Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 160
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Comment & Opinion
Good With Food had a good run. Now The Co-op must move on
Good With Food has been The Co-op’s strapline for six years. But now the society is mulling possible alternatives.
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Big Interviews
Walking back to happiness
After a prolonged bidding war, Malcolm Walker is back on top at Iceland. He talks candidly to The Grocer about the deal…
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Analysis & Features
Price promos slash inflation at big four to a mere 1.6%
The BRC said food price inflation had crashed to a two-year low of 3.1%. Well, it’s even better than that.
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Profiles and QandAs
Where are they now? Eric Nicholls, former buyer, Sainsbury's
Nicholls joined Sainsbury’s in June 1956 following national service, as a clerk in the factory costing office in Blackfriars.
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Comment & Opinion
Consumers need champions
In my time as retail controller of the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) I was a member of…
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Analysis & Features
Promotions fall as multiples get set for Olympic bonanza
The countdown to the Olympics saw featured space promotions elbowed out in three of the top five this week…
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Comment & Opinion
What consultation, Asda?
On Saturday last I joined the group Marple in Action in a visit to a consultation exercise at the local…
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Analysis & Features
Cereal makers strive to keep lid on soaring prices
As US farmers battle the worst drought in 50 years, their northern European counterparts contend with the opposite problem.
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Analysis & Features
Join the online revolution!
Under Charles Wilson, Booker is leading UK wholesalers in the online revolution… but others are making up lost ground fast.
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Big Interviews
The man with a lot of bottle
Majestic CEO Steve Lewis is driving expansion apace thanks to his brave focus on minimum order sizes… and now online.
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Analysis & Features
Is Asda's credit card on the money?
Despite consumer distrust in the banks, and the offer of cash back, analysts are sceptical of Asda’s move into credit cards.
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Analysis & Features
Welcome to the click & collect revolution
Supermarkets have been ramping up click & collect and some are now looking at grocery as well as non-food… heralding the dawn of the grocery drive thru.
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Analysis & Features
Clarke urges patience in shareholder spring
Comedy and crossed words were the order of the day, but CEO’s honesty kept shareholders at bay - and has bought him more time.
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Analysis & Features
No room for complacency on bribery
As Sainsbury’s buyer John Maylam is jailed for corruption, a poll for The Grocer shows even new legislation isn’t deterring some.
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Comment & Opinion
Bribery and corruption is still prevalent in grocery
I once asked a Tesco executive why there were no plans to enter Russia. His answer was short and simple…
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Big Interviews
John Dixon's 'restless dissatisfaction'
In a rare interview, John Dixon spoke exclusively to The Grocer about his vision for M&S Food, the journey so far… and the journey still to come.
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Analysis & Features
NFU takes supermarkets to task over CSR commitments
Which supermarkets are staying truest to their CSR pledges?
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Analysis & Features
Jubilee booze cuts result in first fall in index this year
Beverage prices across the big four supermarkets fell in June, marking the first month-on-month price drop this year.
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Comment & Opinion
Local food is the future
Our food system has been engineered to suit the bottom line of giant retailers. The near disappearance of food from living streets must be remedied.
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Comment & Opinion
A Penny for your thoughts, Dalton?
Questions are sure to resurface over Morrisons’ top table with the news that Richard Pennycook is heading for…