Long reads – Page 219
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Analysis and FeaturesStorm Desmond: Tesco, Booths and Sainsbury's battle to reopen
Retailers have spent the week counting the cost of the floods in the North West of England and Scottish Borders
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Analysis and FeaturesCrickhowell: little town, big attitude
Crickhowell is home to a group of rebels who are taking the fight for fair tax for small businesses all the way to HMRC
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The Big InterviewCamilla Stephens and Mark Campbell on how Higgidy grew up
Big Interview with Higgidy’s Camilla Stephens and Mark Campbell
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Analysis and FeaturesAre mandatory targets inevitable in the war on sugar?
EU competition law and the squeeze on local authority budgets pose major challenges to the imposition of a regulatory appraisal
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Analysis and FeaturesDid COP21 seize last chance to halt climate change?
Your digestible guide to the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference
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Analysis and FeaturesAldi Sweet Aubergine & Roasted Tomato Cappellacci: acid test
Pasta’s premiumising. We’re eating more dried pasta – 157,400 tonnes of the stuff
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Analysis and FeaturesNestlé Shredded Wheat Cherry Bakewell: acid test
Cereal isn’t in a happy place – with consumers struggling to find the time to eat breakfast
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Analysis and FeaturesAre grocery promotions and prices facing fresh scrutiny?
A new government report puts pricing transparency in the spotlight. What are the implications for grocery?
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The Big InterviewBritvic GB MD Paul Graham: The Big Interview
A lousy summer. The health lobby slinging mud. Retailers ripping out SKUs. Britvic’s GB MD is up for the challenge
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Analysis and FeaturesPennies: a checkout charity for the digital age
As the checkout charity box falls into decline, Pennies is using a digital version to change the way shoppers give
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Analysis and FeaturesVanini 62% Dark Chocolate with Rosemary: acid test
A shift towards premium brands means the chocolate confectionery category’s sales value is flat
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Analysis and FeaturesHearty Lasagne Meal Soup: acid test
Brits haven’t yet lost their appetite for canned soup – sales this year are up slightly to £352.2m
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Analysis and FeaturesWhere can a cash-strapped Food Standards Agency make cuts?
Last week’s Autumn Statement revealed the FSA’s budget would remain at £85.4m a year during the current parliament
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Analysis and FeaturesGrocery charities just keep on giving
Despite the huge sums raised, grocery charities don’t get the credit they deserve
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Analysis and FeaturesCheaper Christmas crackers as pulp and plastic prices fall
Christmas crackers could be cheaper this year thanks to a big drop in Chinese pulp prices
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Analysis and FeaturesChristmas dinner getting cheaper as turkeys fall 9% per kilo
Shoppers are in for a cheaper Christmas dinner with prices of festive favourites being kept down across the big four
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Analysis and FeaturesMorrisons FTSE blow would not derail Potts’ recovery plan
The ejection will tell us more about the state of the UK grocery market than it does about Morrisons’ own recovery prospects
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Analysis and FeaturesAB InBev’s willingness to shed Peroni and Grolsch shows where its priorities lie
It’s no secret that a combined AB InBev and SABMiller will be forced to sell-off a number of brands to get the deal past various regulators, but news that top European brands are potentially being lined up for sale comes as more of a surprise.
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Analysis and FeaturesSlower-growing Fast 50 is hungry for new challengers
The rate of sales increases across the UK’s fastest growing fmcg suppliers has slowed dramatically
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Analysis and FeaturesIs high street's future any brighter without Mary Portas?
Will the revamped Future High Streets Forum prove any more effective now that Mary Portas has left the picture?