All analysis & features articles – Page 322
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Analysis & Features
Stock market recovery doesn't stretch to food suppliers
The FTSE-30 Food Producers Index took a hit this week as renewed optimism drove sales of ‘safe’ stock in favour of more cyclical sectors, such as banking.
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarkets pile on promos to win post-Christmas pounds
Remember Philip Clarke’s words after those miserable Tesco Christmas numbers? “We backed off some of our promotional and couponing activity too early.”
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Analysis & FeaturesIs a lower abv a small price to pay for Stella Artois?
AB InBev can play the health card by cutting its premium lagers to 4.8% and save £9m a year in duty - but may regret the move.
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Analysis & FeaturesDoughnuts battered by sugar, oil and dairy hikes
Homer Simpson would not be amused. First, rising prices on malting barley threaten to send the cost of beers soaring. Now raw material hikes spell bad news for his favourite snack.
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Analysis & FeaturesSovereigns, sport and cigs
The Olympics, Euro 2012, the Jubilee and the supermarket tobacco display ban could lead to a more than £1bn windfall for independents.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs it just Tesco slowing the pace in the space race?
Asda has proclaimed no halt to expansion, but Tesco’s rivals are already placing more emphasis on refurbs instead of newbuild.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's beneath the lid as Müller corners Wiseman?
Experts are struggling to see how the pairing could be “highly complementary”.
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Analysis & FeaturesStrikes at Unilever herald a new age of union discontent
Profits and pay at fmcg giants, against a backdrop of coalition austerity cuts, mean workers are in no mood to conciliate.
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Analysis & Features
Christmas deals at an all-time high, but January still a record
January sales? The run-up to Christmas saw the number of promotions offered reach record levels, with more than 10,000 deals in the four weeks to 23 December.
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Analysis & FeaturesBrazil scare could ease EU orange juice prices
Orange juice concentrate has emerged as an early contender for commodities rollercoaster ride of 2012.
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Analysis & FeaturesChained... but for how much longer?
The latest Pursuit NHA Salary Survey shows pay is picking up, but fmcg employees feel safer staying put in their current jobs than moving on.
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Analysis & FeaturesShifting Sands: what The Co-op's acquisition means
The Co-operative Group’s purchase of a 200-year-old independent has taken the trade aback. What happened - and what comes next?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe signs aren't good for Tesco. What's to be done?
Philip Clarke this week admitted Tesco’s dire Christmas results reflected longstanding problems that need sorting - fast.
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Analysis & FeaturesBooze behind December price drop but staples go up
There was little festive cheer beyond the alcohol aisles for supermarket bargain hunters in the run-up to Christmas.
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Analysis & FeaturesHelping out the hungry... under cover
His Food started out with half a pallet of soup and a makeshift office in a shipping container. Now the charity operates out of a 50,000 sq ft depot - not that you’ll be able to find it.
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Analysis & FeaturesPotato market recovery sees spud prices tumble
Wholesale prices for potatoes have plummeted by 41% since mid-2011 and are now 30% lower than they were this time last year.
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Analysis & FeaturesBring back a brand
Why do some retro comebacks work, while other revivals bomb? Which are most ripe for resurrection?
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Analysis & FeaturesBattling for Britain in the war years
The Grocer’s long-held reputation as the “bible of the food business” was never more obvious than during the Second World War.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer's 150 defining moments: the 1860s
A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the last 150 years. The Grocer editorial team picks the most seismic moments.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood shop is 13 times cheaper than in 1862
Would you pay £234 for a bottle of gin or £149 for a pineapple? Elinor Zuke on how food prices have changed in 150 years.