Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 111
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Comment & Opinion
As Aldi flourishes in the UK, what can we learn from it?
Aldi has flourished in the UK in recent years. Sales continue to grow, up 18% in the latest three months from Kantar
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Comment & Opinion
Eat the Week with Iceland: Simon Rimmer stuck in advertorial
I feel for poor Simon Rimmer, I really do
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Analysis & Features
Leaked Labour manifesto: the key points for food & drink
From a new childhood obesity strategy to an extension of the Adjudicator’s remit, we’ve picked out the key policy pledges for food & drink
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Comment & Opinion
The future of eating is flexitarian
Sir, Joanna Blythman’s call for a more nuanced discussion than ‘all meat is bad/all plants are good’ is welcome
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Analysis & Features
The Waitrose suppermarket experience
The Grocer headed out to the Waitrose Café at its new Haywards Heath store to rate the ambience and cuisine
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury's results: what the analysts say
Sainsbury’s has reported a 1% drop in profit before tax for the year to 11 March. Here’s how leading City and retail analysts reacted to the news
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Analysis & Features
How would an M&S online service work?
It can’t deliver a full online shop so may have to target the occasion-driven consumer
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Analysis & Features
Five machines to whip up extra sales for c-stores
Kit at NCS may provide competitive edge for hard-pressed retailers
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Analysis & Features
How the craft beer boom is shaking up the BWS aisles
Sales are set to double again in a sector with sustainable premiums and the opportunity for differentiation
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Comment & Opinion
Can the supermarkets really cook up a winner from recipe boxes?
The relatively new concept of having your dinner delivered to your door has got supermarkets running scared … why?
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Comment & Opinion
Buyers must be free to do their jobs
Buyers are stifled by internal projects, short-term requests, unnecessary meetings and report writing
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Analysis & Features
Does Farms spell the end for good, better, best tiering?
Could the trend for fluffy Farms branding spell the end for words like Value, Basics and Price?
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Comment & Opinion
Speed is increasingly expected in the bagging area
Few words strike frustration into the heart of the shopper quite like “unexpected item in bagging area”
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Analysis & Features
The big six issues facing Tesco
551497Tesco is looking more upbeat on sales growth, but it is still up against a torrid landscape of challenges
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon's algorithms are in control of UK grocery's margins
It’s not the discounters that are the biggest threat to traditional grocers. It’s Amazon
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Category Report
Marriage of convenience: National Convenience Show preview 2017
The National Convenience Show 2017 will leave no doubt: food to go and technology is a match made in heaven
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Analysis & Features
Grocery's strangest lawsuits: hacking, grapes and lethal bags
From sinful sausages to dangerous grapes, the world of grocery is no stranger to a strange lawsuit…
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Comment & Opinion
Make fools of alcohol fraudsters
The introduction on 1 April of a new registration regime for alcohol wholesalers is of huge significance
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Analysis & Features
Impulse promotions on the rise as fruit & veg deals decline
Latest data reveals the mults are ramping up impulse promotions while cutting back on fruit & veg deals
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Analysis & Features
Can HelloFresh make mass market recipe boxes work?
Can HelloFresh do a ‘Graze’ and reverse into a mult – with a premium price?