All articles by Julia Glotz – Page 5
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NewsLow-calorie ice cream sensation Halo Top is coming to the UK
The cult brand, which has dented sales of Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s in the US, is slated for a January launch, The Grocer can reveal
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Comment & OpinionUrgent action is needed to protect coconut water's success
Gert van Manen is arguably the original whistleblower on the coconut water boom
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NewsFSA probe finds widespread addition of undeclared sugar in coconut water
The investigation was part of a wider crackdown on substandard and counterfeit food
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Comment & Opinion10 takeaways for food and farming from the Conservative and Labour party conferences
As the Tory conference draws to a close, here is the Grocer’s take on events in Brighton and Manchester
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NewsFood & grocery needs action plan to attract STEM talent, says IGD
Engineering is the toughest technical area to recruit for, the report found, with nearly 50% of recruiting managers citing it as an area of concern
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NewsStartups and corporates to 'work side by side' by 2025, predicts Unilever report
Over the next five years, partnerships with startups will become business critical, says a new report from Unilever Foundry
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NewsProfiteroles and waffles withdrawn over fipronil egg scare
The lines named in the latest FSA update include branded toasting waffles sold in Morrisons
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NewsWhat Kraft Heinz’s super young new CFO tells us about age-blind recruitment
David Knopf has become chief financial officer of Kraft Heinz aged just 29 - and prompted a slew of coverage focusing on his age
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s squash star critics aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Commentators are vexed that Tesco is encouraging food waste and that cutting veg into cutesy shapes undermines efforts to educate kids on food and healthy eating
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Comment & Opinion‘Supermarket x’ and the ethics of food risk disclosure
Food safety recalls are always either too early or too late so how should regulators approach public comms during such scares?
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NewsMore products to be withdrawn over fipronil as FSA introduces 15% threshold
Products made with egg from affected farms now need to be withdrawn if the egg accounts for 15% or more of the product weight
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NewsA third of shoppers pledge to buy more British eggs in wake of fipronil scandal
However, just 2% of shoppers claim they will stop eating eggs altogether, an exclusive Lightspeed Research poll for The Grocer shows
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Comment & OpinionShort supply chains are crucial common sense
Will processors be good eggs? That’s the question we posed back in April, when we investigated egg sourcing standards
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Analysis & FeaturesFipronil egg contamination scandal: what you need to know now
Millions of eggs have been removed from supermarket shelves on the continent over fears they might be contaminated with pesticide
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Comment & OpinionHorsegate has put fraud much higher up businesses' agendas
This week’s conviction in the Horsegate trial brings at last a degree of closure…
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco-Booker merger: why the CMA’s phase two review will come down to 350 hotspots
The CMA has identified 350 local areas around the country where there is an overlap
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Analysis & FeaturesHow an ambitious Danish start-up plans to get fmcg brands into China – and why it’s moving to London
Shobr has just secured investment from China and moved its HQ to Mayfair. Now it has its sights on Asia
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Comment & OpinionBrexit has shone a light on food jobs
Just why is it so hard to find British workers for jobs in food and agriculture? asks managing editor Julia Glotz
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Comment & OpinionWhat Unilever’s AI hiring experiment tells us about the future of grocery recruitment
The fmcg giant is trying out a new way to hire for some entry-level positions, which is driven almost entirely by algorithms
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Comment & OpinionWe need a national mission for UK food
A national mission. That is how Theresa May described the quest for Brexit success this week