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Analysis & FeaturesOatly: is the plucky alt-milk challenger brand plucked?
Oatly is struggling to make it work as a corporate giant, with investors unnerved by mounting costs, strained sales, and a series of PR gaffes. What is going wrong?
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Analysis & FeaturesOatly’s top four PR fails
’If you’re just depending on the emotional loyalty of your brand that’s not much fun’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy the sky’s the limit for Honestly Tasty’s high-tech vegan cheese
Would-be spacecraft engineer Mike Moore self-funded the launch of his plant-based cheese brand, in 2012. Four years later, investors are hammering at his door
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy vegan chocolate is attracting the big bucks
For evidence of the popularity of vegan chocolate, just look at its fundraising efforts
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Analysis & FeaturesThe rise of vegan collagen
By its very nature, collagen doesn’t seem a vegan-friendly proposition
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Analysis & FeaturesShare price slump: who has struggled the most in food and drink?
It’s been a turbulent six months on the Stock Exchange. So who’s struggled the most? Who’s least affected? And is there any stock actually still growing?
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Beyond Meat beyond hope? And what its slump says about the other plant-based players
Beyond Meat was on fire following its 2019 IPO, yet it’s since crashed and burned. The fall raises questions for the entire plant-based sector
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Mars vegan chocolate is disappearing from the major mults
Mars insists its chocolates should be ranged in the free-from aisle, despite being unable to label its chocolate ‘100% dairy-free’
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Analysis & Features10 British agritech startups blazing an agricultural revolution
The homegrown agritech sector is becoming a major success story, boosted by government investment. Here are 10 of the best leading the way
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Analysis & FeaturesAll the chocolate egg innovations for Easter 2022
From Ostrich Eggs to protein chocolate, here are the new seasonal innovations to hunt out in stores this Easter
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Analysis & FeaturesNine vegan products launched by up-and-coming brands for Veganuary 2022
Some of these brands are nearing household name status with their ambitious launches
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Analysis & Features16 new plant-based products coming to supermarkets and food-to-go for Veganuary 2022
Brands aren’t holding back, with fast food retailers pushing the boat out to entice customers with new vegan offers
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Analysis & FeaturesNatural ingredients, simple swaps and year-round habits: 10 charts explaining UK attitudes to Veganuary
As Veganuary kicks off, organisers are once again expecting record sign-ups in the UK. So which region is most likely to engage? To what extent are long-term habits formed? And which products benefit most? Lumina research for The Grocer uncovers the key behaviours
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Analysis & Features10 challenger brands that smashed their crowdfunding targets in 2021
From plant-based to meat snacks and CBD to canned wine, here are the start-ups that exceeded expectations during crowdfunding rounds in 2021
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Analysis & FeaturesMeat-free 2021: challengers clean up with fake meats
How much meat is really in that sausage? ‘None’ is increasingly the correct answer
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy drinks 2021: rising input costs driving up milk prices
Is this the end of cheap milk for UK consumers?
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Analysis & FeaturesFree-from 2021: Oatly heralds birth of ‘post-milk’ shopper
The biggest free-from brands are using more universal selling points to lure shoppers
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Analysis & FeaturesOwn-label ranges take a plant-based bite
Plant-based food and drink brands outsell own-label lines by more than three to one, according to Kantar
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere to merchandise plant-based snacks? The case for clearer signposting
In September 2020, Asda introduced dedicated plant-based aisles for ambient goods in 359 of its stores.
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Analysis & Features The final frontier of plant-based: cheese
Plant-based cheeses have long struggled to match the taste and texture of their dairy equivalents