Long reads – Page 155
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Analysis and FeaturesRich Ale & Thyme cook-in sauce: acid test
Cooking sauces plummeted last year. Value sales fell 4.8% (£30.3m) to £600m, on volumes down 4.7%
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Analysis and FeaturesThe Isle of Man: haven for a new breed of foodie startup
The Isle of Man plans to grow the value of its food and drink industry by two-thirds to £125m by 2025
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The Big InterviewDave Curness, Store Manager of the Year
How many supermarkets do you know with an official Wet Squad? Sainsbury’s Redhill has one
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Analysis and FeaturesTesco Q1 results: analyst reactions
During the quarter it reported a 1.3% growth in customer transactions – some ten million more than last year
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Analysis and FeaturesNisa sale: what you need to know
It’s talking to interested parties, so why is it up for sale, who’s in the running, and what of the mutuality question?
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Analysis and FeaturesSainsbury's proves bravest but will its stance win sales?
Consumers are most moved by emotional ads that ‘keep it real’
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Analysis and FeaturesBoozy Britain: Why are sales up as more try to drink less?
British drinking culture is changing, fast. The number of Brits trying to curb their booze has surged, our research reveals
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Analysis and FeaturesFairy and Colgate enter top 10 highest-promoting brands
Mr Kipling and Mars have fallen out of the top 10 biggest-promoting brands
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Analysis and FeaturesTesco takes the top award with turnaround
Of the many tough decisions the judges had to make, the final one of the night “was probably the toughest”
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Analysis and FeaturesConsistency is name of the game for Tesco
The furore over the launch of its so-called “fake farm” brands doesn’t appear to have bothered customers…
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Analysis and FeaturesBranded supplier of the year
Procter & Gamble topped the poll in two separate categories – Household and Health and Beauty – in the first round
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Analysis and FeaturesOwn-Label Supplier of the year
A “best in class supplier in terms of category management, NPD, commercial awareness, supply chain and marketing”
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Analysis and FeaturesOwn-label range of the year
Judges hailed the “impressive scale”, “clarity of offer” and “formidable execution”
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Analysis and FeaturesStore manager of the year
The sheer scale of the challenges facing Dave Curness would have sent a lesser store manager away for a good cry
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Analysis and FeaturesGrocer 33 price award
Asda’s margin of victory was not as comfortable as it has enjoyed in previous years
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Analysis and FeaturesGrocer 33 availability award
You can be as cheap as chips and do service with a smile, but if the product isn’t on shelf everything else is irrelevant
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Analysis and FeaturesGrocer 33 Service award
You do not win this award five years in a row through luck
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Analysis and Features'It's impossible not to give this award to Booker'
Booker has now won this award for seven of the last eight years. And in 2017 it faced its strongest competition ever…
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Analysis and FeaturesSymbol of the year
After four years in decline Booker’s acquisition has transformed the fortunes of Budgens
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Analysis and FeaturesIndependent retail chain of the year
Henderson’s 80-store retail operation is “utterly consistent and impressive”