All Daily Bread articles – Page 110
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Comment and OpinionHumble pie and TV dinners
I had written off Tesco’s free Clubcard TV service before it even launched…
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Comment and OpinionIn search of excellence – and finding it
It’s never been a better time to be a shopper in the UK with the high quality and breadth of products available to the consumer, according to chef and businesswoman Thomasina Miers…
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Comment and OpinionA clip around the ear
Something has gone wrong with one of my local c-stores. Every day I pass this shop, which is run by a major retail chain…
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Comment and OpinionBe careful what you wish for
It’s almost a year since The Grocer reported the Department of Health was bringing in researchers to gather evidence to back up the effectiveness of its under-fire Responsibility Deal…
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Comment and OpinionGreen Shoots
Greencore’s challenging six months will not impinge the long-term prognosis, the own-label ready meals and convenience manufacturer said…
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Comment and OpinionA good day for lawyers
It emerged this weekend that Waitrose has retained the services of a QC to comb through the details…
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Comment and OpinionAsda on reinventing 'convenience'
“This industry’s full of jargon,” said Asda CEO Andy Clarke today, referring to the UK grocery business.Clarke was speaking to a room full of journalists in the retailer’s convivial albeit cosy offices above Carnaby Street, delivering the news that Asda had seen sales growth of 1.8% in Q1.Clarke’s statement was ...
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Comment and OpinionThe high-street circus continues
The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery.
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Comment and OpinionThe new top-up shop
In these straitened times, it seems people are more willing than ever to mix and match where they pick up their produce – doing a big shop in one supermarket and topping up at another.
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Comment and OpinionWhat price Ocado-Morrisons?
Ocado must be fuming after reading the threatening comments made by Waitrose MD Mark Price in the weekend papers.
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Comment and OpinionDalton battles the headwinds
Headwinds, headwinds, headwinds: that was the key word used by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips on a call with journalists today.
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Comment and OpinionIt was The Grocer wot won it
Today was a very good day for Sainsbury’s Justin King. As well as announcing a great set of results, he was delighted to have his name linked to | his hero, Sir Alex Ferguson, amid fevered speculation on their reportedly imminent departures…
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Comment and OpinionDiageo's Walsh calls time
Paul Walsh has rung the bell on his spell as CEO of Diageo – and quite a spell it’s been.
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Comment and OpinionPlain packs - back on the shelf?
Today the Department of Health told me of its surprise at a story in The Sun proclaiming the news the PM had scrapped plans to force tobacco into plain packs…
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Comment and OpinionDigging for good in Kenya
Fourteen female execs from the food and hospitality industry are in Kenya this week digging a pond for a remote village…
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Comment and OpinionBust-up on the high street
Can high-street tsar Mary Portas see eye-to-eye with Tesco on the future of the British high street?
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Comment and OpinionSour notes
Barely had the fuss over Weetabix’s sourcing of non-UK wheat died down last week than questions over another brand’s British credentials began to pop up.
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Comment and OpinionThe toast of the egg trade
The Grocer looks back at the Salmonella crisis, 25 years on, and the role of then-junior health minister Edwina Currie…
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Comment and OpinionThe North-South divide - in snacks
Northerners are fond of cakes, while southerners have a weakness for sushi. That’s not us resorting to lazy regional stereotype – it’s backed by the latest figures on snack food…