Power List 2012: Andrew Moore to Andrew Thornton

76 (New Entry) Andrew Moore, chief merchandising officer, Asda
Taking over last week from Charles Redfield, Asda are asking a lot more of Moore: he will still look after buying for George, which made a major contribution to the Q1 2.2% like-for-likes boost.

77 (82) Steve Lewis, CEO, Majestic Wine
Majestic has remained remarkably recession-proof. It has cheap rent, plenty of parking and is growing the number of customers who visit to buy wine for £8-£12. Profits are up 20%.

78 (80) Robert Watson, CEO, Hilton Food Group
Leading Britain’s export charge, Watson’s Hilton group is on track for £1bn in sales this year. A 10.4% rise in profits to £24.5m in 2011 was boosted by its high-tech Danish operations.

79 (New Entry) Nick Scrase, MD, International Produce
Walmart’s direct sourcing arm will be sourcing £1.3bn of produce for Asda and Walmart in 2012. Its model of cutting out the middleman is being rolled out to more product areas such as wine.

80 (83) Mary Portas, retail tsar
Number 10 turned down her calls for secretary of state sign-off on out-of-town developments. But still, she did muster £10m for her Pilot Towns, the first of which will be announced any day now.

81 (87) Jim Moseley, MD, General Mills
A big year for the big man. General Mills has somehow found itself as an official sponsor of the Olympics, through its Nature Valley cereal bars. He’s also president of the FDF.

82 (New Entry) Sir Michael Bibby, MD, Bibby Line Group
He now owns all of the 1,600-strong Costcutter empire and indie off-licence chain Rhythm & Booze, which he bought out of administration earlier this year. And with Costcutter founder Colin Graves having bid farewell after a falling out with his new owners, it’s down to Sir Michael to decide whether the symbol group will extend its distribution deal with Nisa beyond 2014. A decision is widely anticipated for later this year.

83 (90) John Dixon, executive director, food, Marks & Spencer
As sales of M&S clothing struggle, under Dixon’s leadership the food side of the business has been ticking over nicely. He is now upping the tempo with the 500-strong Simply M&S range.

84 (75) Delia Smith, chef
Delia seems to have been overshadowed by the magic pine dust of Heston Blumenthal (qv). But she took a starring role in the Waitrose Christmas ad, which came top in a poll for The Grocer.

85 (89) Ken McMeikan, CEO, Greggs
He’s been the standard-bearer for pie-eaters and their pals since the pasty tax furoré kicked off, but if it goes ahead, the success of Greggs’ frozen range will be completely overshadowed.

86 (New Entry) Neil Turton, CEO, Nisa
Despite losing members through acquisitions by the co-ops last year, Nisa reported its biggest growth in new members in over a decade - bringing in more than £100m of new business.

87 (78) Benoit Testard, group CEO, United Biscuits
A year ago we said Testard may have to break up UB to facilitate a sale - and that looks even more likely now after a restructure in March saw the biscuits division separated from the snacks arm.

88 (84) Paul Grimwood, UK CEO, Nestlé
Grimwood is quietly beavering away on initiatives like the Rolo bar, and reports “good progress” overall in a “challenging market”, with value growth in confectionery, beverages and food.

89 (81) Edwin Booth, chairman, Booths
Like-for-likes in 2010/2011 dropped 2% and Booths Everyday was pulled after disappointing sales. But its MediaCity store has been a hit, and Booth wants to refurbish the whole estate in its image.

90 (95) David Milner, CEO, Tyrrells
Exports are booming, the posh crisps are back in Tesco after a five-year spat and it’s launched a range of upmarket tortillas. Where next? Anywhere premium works, they’ll work, says Milner.

91 (New Entry) Hussein Lalani, co-founder, 99p Stores
99p stores has enjoyed another good year, but co-founder Lalani enjoyed his finest hour in April, grinning through a limp Watchdog ‘interrogation’ from Anne Robinson. Sales rocketed.

92 (New Entry) Lyndsey Pownall, CEO, Samworth Brothers
She’ll have her work cut out emulating Brian Stein, but Pownall, who took charge of the fast-growth business two months ago, has been groomed for the CEO role for some time.

93 (77) Raj Chatha, owner, EFB Group
Since pulling off the distress purchase of Oddbins last year, EFB and its multimillionaire owner has been quiet. And the main noise from Oddbins has been PR gimmicks.

94 (New Entry) Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish health secretary
As the SNP makes the most of its election landslide, Sturgeon has sent shockwaves through the industry by spearheading plans for a 50p minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland.

95 (New Entry) Gerald Ronson, CEO, Heron International
Former jailbird Ronson picked up a CBE and returned to grocery after snapping up Total UK’s retail network last November - making him the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operator.

96 (New Entry) Graham Hunter, CEO, Tangerine Confectionery
Hunter turned down the opportunity to become grocery MD at Premier Foods to take up the Tangerine job in January. He joined just in time to oversee the relaunch of the Wham bar.

97 (New Entry) The Arora brothers, B&M Bargains
It’s been a great year for B&M Bargains. Driven by the Arora brothers - Simon, Bobby and Robin - aggressive expansion saw profits at B&M rocket by 47% and sales grow by a third to £712.5m.

98 (New Entry) Justine Roberts, CEO and co-founder, Mumsnet
With Roberts boasting that 54% of users buy products after reading about them on Mumsnet, her power is indisputable. And not just to sell stuff - Roberts has backed the boycott Nestlé campaign.

99 (New Entry) Roy Hodgson, manager, England
Mars, Lucozade, not to mention sales of lager, crisps, indeed all groceries would benefit - in England - from the irrational exuberance of an extended run in the Euros. We’re not betting on it.

100 (New Entry) Andrew Thornton, North London Budgensretailer
Thornton’s ideas get noticed. No sooner had Thornton (pictured) tweeted his decision not to stock the News of the World, as Rupert Murdoch found himself mired in the phone hacking scandal last year, than news channels were asking the multiples if they would follow suit. Just hours later News International announced it was folding the Sunday tabloid. There aren’t many two-store retailers who can say they’ve helped bring down a national newspaper.

That’s not all Thornton’s famed for. In his battle to win custom from national retailers he’s put squirrel on his meat counter, launched in-store poetry recitals and grows fresh produce on his roof and pavement outside one of his stores.