Long reads – Page 294
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Analysis and FeaturesFrozen food: Greggs excels in a chill year for frozen
The phrase ‘victims of their own success’ usually applies to showbiz casualties, but in 2013 it also applied to sausage rolls.
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Analysis and FeaturesCider hits £1bn mark but fizz offers true sparkle
What is it they say about mixing your drinks? It certainly doesn’t end well if you combine the volume losses of the ale, lager, wine, spirits and RTD sectors in the past year.
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Analysis and FeaturesHot beverages: Tea tanks but Twinings makes a mint
How long can Britain claim to be a nation of tea drinkers?…
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Analysis and FeaturesPrice inflation creeps up as mults skimp on alcohol price cuts
Inflation across the big four supermarkets has risen slightly…
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Analysis and FeaturesIllicit tobacco: it's time to take a stand
As previously law-abiding indies are tempted, the illicit tobacco trade is growing again…
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Analysis and FeaturesChocolate: Cadbury Dairy Milk sales in marvellous 14% growth
Growing your volume sales by 10% when you are already one of the biggest fmcg brands in the UK, and the market leader, is no mean feat.
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Analysis and FeaturesDefra Family Food 2012 reveals progress against obesity
Brits are actually consuming less but are also eating less healthily…
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Analysis and FeaturesArla Aylesbury: Spotlight
The Grocer’s Green Supplier of the Year has pumped £150m into building the world’s biggest fresh milk dairy…
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The Big InterviewBrandon Lewis means business as he plans high street revival
New high streets minister Brandon Lewis on the “amazing” Portas, the new £1bn package, and that “load of crap” comment…
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Analysis and FeaturesMultiples up promotions in preparation for festive fight
Although potatoes have risen in price over the past month, they are significantly cheaper than they were a year ago…
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Analysis and FeaturesMonsanto GM study retraction blasted by scientists
Monsanto has used the retraction of a controversial paper about Roundup weedkiller to stress its commitment to safety…
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Analysis and FeaturesHow to turn weather chaos into cash
Are forecasting systems helping retailers to not just cope with the weather but also turn it to their advantage?…
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The Big InterviewJohn Kennedy: Big Interview with Diageo Western Europe president
Diageo’s Western European business has lost some of its old swagger, says John Kennedy. He is determined to get it back….
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Analysis and FeaturesBlack Friday: a gimmick, or the new January sales?
Twitter tales of fights and brawls between bargain hunters at Asda last Friday morning could mean only one thing…
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Analysis and FeaturesIs this what the future of the UK tobacco trade looks like?
The government is wide open to legal challenges if it can’t prove Australia’s packs (pictured) have stopped kids taking up…
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Analysis and FeaturesSweet sensation: Mars leads surge in confectionery deals
Mars has taken its promotional activity to stratospheric new heights – running twice as many deals as last month and almost three times more than a year ago.
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Analysis and FeaturesAre dark stores the future for Tesco? Not necessarily
No Amazon-style blisters but don’t write off traditional stores yet…
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Analysis and FeaturesWill higher yields ease milk price pressure?
The outlook for this year’s UK milk production is far more positive for supply – and potentially for wholesale prices too…
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Analysis and FeaturesWill Morrisons online deliver?
Morrisons will make its online debut on 10 January with a house call by Dalton Philips himself…
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Analysis and FeaturesClick & collect: what's next?
Click & collect is evolving. But just how big will it get? Is it the future or just a drop in the (supply chain) ocean?…