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The Big InterviewBakkavör from the brink?
In his spare time, Ágúst Gudmundsson can be found scaling treacherous inclines in the Alps. It must feel like a walk in the park compared with the peaks and troughs of Bakkavör.
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Analysis and FeaturesGrain shortage set to push gelatine prices higher
As bad grain harvests around the world send animal feed prices soaring, food manufacturers…
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Analysis and FeaturesAfter Sainsbury's snub, what next for Red Tractor?
It’s not like there weren’t suspicions. Sainsbury’s growing embrace of Freedom Food had alerted producers…
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Analysis and FeaturesLaverstoke ruling: intelligent self regulation or plain silly?
Jody Scheckter is outraged by a Portman Group ruling banning the use of his crayon drawing label for Laverstoke…
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Analysis and FeaturesSupermarkets missing out on the bigger ticket toy trick
Supermarkets are doing a roaring trade in pocket money toys but are failing to make the most of the opportunity…
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Analysis and FeaturesIs it time retailers stood up in the badger cull debate?
As scrutiny over the badger cull grows how worried should retailers be about the potential impact on sales and corporate reputation?
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Analysis and FeaturesWho has the will and the cash to buy KP Snacks?
Its brands - including McCoy’s, Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, Twiglets and Skips - are household names.
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat happened to Waverley - and can a buyer be found?
WaverleyTBS became the third wholesaler this year to exit The Grocer’s Big 30 last week, in another sign of the duress…
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Analysis and FeaturesUnited they stand: the state of the British co-operative
It won’t have escaped many people’s attention that 2012 is the UN International Year of Co-operatives. On 29 October, co-ops from across the globe will descend on Manchester…
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Analysis and FeaturesThe Brooklyn co-op they all want to copy
A strange migration is taking place along the leafy avenues of the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York.
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Analysis and FeaturesGreen shoots of recovery: how a Yorkshire village saved its shop
It wasn’t long ago that independent greengrocers looked dead and buried.
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Analysis and FeaturesPromotions up across the board as block-booking is reduced
There has been a sharp increase in the number of featured space promotions…
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Analysis and FeaturesRising costs threaten pork price advantage
The rocketing price of feed, coupled with falling pig numbers and tough new EU pig welfare regulations threaten to send pork prices soaring.
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Analysis and FeaturesTime for a new debate on food affordability
Poor households are making drastic cuts to food budgets. But notions of which foods are affordable are often wide of the mark.
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Analysis and FeaturesPotato prices set to rise as cost hikes bite
Shoppers are facing higher potato prices as suppliers warn of rocketing production costs following this year’s poor weather and a looming…
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Analysis and FeaturesMore questions than answers for Tesco
Is Tesco taking a step in the right direction - or are the problems piling up for CEO Philip Clarke?
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Analysis and FeaturesChristmas comes early with fresh promotions to the fore
Christmas has come early, if the number of featured space promotions is anything to go by…
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The Big InterviewHasbro's Foye Pascoe on games, grocery and licensing
Hasbro UK, Ireland & Nordics GM Foye Pascoe on the role of the grocery channel in toy retailing.
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Analysis and FeaturesThe full shop: how Aldi's top duo cut through
It’s not just sales that are soaring at Aldi. Its range is growing fast too. We talk to UK bosses Matthew Barnes and Roman Heini.
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Analysis and FeaturesVote now on Facebook to bring back a brand
Wham and Highland Toffee bars were relaunched in 2012, as the retro revival trend continued. Now it’s the second phase of our Bring Back a Brand. So what brand would you like to bring back?