Long reads – Page 157
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Analysis and Features
Can Sainsbury's standard prove fairer than Fairtrade?
What is the business case and how will growers be affected?
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Analysis and Features
Supply chain special: left to rot?
Closed borders could spell trouble at our ports, with fresh food left to rot and buyers going elsewhere
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Analysis and Features
The Co-op and Waitrose buck trend for fewer promotions
The Co-op made a big promotional push last month, ramping up the number of featured space deals in stores by almost a fifth
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Analysis and Features
Why did Asda decide to stop the sale of loose fruit & veg?
Has Asda really lost the plot on packaging or is there method in its ‘madness’?
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Analysis and Features
Candy Kittens plans to make its portfolio vegan-friendly
The adult confectionery brand has changed manufacturer to take out the beef gelatine in its high-end sweets
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Analysis and Features
Immersive marketing: a brand day out
How effective are brand theme parks at building a deeper love for the brand and extra sales at the supermarket in the long
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Analysis and Features
Mixed materials just rubbish when it comes to recycling
But as Pringles and Lucozade are fingered, what’s to be done?
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Analysis and Features
Our Waste Not Want Not fight on food waste one year on...
It’s been 12 months since The Grocer launched our campaign to tackle the food being wasted by UK food and drink firms
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Analysis and Features
Facebook as grocery channel. Like?
Facebook now wants to influence your eating habits
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Analysis and Features
Butter prices up as low milk fat supplies hit wholesale
The price of block butters in the major supermarkets has risen by nearly 10% during the past year
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Analysis and Features
Quality of vanilla hit by chronic shortages
Chronic global shortages of vanilla could be affecting consumers as food manufacturers struggle to source high quality
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The Big Interview
Henrietta Morrison of Lily's Kitchen: Big Interview
Henrietta Morrison has made a success of Lily’s Kitchen despite cans up to 400% pricier than rivals
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The Big Interview
PETA's Ingrid Newkirk: the animal advocate who won't give up
However you feel about PETA, the world’s biggest animal rights group, plenty of Brits agree with them
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Analysis and Features
Are franchises the future of convenience?
With franchising, growth can be achieved with minimal outlay, particularly in convenience
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Analysis and Features
The Grocer Own Label Food & Drink Awards 2017 winners revealed
A riot of colour. Meat and cheese glazes. Lashings of beetroot. And clean eating. Just some of the themes of the 134 winning entries
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Analysis and Features
Food for thought: How Britain went bonkers for home baking
Brits have baked at home on more than a billion occasions since 2015, so why are home baking category sales in decline?
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Analysis and Features
UK's fresh fruit & veg faces volatile future, warns Rabobank
There were warnings of drought in some parts of the UK last week, but temperatures have also swung in the opposite direction
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Analysis and Features
Booths: Did Chris Dee jump or was he pushed?
Dee’s sudden departure this week, with no information on his next role, raised more than a few eyebrows. Rumours abound over Dee being pushed out, having struggled to turn around the northern supermarket chain, prompting Booth to seize back control. But it’s only one theory. What’s the truth?
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Analysis and Features
Is the Co-op's call for 100% British fresh meat realistic?
Aspirational, for sure, but do farmers actually produce enough for other retailers to follow suit? And what would the downsides be for industry?
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The Big Interview
Matthew Barnes Big interview: 'Is Aldi plateauing? Nonsense'
Amid talk of turnarounds at the big four, there have been lots of questions asked about Aldi. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, Matthew Barnes speaks out on like-for-likes, price gaps and his ambitious plans for store growth