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Analysis & Features
Le Joli Sparkling Mexican Lime & Mint: acid test
Supermarket shoppers took home an extra 33.5 million litres of flavoured water last year
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Interviews
Meet the man that transformed Lidl's booze and he’s only just 30
Barely 30 years old and already heading up international wine & spirits for Lidl with a catalogue of big wins behind him. How has TNT alumni Ben Hulme done it?
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Analysis & Features
Butter and cream prices on the rise following heatwave
The weather has led to poor grass growth with forage already in short supply
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Analysis & Features
How will SodaStream deal add extra fizz to PepsiCo?
The $3.2bn takeover ticks key boxes on health and sustainability
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Analysis & Features
Inside the checkout-free Sainsbury's Clapham
Customers walk in, scan items on their iPhone, pay for them via Apple Pay and leave
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Analysis & Features
Coffee price fall risks instability in growing regions
The futures contract for arabica reached a 12-year low this week at 96.5 US cents/lb
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Analysis & Features
Social media power list: grocery's biggest influencers
On social media, brands and retailers are always one false move away from a code red
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Interviews
Tej Lalvani: Vitabiotics, the US and life in the Dragons' Den
The TV ‘Dragon’ and Vitabiotics CEO has his sights set on the US
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Analysis & Features
What makes a coffee pod environmentally-friendly?
We run the rule over the sustainability credentials of the leading coffee pods
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Interviews
Giles Hurley big interview: relishing Aldi's disruptor status
New Aldi UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley has watched with “interest” and “fascination” as the tectonic plates of British grocery have shifted
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Cup 2018: the nominees revealed
For the past two decades, the trophy has been awarded to an outstanding leader for their work in the industry over the past year
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Analysis & Features
What does Valeo Foods have planned for sweet group Tangerine?
Valeo Foods is on the verge of snapping up Tangerine in the hopes it can sweeten its existing investment in the sugary snacks category.
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Analysis & Features
Can government deliver an 'Amazon tax'? Is it needed?
Philip Hammond is reportedly looking into a tax that targets online companies. What would the impact be on UK retail?
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Analysis & Features
Russia World Cup sales boom boosts Carlsberg's second quarter
Denmark may have knocked out in the second round of this summer’s World Cup but the country’s brewing giant Carlsberg had plenty to celebrate this summer.
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Analysis & Features
Nine stores that have taken meat counters to the next level
Bryan Roberts, global insight director of tcc global, takes a look at examples of best practice from retailers looking to add value through serviced meat counters
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Analysis & Features
Diet Coke Exotic Mango: acid test
Exotic Mango and Feisty Cherry are the brand’s first new flavours since 2003
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Analysis & Features
Robots in the workforce: could the UK miss out?
Robot density in the UK is below the global average – it must catch up to other countries forging ahead with bot technology
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Interviews
Big interview: Ken Towle on taking Nisa into a new era
New Nisa CEO Ken Towle on how he intends to ‘work back from customers’ and integrate Nisa into Co-op
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Analysis & Features
Today's and Landmark merge as Unitas Wholesale: What we know and what it means
As the two buying groups bury their former rivalry, can Today’s-Landmark merger secure the future for their members?
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Analysis & Features
Grocemania signs up new partners for one-hour deliveries
The grocery specialist is to do one-hour deliveries for Eat 17’s Walthamstow Spar store and other Spar branches