco’s Christmas bombshell is over a week old now, but the shock waves are likely to continue for some time.