in depth – Page 3
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Comment and Opinion
Own label’s popularity will outlive the cost of living crisis
Own label will play an increasingly vital role in grocery dynamics, says Rachel White, MD UK&I at NIQ
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Comment and Opinion
Why is Poundland going online as other discounters retreat?
The question for discounters is no longer when will they go online, but why would they bother?
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Comment and Opinion
Grocery delivery is not profitable and stores are the casualties
Online grocery may be the future but the pace of transition is causing death by a thousand cuts, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Analysis and Features
Inside Lidl’s vast new Luton distribution centre
The 1.2 million sq ft distribution centre in Luton is Lidl’s first to feature automation
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Comment and Opinion
From Lidl to Waitrose, it’s hard to find a grocery retailer making it look easy
Investment and debt are two sides of the same coin
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Analysis and Features
Five things that will help and hinder Waitrose’s growth strategy
Waitrose is under the microscope as it seeks to transform major elements of the business. The Grocer asks what will stand in the retailer’s way
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Comment and Opinion
What’s behind Iceland’s ‘biggest ever’ frozen launch?
Close followers of Iceland will know that the supermarket chain is no stranger to bold, if sometimes slightly questionable, marketing claims
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Comment and Opinion
Frontline grocery staff deserve more flexible working
Those in the grocery sector are yet to see the benefits that would create an experience equitable with their head office peers, says Mavis Boniface, global director of operations at United Culture
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Oliver Gilding, exclusive brands manager, Iceland
‘Whatever the uncertainties about the years ahead, people will always want to eat and drink’
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Analysis and Features
How discounters are getting away with copycatting food brands
How are discounters getting away with copying brands – and will a looming legal case put an end to the imitation?
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Analysis and Features
Eight ways retail sector will change, according to the RSC
From discounter proliferation to online failures and less tax for the Treasury, how the Retail Sector Council sees the industry’s near future
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Analysis and Features
How did high street favourite Wilko come to collapse?
Suppliers and experts say the discounter was hobbled by inconsistent leadership, weak store locations and having ‘no strategy whatsoever’
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Analysis and Features
How ‘loved’ high street discount retailer Wilko came to trouble
Wilko is in a struggle for survival, having last week filed a notice of intention to appointment administrators
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Comment and Opinion
CMA turns attention to suppliers, but what will ‘profiteering’ probe achieve?
Timing, it seems, is everything these days, but especially when it comes to announcements from the competition watchdog
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Comment and Opinion
What fmcg can learn from Apple and VW
The benefits of thinking differently about category management are clear for both brands and shoppers, says Andrew Hovells, strategy director at Live & Breathe
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Comment and Opinion
How supermarkets and brands can win on new social platform Threads
Is there value in rushing to join the so-called ‘Twitter killer’ or is it merely a case of FOMO?
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Analysis and Features
Chief commercial officer Kris Comerford lifts the lid on Asda’s plans
The Grocer’s guest editor Kris Comerford discusses Mohsin Issa, Asda’s debt pile, availability and the possibility of a ‘Rewards Prices’ scheme
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Comment and Opinion
In an ever-changing fmcg world, staying still can be the best strategy
Constant ‘pivots’ won’t benefit your brand as much as holding steady in turbulent times, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and Opinion
What is the Adjudicator doing about all those supplier complaints?
As retailer relations sour with suppliers what is the GCA doing about all their complaints?
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Analysis and Features
The riddle of Lidl and its faltering plans to take over in the UK
With discounters booming in the cost of living crisis, what’s motivating Lidl’s move to slow down expansion?