Long reads – Page 313
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Analysis and FeaturesRetailers can't resist the weather
The price of Christmas dinner may have risen less than the RPI, but the 14.3% hike is still hurting consumers…
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Analysis and FeaturesSupermarkets: meet your new worst enemy
Last year, on a bright fresh Easter Saturday morning, something peculiar happened in Portsmouth…
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Analysis and FeaturesAre we making progress on the UK high street front?
This week, the BRC published the sixth major study to appear since the launch of the Mary Portas Review …
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Analysis and FeaturesRabobank report predicts volatile food commodities prices in 2013
Wheat, maize and soybean prices will continue to rise…
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Analysis and FeaturesPeanut prices rise by 99.1% over four years
Few Christmas foods have been spared from price inflation this year…
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The Big InterviewMeet Akeel Sachak: the rainmaker
AG Barr’s merger with Britvic, Müller’s acquisition of Robert Wiseman, Bright Food’s purchase of Weetabix……
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Analysis and FeaturesPalm oil: the burning question
Still the fires burn. In Sumatra slash and burn forest clearance is at a six-year high…
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Analysis and FeaturesSoaring wheat price headache set to continue
Soaring wheat prices have caused food manufacturers, farmers and consumers plenty of headaches this year already…
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Analysis and FeaturesPrices head south for Christmas as booze promotions kick in
Supermarket prices remain on a downward trajectory as the annual round of festive booze promotions kicks in…
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Analysis and FeaturesIs Vion or the system to blame for its UK exit?
The break-up has begun. Vion’s pork operation, which accounts for 30% of UK pig slaughtering capacity, has been sold…
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Analysis and FeaturesSupermarkets make space for 12% hike in promotions
It’s taken shuffling of fixtures, but stores have made room for a massive 12% year-on-year hike in promotions….
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Analysis and FeaturesMore chocolate price rises are on the cards
Confectioners have caught a lot of flak for cutting the size of chocolate products…
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Analysis and FeaturesSacré bleu! British bully goes French
It’s not quite on a par with delivering ice to Eskimos, but selling British meat to the French has historically been one of the more difficult marketing challenges.
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Analysis and FeaturesAsda's quiet move into the world of convenience retail
The intriguing thing about Asda’s claim that opening two standalone forecourts doesn’t herald a move into convenience is that, superficially…
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Analysis and FeaturesYou don't twig it says c-store boss as 500th Local opens
On Wednesday morning, Sainsbury’s opened its newest convenience store, in Southsea, Portsmouth.
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Analysis and FeaturesBring Back a Brand: The reactivation challenge
The Grocer’s Bring Back A Brand Facebook page attracted more than 10,000 followers and 8,500 votes since its launch in October. Assess the proposals, vote for your favourite design and give us your feedback.
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Analysis and FeaturesFunny Feet (Unilever)
A trailblazing brand that helped revolutionise frozen sweets in the early 1980s, this dollop of foot-shaped strawberry ice cream on a stick tasted lovely but melted far too quickly…
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Analysis and FeaturesToffo (Nestlé)
It seems as if Nestlé just stopped making these classic wrapped ultra-chewy sweets without any warning. One minute they were there, the next minute they were gone, much to the delight of dentists…
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Analysis and FeaturesTrio (United Biscuits)
Most people remember this chocolate biscuit with toffee thanks to its legendary TV advertising campaign, fronted by the loud-mouthed Suzie. The biscuit, which was made by Jacobs…
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Analysis and FeaturesAdvent calendar is a costlier way to count down to Christmas
Confectionery lovers will have to splash the cash if they want to gorge themselves on the usual festive fix of chocolates.