All articles by Emma Weinbren – Page 15
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Comment & OpinionJudged by robots: self-checkout age recognition tech is here
Buying age-restricted products at the self-checkout is never as simple as it should be. But that could be about to change
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Comment & OpinionMcDonald’s could have a winner on its hands with humble, straightforward coffee
It turns out caffeine addicts are the most regular customers of McDonald’s
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Comment & OpinionSandwiches face stiff competition as lunchers look to mix things up
The Lunch exhibition at London’s ExCeL centre suggested we are increasingly a nation of sandwich-shunners
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Analysis & FeaturesTea: can the cuppa reap the rewards of café culture?
While coffee sales are soaring on the back of the nation’s love of Starbucks and Costa, tea is yet to reap the benefits. Now that could all be set to change
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NewsSnack bars & flapjacks drive £16m sports nutrition boost
Brits took home an extra 10.6 million sporty snacks over the past year
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Comment & OpinionCannabis Coke isn’t on its way – but it could help normalise CBD
Fasten your seatbelts, because the world of Coca-Cola is about to get a lot stranger
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NewsIceland unveils Mexican range inspired by street food
The 12-strong Mexicana lineup comprises meals and tapas-style portions
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Analysis & FeaturesStreet food: the new trends shaping foodie culture
From Indian puchkas to Lebanese pastries, street food markets are changing the way the nation eats. Here’s our rundown of the top trends
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InterviewsHotel Chocolat boss on starting out, 'Slabgate' and making up with Waitrose
The Hotel Chocolat founder has built a ‘long-term’ brand – and he’s not letting the supermarkets get their hands on it
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Comment & OpinionFinsbury’s high hopes for Ultrapharm are rightly founded on rocketing free-from growth
Free-from bakery is booming, over the past year the market has grown 18% to £143.8m
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NewsCuppa in decline as Brits drink 870 million fewer cups of tea
The nation bought 2.6 million fewer kilograms of tea in the past year
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Comment & OpinionMillennials hate mayo? Don’t believe the hype
First, they killed off letter writing, now millennials are coming for our sauces (apparently)
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Comment & OpinionGendered products need genuine benefits – don’t just lump the ‘pink tax’ on women
If you’re charging extra for a woman’s product, there should be a justifiable reason
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Comment & OpinionUnilever’s eco-beauty brand is well-timed and full of potential
It’s the beauty equivalent of an organic almond milk made by a vegan co-operative
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery: the quest for lighter chocolate
The reduced sugar Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is the latest in the long line of NPD targeting the health-conscious consumer. So does this innovation have what it takes to reinvigorate the nation’s love of chocolate?
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NewsMondelez to launch reduced sugar Cadbury Dairy Milk bar
The variant’s sugar was replaced with extra fibre
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Analysis & FeaturesFive Japanese foods targeting the UK market
The Grocer visited last weekend’s Hyper Japan expo in Kensington to pick out the Japanese delicacies looking to hit supermarket shelves
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Category ReportLunchbox & Back to School Category Report 2018
Brits are making fewer sandwiches and ramping up the number of soups, salads and more exotic options in our lunchboxes
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Comment & OpinionWill Instagram’s rise change the way we see food?
No longer confined to image-obsessed millennials, Instagram has now racked up over a billion monthly users
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Analysis & FeaturesTaking the battle to brands: the new trends in own label
Buoyed by a decline in brand loyalty, the rise of the discounters and a value-focused younger generation, own label share