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Analysis and FeaturesAsda’s EG Group acquisition: everything you need to know
Asda has acquired EG Group’s UK & Ireland operations, and sees a ‘huge runway’ for growth to become the UK’s second-largest grocer again
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The Big InterviewSysco GB chief executive Peter Jackson: ‘I don’t normally do interviews’
Sysco is a foodservice colossus yet much like its CEO in the UK, prefers to keep a low profile. In a rare interview, he opens up about the company’s plans
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Analysis and FeaturesFood price inflation: why is it falling slower than other nations?
Brexit, currency and government policy are all having an additional inflationary effect but what could be done to drive prices down faster?
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Analysis and FeaturesIs a fashion marketplace the right move for Sainsbury’s?
Reports say Sainsbury’s is pursuing an online marketplace model
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy has the Refill Coalition lost M&S and Morrisons?
Morrisons and M&S are out, while Aldi is in. So why are retailers playing musical chairs instead of collaborating on refill solutions?
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The Big InterviewBudweiser UK boss Brian Perkins: ‘I feel very lucky that people love beer’
Budweiser’s UK boss is steering the megabrewer through a major inflection point, taking the brand ‘beyond beer’ as it steers its way through headwinds
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy ‘there are no winners’ in the Tortoise Better Food Index
The Tortoise Better Food Index ranks Britain’s 30 biggest suppliers on their impacts across issues including nutrition, environment, and social mobility. The key finding: no one is doing enough
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Analysis and Features10 charts proving own label is leaving brands in the dust
Record inflation and squeezed incomes have taken a toll on branded food and drink, with Kantar reporting own-label goods now account for a record 63% of grocery volume
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Analysis and FeaturesCan seasonal workers be protected from abuse?
There are mounting concerns the UK’s scheme gives rise to abuse
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Israel became foodtech’s Silicon Valley
Israel has become the global capital of cultivated meat. How? Why? And what’s the latest game-changing foodtech it’s coming up with?
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Analysis and FeaturesThe eight most exciting innovations from Israeli foodtech startups
“The alt protein sector is a strategic asset to diplomacy”
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Analysis and FeaturesAsda the obvious suspect in road fuel competition enquiry – but not so fast
It’s still consistently cheaper than supermarket rivals on unleaded and diesel
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Long readsWomen’s power list: the 10 making manufacturing a woman’s world
These are the 10 women blazing a trail to take over grocery manufacturing
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Long readsHow women are rising to the top in grocery supply and manufacturing
In the latest of our power list series on women in grocery, we look at the progress manufacturers are making on gender diversity, and shine a light on the high-profile female talent rising to the top
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Analysis and Features‘Actually really good’: Inside the No 10 food summit
Many in the food industry seem surprised at the positive nature of talks at the summit – though questions about inflation remain unanswered
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ReportsHow dairy snacks are tapping up the health opportunity
The likes of Babybel, Laughing Cow and Dairylea have all been launching cheese snacks and seizing on impulse space
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ReportsCan healthy snacking have its cake and eat it?
Three in four shoppers say they are happy for food manufacturers to change snack recipes to make them healthier
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ReportsWhy pickles are heating up on social media
A strange vegan snack is taking the nation by storm
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ReportsHow HFSS rules are inspiring kids’ snacks
British children have a weight problem. By the time they get to primary school, 22.1% are either obese or overweight
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ReportsBrands, incubator schemes and why they work — or not
Of our four examples, one folded just six months after launching into retail