Long reads – Page 274
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Analysis and FeaturesCurrency headwinds are fast turning into a gale
The UK economy is thriving, but currency headwinds continue to have a huge impact on UK-listed companies’ results.
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Analysis and FeaturesCitrus Saturday looks to create entrepreneurs with lemons
How can an entrepreneurial attitude be developed in teenagers? Citrus Saturday found them focused on the bottom line……
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Analysis and FeaturesDoes hurricane Higginson signal a wind of change at Morrisons?
Yesterday a who’s who of retail veterans was paraded in the press as potential replacements for Sir Ian Gibson as the next Morrisons chairman.
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Analysis and Features10 things you need to know about... confectionery
In the first of a major new series of digital features on The Grocer, we lift the lid on the confectionery market. Here are 10 things you absolutely need to know…
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Analysis and FeaturesInsolvencies are falling, but for how long?
The number of food and drink companies having to call in the administrators is on the decrease, data from Grant Thornton shows.
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Analysis and FeaturesThe Grocer makes a Marvellous Creation with Cadbury: Video
Mondelez International invited The Grocer along to its R&D kitchens in Bournville to make our own Marvellous Ceation.
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Analysis and FeaturesOnline confectionery sales smash the £100m barrier
Online confectionery sales have passed the £100m mark for the first time, The Grocer can reveal.
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Analysis and FeaturesConfectionery brands on social media: size isn’t everything
Size is important when it comes to a social media following. But it’s not everything.
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Analysis and FeaturesWonka will be missed: our consumer panel speaks out
We’ve put together our very own digital consumer panel, with the help of Watch Me Think, to test four high-profile confectionery launches from the past year…
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Analysis and FeaturesRevealed: one in four binge on chocolate sharing bags
Sharing bags? Pah. More than half of us eat confectionery from packs intended for sharing, according to an exclusive poll for The Grocer
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Analysis and FeaturesGrowth isn’t cheap: confectionery ad spend surges 12.5%
All but two of confectionery’s biggest advertisers have increased spend on traditional ad space in the past year.
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Analysis and FeaturesTop 10 global innovations in confectionery 2014: pictures
From super premium, Reishi mushroom chocolate to boiled sweets containing spinach… here’s our pick of the most interesting recent confectionery launches from around the world.
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Analysis and FeaturesEaster is cracked: eggs sales serve up £44m in growth
Confectioners have cracked the Easter egg market, with growth equivalent to approximately 55 million extra medium-sized shell Easter eggs.
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Analysis and FeaturesSelling confectionery: how to stand out from the crowd
Merchandising matters. We might be buying more chocolate and sweets online, but the impulse channel still accounted for £3.3bn in confectionery sales in the past year.
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Analysis and FeaturesConfectionery's must-know buyers
Any brand looking to win share of this competitive market needs to know their buyers. Here’s a handful of some of the most influential buyers in the industry.
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Analysis and FeaturesTesco: did slow progress on store refresh plan cost Clarke his job?
As a report claims Tesco CEO “had to go” because his store turnaround under-delivered, The Grocer looks at how the wheels came off.
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Analysis and FeaturesDave Lewis at Tesco: how experts see the challenges ahead
The Grocer dubbed him ‘Drastic Dave’ when he axed 300 jobs in 2007 as UK & Ireland chair, and halved the number of SKUs…
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Analysis and FeaturesTesco may find lessons in Carrefour's recovery
French giant sold off international operations and simplified offer…
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Analysis and FeaturesAlmond and walnut prices driven up by drought in US
Some of the most common nuts used in baking have risen sharply in price because of bad weather…
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Analysis and FeaturesThe race to bring the best NPD to market
With brands facing competition from own label, the innovation race is hard fought. So why does so much NPD fail?…