All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 51
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NewsEditor's Comment: Pringles are no more cakes than Mr Kipling French Fancies are crisps
So the Pringle is a crisp after all. And not a cake, as the P&G's lawyers had argued (see p5). Quite right, too, I say. Pringles can be described as many things - a tasty snack, a clever gimmick, an early example of premiumisation, a party...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Supermarket clout will make even the mafiosi nervous
Supermarkets are currently fighting tooth and nail to avoid the interference of an Ombudsman. And they regularly baulk at the heavy-handed approach of the Office of Fair Trading.
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Editor's Comment: If you give someone a bigger portion than they need, they will eat it
I've read my share of self-serving surveys, and may I be at least the second to commend the Food Standards Agency on its latest contribution to the genre. This one found - quel surprise - that eight out of 10 cats prefer the FSA's traffic lights....
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Editor's Comment: A blanket 3% cut in cost price seems crude but it's an opening gambit, right?
Tesco is not the only multiple playing hardball with its suppliers right now, says Adam Leyland
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Editor's Comment: Tesco has become part of The Establishment
This week Tesco overtook Carrefour to become the world's second-most profitable retailer. And with the Chancellor announcing a basket case Budget a day later, it might seem odd to question one of the enduring success stories of the past New Labour...
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NewsOwn Label/PLMA Preview: Ideas that cross frontiers
The recent success of the discounters is a reminder to the UK's grocery establishment that British consumers have a strong appetite for foreign goods and ideas. By Adam Leyland
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Editor's Comment: As Ocado adds scale, it can increase profits exponentially
The UK's fastest-growing grocery retailer is probably not who you might think, says Adam Leyland
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Editor's Comment: Even today, Innocent founders prefer flipflops to Ferraris
Arch comments were in no short supply this week as Innocent Drinks confirmed the sale of a minority stake to Coca-Cola for £30m. One resourceful journalist on the Daily Telegraph, in a search for haunting former protestations about its die-hard...
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NewsActivia and Actimel keep up the pace in downturn
Sales of Activia and Actimel have continued where they left off in 2008 in the first quarter of 2009, with 50% of Activia's double-digit growth coming from its new Intensely Creamy posh desserts range. In a static market, volume sales in...
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NewsCoca-Cola takes £30m stake in Innocent
Coca-Cola has taken a minority stakeholding in Innocent Drinks, the smoothie and veg pots brand, for £30m, The Grocer can reveal.
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Editor's Comment: Booker's Indian wholesale move shows Charles Wilson's entrepreneurial spirit
Charles Wilson is a canny one. The CEO of Booker has done a great job since returning to his old stomping ground, and the latest quarter's 6.4% like-for-like growth confirms the progress. Indeed, coming in the same week M&S announced a 4.2%...
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Promote or BANG!
You don't have to like it, and it's getting more scary by the minute, but trade promotion is an essential feature of modern retailing. Adam Leyland and James Ball report
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Editor's Comment: So now we can advertise condoms to kids, but not cheese, honey or bran-rich cereals
Over the past half decade, Dame Deirdre Hutton has been a key figure at two identically titled regulatory bodies: the FSA and the FSA. The Food Standards Agency, which she has chaired since 2005, Dame Deirdre has regulated with a fearsome...
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The Price promise
A new entry-level range will make Waitrose an essential shop, says managing director Mark Price. By Adam Leyland
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Editor's Comment: Coca-Cola working with Innocent? That would take a lot of getting used to
It's been a week of strong contrasts. Morrisons (up) versus Waitrose (down). Cola (up) versus smoothies and bottled water (down). And, in another delightful example of how perplexing it must be to be a shopper, contrasting articles, on the same...
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Smiles at Innocent but will Coca-Cola be its new mate?
Bruised by recession and intense competition, Innocent is in talks with investors to fuel overseas expansion. How's it hanging? By Adam Leyland and James Ball
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Britain's top brands defy crunch to leave own-label lagging
Own-label lines may be flying off the shelves as cash-strapped consumers trade down to value. But Britain's 100 Biggest Grocery Brands are flying even faster, a new report published by The Grocer reveals. The ranking, published in...
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Editor's Comment: Tesco win leaves competition test in tatters
Who's the biggest loser in this week's historic ruling by the Competition Appeals Tribunal (see p5)? Tesco's rivals? UK shoppers? Or chief commissioner Peter 'Gordon' Freeman and his sidekicks at the Competition Commission? At least the...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Oscar night had nothing on the agony of Watchdog's supermarket poll
Oscar night is excruciating. As the winners are announced, cameras spy on those who missed out. Employing all the skills of the thespian trade, actors still struggle to hide the disappointment on their faces.
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Editor's Comment: FSA satfats consultation sounds ominous
The ire of the industry over regulation is being kept in check, at the moment, by the more pressing concerns surrounding the economy - and survival - but this week came two reminders of the parallel universe in which Government, and its many...