Long reads – Page 129
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Analysis & Features
Booze brands ramp up deals as sunnier weather arrives
Six out of the 10 top promoting alcohol brands ramped up their promotional activity compared with last year
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Madagascan vanilla prices past the peak
Panic over a vanilla shortage reached fever pitch this week
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Has the CMA painted itself into a corner with methodology?
Some claim the Tesco-Booker precedent leaves the authority ‘toothless’ – but will Sainsbury’s-Asda be waved through?
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Nestlé and Starbucks join to form 'global coffee alliance'
Nestlé will pay $7.15bn (£5.3bn) for a ‘perpetual licence’ to sell Starbucks products outside the coffee chain’s stores
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Marmite Reduced Salt: acid test
Unilever unveiled its new Marmite variant last month
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10 new products hitting shelves for the royal wedding
Royal wedding bells are ringing and retailers hope the wedding fever that’s sweeping the nation will get tills ringing too
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Five standout dishes from Market Hall Fulham
The capital’s trendiest food hall is introducing the nation to Calcutta puchka and pink lattes
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A dangerous game: sporting sponsorship in 2018
The combination of sport and politics has often proven volatile. And it means sponsoring the World Cup this year is more complex than it has ever been
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Cronuts to duffins: a guide to hybrid bakery products
Do such weird and wonderful creations have legs in the UK?
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Interviews
Cranswick's Adam Couch and Jim Brisby: the big interview
What do you do when you’re a self-confessed meat industry lifer and the sector you’ve grown up in is facing some of the most challenging disruption in decades?
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury’s & Asda mega merger: what we know and what it means
The market is still coming to terms with the Tesco-Booker deal and now this: a £51bn-sales combination play between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been confirmed. So what will it mean? And how on earth would it get competition clearance? Here’s an updated analysis from The Grocer following the announcement earlier this week
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Risk of citrus greening disease in Med produce 'very high'
Reasearchers warned Europe could not remain immune to the disease, which has devastated citrus crops in the US…
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Oil prices at highest level since 2015
Falling yields in Russia and OPEC member states has rattled oil markets
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Soft drinks levy reverses trend of declining inflation
A spike in soft drinks prices since the Soft Drinks Industry Levy came into force on 5 April has pushed up the GPI
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US demand for coldwater prawns declines
Sluggish demand from the US caused coldwater prawn prices to decline in April
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Edge & Son: 'gene to fork' process reaps rewards for butcher
With their wealth of farming knowledge and expertise on nose to tail butchery and native breeds, it quickly becomes clear
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Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo Face Cakes: acid test
After three years of value decline, the sweet biscuits category returned to growth in 2017
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Gold Awards 2018: who's on the shortlist?
With hundreds of entries across 22 categories, our expert judges had their work cut out creating the Grocer Gold shortlist for 2018
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury’s and Asda merger: the key facts and figures
Your at-a-glance guide to what you need to know about the mega merger that shocked the UK grocer market
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Sainsbury's Asda merger: Twitter reacts
Over the weekend, news broke of a “mega-merger” between Sainsbury’s and Asda. Here’s how Twitter reacted to the story