Long reads – Page 341
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The Big Interview
Cider house rules: an interview with Magners' Gordon Johncox
Since its formation last August to look after C&C Group’s growing cider portfolio, Magners GB has been decidedly quiet. Until now. Boss Gordon Johncox tells Anna-Marie Julyan how Magners returned to growth and what Stella’s leap into cider means for the category
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Analysis and FeaturesMe-too: Tesco hits back with the sincerest form of flattery
After deriding the Asda Price Guarantee as misleading and overly complex, is Tesco’s version better in any way, asks James Halliwell
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Analysis and Features
Retail Prices: Is Asda managing to wean itself off heavy promotions?
Morrisons has been left as clear leader in the promotional stakes, as Asda finally starts to scale back its activity. Ronan Hegarty reports
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Analysis and FeaturesStuart Rose and Andy Bond: tips for the next generation
After stepping down from Marks & Spencer and Asda, retail legends Sir Stuart Rose and Andy Bond give Charles Wilson and Adam Leyland their tips for the next generation
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Analysis and FeaturesCharles Wilson Q&A: Tesco 'is the scariest beast in UK grocery'
Everyone should worry about Tesco, says Charles Wilson. This week’s guest editor tells Adam Leyland why – and what else he’s keeping an eye on
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Analysis and FeaturesHow tasty are the top 50 independents?
The Top 50 posted a whacking 35% hike in profits last year. But that doesn’t mean they’re all in rude health.
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Analysis and FeaturesProduct Placement: Brands get their big TV break
From Monday, brands will be able to pay to appear in British TV programmes for the first time. Insiders expect product placement to be worth £100m in five years. But what will the latter-day Hilda Ogdens be pushing? Rob Gray reports
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Analysis and FeaturesFairtrade: A fairer share for all
Bananas, Dairy Milk and even condoms (in Waitrose from this week). It’s official – Fairtrade’s gone mainstream. But how much are farmers benefiting? Ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight, Beth Phillips visited a cocoa co-operative in Ghana and Sarah Butler met coffee farmers in Uganda to find out
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Analysis and Features
Food inflation worsens as more categories report rises
Two-thirds of the GPI categories saw prices rise this month, thanks to input costs, oil hikes and the effects of the VAT increase.
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Analysis and FeaturesOne year on, can Kraft now celebrate its Cadbury deal?
It’s just over a year since its $19bn acquisition of Cadbury. Kraft’s results have given Adam Leyland a proper opportunity to examine progress
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Analysis and FeaturesAcid Test: Salto
The Brazilian tipple – a citrus-flavoured cachaça – aims to extend the appeal of cachaça drinks outside its caipirinha cocktail heartland.
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Analysis and FeaturesGet drizzling: we’ve found a commodity getting cheaper
Against a background of soaring crop, fuel and packaging cost inflation, a few foodstuffs – notably olive oil – are getting cheaper. Why, asks Alex Beckett
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Analysis and Features
Commodities: Why the world is starting to worry about the cost of rice
Concerns are increasing that rice – the staple food of half the world’s population – will soar in price. Julia Glotz looks at the facts behind the fear
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Analysis and FeaturesStorm-tossed Young’s seeks a better catch... as Young’s
The launch of the number one fish and seafood company? Or a confusing retrenchment that has left buyers scratching their heads? Richard Ford reports
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Analysis and FeaturesTesco loses fizz as its dotcom queen quits for M&S board
Why did Tesco.com’s leading lady walk from Tesco just two weeks after her elevation to the retailer’s UK executive committee? Rob Brown reports
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Analysis and FeaturesAcid Test: Douwe Egberts Aromettes
The single-portion blocks of coffee would appeal to the one in four UK instant coffee drinkers who think ground coffee is “too difficult to make”
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Analysis and Features
Retail Prices: Top grocery brands offering greater savings to shoppers
In stark contrast to the festive period, over the past month the number of deals and the savings offered have risen year-on-year, reports Alex Beckett
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Analysis and FeaturesBargain hunting: buyers eye cut-price M&A bonanza
After Premier finally managed to offload Quorn in a cut-price deal, the market is bracing itself for a flurry of M&A activity. But will the £4bn worth of food and drink assets still up for grabs achieve ‘cheap as chips’ prices, asks Selwyn Parker
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Analysis and Features
The spread of viral advertising
As more and more people switch off the television and go online for entertainment, advertising is changing. Growing numbers of advertisers are getting more bang from ad budgets by going viral. So how do you get ahead in viral advertising, asks Simon Creasey
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Analysis and FeaturesStella launches a cider? How very ‘reassuring’, say rivals
Will AB InBev reverse slowing category sales or is it taking too much of a risk venturing out of its heartland, ask Anna-Marie Julyan and Alex Beckett