Archive of all analysis and features articles – Page 318
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Putting the sparks back into Marks
Marc Bolland is on a mission – to completely revamp the Marks & Spencer estate in two years. He shows Guy Montague-Jones how at the retailer’s flagship Kensington store
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The amicable split of Nisa-Today’s starts here
Nisa-Today’s CEO Neil Turton and Today’s Group MD Bill Laird talk exclusively to Beth Phillips about the implications of the buying group’s separation
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Malaysian King Prawn Laksa seafood meal kit
These seafood meal kits would help make the fish category more appealing to younger consumers
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Suppliers fear the worst over Tesco's cuts
Tesco’s new Big Price Drop offensive slashes the cost of 3,000 lines. Who’s going to pay - and how?
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Tesco cuts will be welcomed
In figures taken as its Big Price Drop was starting, Tesco’s prices went up, while Morrisons and Sainsbury’s made month-on-month cuts.
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Will the Aylesbury megadairy be delivered on time by Arla?
After a two-year battle, Arla’s bold plan to build a new state-of-the-art dairy has been given the green light. But at what cost? Richard Ford reports
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Greenhouse giant: is there more life in Thanet Earth?
Three years after it threw open its greenhouse doors, Thanet Earth is making a profit. Will more such developments follow? Richard Ford reports
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Desmond takes a gamble on rivalling the National Lottery
Express Newspapers tycoon Richard Desmond plans to tackle Britain’s “health inequalities” with his new lottery. How sound a venture is it, asks Elinor Zuke
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Commodities: Green, green glass is a clear winner as material costs fall
It’s eco-friendly, safe and now, with raw material prices down, relatively cheap. Can glass stay strong as emerging markets up consumption, asks Robert Miles
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Fox’s Christmas Pudding
The newcomer, which is lighter than a traditional pud, would help to reinvigorate the own label-driven £35m Christmas pudding category
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The Green Issue 2011: Does waste stack up?
The supermarkets say they’re leading a recycling revolution, saving everything from batteries to carrier bags from landfill. Is this true – and what more can be done? Rob Brown investigates
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The Green Issue 2011: How green is grocery?
Most big players in grocery don’t shy away from blowing their own trumpets on green issues.
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The Green Issue 2011: Who’s got the greenest store?
The supermarkets are trumping each other with state-of-the-art eco stores that cut energy bills and collect rainwater. But is the boom really just about a green image, asks Ian Quinn
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Mini Max
Kellogg’s believes the cereal, which rolls out to stores next month, has the potential to become as big as its £30m Frosties brand in the next four years
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Stephen Robertson Q&A: 'We need to address eyewatering rate rises and levels of regulation'
Guest editor Stephen Robertson, director general of the British Retail Consortium, talks to Ian Quinn about the economic crisis, a government that has been all talk and a misfiring Fernando Torres
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Waitrose ramps up its deal activity, acting on impulse
The only retailer to increase its year-on-year promotional activity last month was Waitrose.
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Trading places
Britain’s ‘special’ relationship with the US has never been stronger, at least when it comes to the exchange of food and drink brands across the Atlantic. Samantha Lyster and Nick Hughes report from both sides of the pond on why so many brands are taking the plunge
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Rise of the machine
A shiny Heath Robinson-style tea packing machine reflects the growing success of Only Natural Products as it gets ready to ramp up production further still. Tara Craig reports
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Has the shine just come off Cadbury’s Olympic shoes?
Cadbury is “the official treat provider” for London 2012. So how does it feel as rival snacks are signed up by LOCOG?
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Fewer savings to be had, but brands offer deeper cuts
Last month’s fall in average savings seems to have been a blip. The past four weeks show fewer deals, but bigger price cuts.