Long reads – Page 124
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Analysis & Features
Nothing wonky about Lidl's Too Good to Waste campaign
The scheme could have a big impact, but did message get lost?
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Analysis & Features
Breaking the mould in convenience
It was a humble beginning for the step brothers behind premium food retailer Eat 17
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Analysis & Features
Fruity cider: the new cool?
As younger consumers look for Instagrammable, experimental brands, fruity brands have taken a third of all cider sales – leaving white cider out in the cold
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Analysis & Features
Indra Nooyi: 12 key moments of her time as PepsiCo CEO
As the PepsiCo boss steps down after 12 years at the helm of the global drinks and snacks giant, we look back at 12 moments that defined her tenure
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Analysis & Features
Wholesale prices for dairy, meat, fish & poultry, fruit & veg, ingredients and packaging
Wholesale pricing information from Mintec across dairy & eggs, meat & poultry, fish, packaging and dry ingredients. Includes fruit & veg, skimmed milk powder, PET, cod and haddock as well as lamb, beef, pork and chicken
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Analysis & Features
Vaping: how will US brand Juul fare in the UK market?
Juul is cool. And unusually for an fmcg product, that’s a problem
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Analysis & Features
After a series of breaches, can Red Tractor be trusted again?
Red Tractor CEO Jim Moseley’s bullish call for the government not to “reinvent the assurance wheel”, will no doubt be ringing in his ears this week after the scheme hit the headlines - and not for the first time this year - for all the wrong reasons
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Analysis & Features
Why did Lorente leave Asda and what now for Burnley?
Jesús Lorente lasted just seven months in his role as Asda’s CMO
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Analysis & Features
Yazoo Choc Mint: acid test
The rise of milkshake bars such as Shakeaway has helped grocery take-home sales shoot up 10.8% to £156.7m
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Analysis & Features
Sultana and raisin prices significantly up on last year
Sultanas and raisin prices remain significantly inflated in comparison with last year, driven by high prices for dried grapes in California
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Interviews
Paul Pomroy: forging ahead with a new McDonald's reputation
The UK CEO on his quest to educate naysayers and build the McDonald’s brand
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Analysis & Features
Jesús Lorente no miracle worker for Asda
Lorente’s Asda departure reveals Roger Burnley’s decisive side
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Analysis & Features
Is Tesco's pricing already a match for the discounters?
Following initial reports in February that Tesco was thinking of trialling a discount chain, it has begun advertising for staff for a “new retail format” that would be “operated separately from the core Tesco business”. But can Jack’s really allow Tesco to take the fight to the all-conquering discounters?
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Analysis & Features
Superfoods meet science: is GM on the verge of acceptance?
A raft of new GM and gene-edited products are in development, designed purely with the consumer in mind
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Analysis & Features
Six new natural skincare products shaking up the male grooming category
Male grooming is going au naturel
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Analysis & Features
Heatwave shortages continue to inflate prices for fruit & veg
Four-week average UK lettuce prices for mid July are now up 21.7% year on year at 66p/unit
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Interviews
Joanna Jensen: how Childs Farm went global on word of mouth
In the same year Childs Farm secured its first national retail listing, Facebook surpassed one billion users. Few brands could have ridden the rising crest of social media better.
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Analysis & Features
Heatwave: growers struggle with the hottest summer since 1976
The weather has been glorious for retailers, but there is a problem. The sun just won’t seem to stop
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Analysis & Features
Why fibre is the latest nutritional trend to hit shelves
The average Brit consumes only 18g of it a day – half the recommended intake. But could that be set to change?
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Interviews
Amelia Harvey on collaboration and The Collective
The self-styled ‘quasi-entrepreneur’ on building a £32m business from scratch