Steve Dresser, CEO

"The man supermarket CEO's turn to" - BBC

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Some of you who have followed here for many, many moons will recall our original blog “UK-Retailers” which focused on...

As we enjoyed the yearly pilgrimage to Florida for Disney, Universal and a fair bit of retail therapy (visiting for...

When visiting the Reduced Plastic / Waitrose Unpacked store some weeks ago, I was struck by the customer feedback hub...

We have been busily recording a number of podcasts and building a base of support via Apple podcasts, Spotify and...

I think it’s perhaps indicative of the ‘who can run the least worst shops’ trend that we are seeing in...

So a top 10 from the Jack’s visit yesterday. Lots of press and indeed it’s major news(!) There will be...

Ref: Jack’s – This is a Twitter thread I wrote this morning. A twitter user ‘unrolled it’ to one piece...

A lot will be written this week about the venture by Tesco in to the discount world, by opening Jack’s...

It is sad to read that Poundworld are potentially closing up to 100 of their stores as they battle the...

With a recent visit to New York under our belt, capturing another 2,000 images charting the latest and greatest added...

With the rather surprising news that former UK retail veteran Stuart Machin has returned to UK Food retailing after a...

Express Checkout: Toys R Us (UK) have entered administration today after struggling to pay a VAT demand. The chain has...

Express Checkout: Tesco and Booker have ratified their merger / takeover today, with 85% voting in favour of the deal....

Christmas 2017 The Grocery Insight view Introduction The week that was, a huge week of Christmas results and Grocery...

Our newsletter offers unique insight in to the sector and covers all the key headlines in the market, this week...

US Special – Week 35. This week was actually two weeks ago, confused? So am I, but read on! A...

Week 34. The week is slightly delayed thanks to the bank holiday and this being written on a different continent. Next...

Week 33. The week saw more terrible weather harming both BBQ and B&Q sales. Featured this week are Christmas 2016 and 2017...

Week 32. As a youngster, I always enjoyed fantasy football with Baddiel and Skinner and in particular their feature at...

Quite the exclusive for the Grocery Insight blog and wider email subscribers; with the first look at the new Aldi...

This is an excerpt of the latest Grocery Insight newsletter which covers the UK food retail market extensively, with 2/3...

Here is a teaser of the email newsletter that was released this morning on the subject of Iceland, both their...

I never formally met Sir Ken Morrison, but he was always a bit of a hero of mine. Not only...

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Steve Dresser, CEO

"The man supermarket CEO's turn to" - BBC

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