Long reads – Page 209
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Analysis and FeaturesSugar tax back on the table in PM's Childhood Obesity Strategy
David Cameron’s childhood obesity strategy will include plans for a sugar tax
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Analysis and FeaturesNew year trading put in more sober light by latest data
A number of surveys this week provided contrasting reads on the market for the second month running
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Analysis and FeaturesTate & Lyle shares fall as FTSE 100 undergoes volatile week
It’s been a week of extreme volatility for global stock markets
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Analysis and FeaturesHow a strong own-label offer got non-negotiable
Customers now expect own label at the local c-store as well as the supermarket. So how have symbol groups delivered?
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Analysis and FeaturesCan Amazon lure more than shoppers in their prime?
Bridgethorne research explored the appeal of Amazon in grocery
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Dairy Crest is linking with Harper Adams to pump-prime NPD
Dairy Crest is pinning its future on innovation and its key brands. Central to this is its brand new £4m innovation centre
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Analysis and FeaturesLidl Deluxe Lemon & Raspberry Semifreddo: acid test
Meaning ‘half cold’, semifreddo is an Italian dessert similar to ice cream but not churned, and allowed to thaw slightly
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Analysis and FeaturesCan Stelios achieve lift-off with the EasyFood concept?
If EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou didn’t know it already, he will now – there is nothing easy about grocery retailing
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Analysis and FeaturesRonald Kers, CEO, Müller Group (13)
The mastermind behind the most significant UK dairy deal in a generation
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Analysis and FeaturesTony Reed, CEO One Stop (35)
Tesco lifer Reed – now also in charge of Metro and Express – has seen One Stop hit triple-figure store numbers in the past
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Analysis and FeaturesIan Ellington, UK GM, PepsiCo UK (36)
With Walkers and Tropicana under Ellington’s leadership, the UK general manager has faced a health lobby backlash
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Analysis and FeaturesDan Sayre, president, EU, Coca-Cola (51)
Sayre returned from the Far East as rising star James Quinny moved up the ranks
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Analysis and FeaturesAdam Couch, CEO, Cranswick (57)
Couch has kept his cool amid challenging conditions in the UK compounded by a WHO report linking cancer to processed meats
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Analysis and FeaturesGavin Darby, CEO, Premier Foods (72)
Premier’s brands have been almost as unfashionable as the shares
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Analysis and FeaturesDavid Milner, CEO, Tyrrells (81)
Since Milner brokered a £100m deal with Bahrain’s Investcorp in 2014, Tyrrells has reported double-digit growth
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Analysis and FeaturesJames Watt & Martin Dickie, founders, BrewDog (82)
BrewDog, the fastest-growing company in The Grocer Fast 50 for two years straight, has shaken up the brewing business
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Analysis and FeaturesMary Barnard, CEO of Northern Europe, Mondelez (83)
The coffee side is doing great but confectionery sales are sluggish in the UK and across Northern Europe
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Analysis and FeaturesAre vegetables the next food to face a public health backlash?
Specialist diets mean the likes of tomatoes, onions, cauliflower and broccoli are at risk of being portrayed as less than healthy
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Analysis and FeaturesDeflation hits all-time high as price war is reignited
As Morrisons opens up a new price battle, prices have fallen by the largest year-on-year proportion on record
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Analysis and FeaturesChris North, UK MD, Amazon (1)
He doesn’t run any supermarkets and his market share in groceries is minuscule. But Chris North gives grocery the shivers