This week there was a lot of interest in UK grocery retailer Morrisons’ H1 results and the City debut of its new CEO Dalton Philips. Industry watchers were not disappointed, with Philips unveiling a raft of new initiatives. Ocado continued to disappoint the market, despite posting continued growth on Tuesday. The Casey’s/Couche-Tard saga continued, with 7-Eleven tabling a bid for Casey’s. Meanwhile Campbells unveiled its new ad campaign as well assofter-than-expected sales” for the year. Here’s the best of what was said this week:
“If you can’t be the biggest, you have to be the fastest” – Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips on the retailer’s planned initiatives.
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“By the look of the share price hike today, the market is simply trying to estimate the extra tonnage that is coming today as a direct result of this agreement. But that would be missing the big picture: the announcement confirms the long-term scope and potential of the Barry Callebaut outsourcing business model. By the way, it also makes the conversion of the rest of Kraft’s currently self-produced bulk chocolate very much easier” – Industry analyst James Amoroso on the announcement that Barry Callebaut will supply Kraft Foods with its cocoa.
“It may seem strange to say but once you get general adoption of a kind of service, be that groceries being sold online, it will lead to acceleration in that service overall. We’re already happily competing with the largest and best operators in the grocery world, and if others come into the market, we’re interested to see what happens” – Ocado CFO Andrew Bracey on rumours that Morrisons and Marks & Spencer might enter the online grocery arena.
“I am very bullish about our ability to perform in this coming year. We understand the pricing environment we are in now, we are organised to compete at that level going into the season not trying to adjust in mid-season, we are very well aligned with the customers now, the customers are more prepared to deal with the environment we are operating in” – Campbell president and CEO Doug Conant on the company’s outlook into fiscal 2011.
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“We are pleased that Casey’s is now in in ‘Revlon’ mode given that the Casey’s board of directors has finally made the decision to put the company up for sale” – Couche-Tard on the announcement that there is a second suitor bidding on the convenience operator.
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