Long reads – Page 133
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Analysis & Features
Power list 2018: who's steering the public's mood about food?
Our list of the top 10 players in public affairs reflects an increasingly open world, where trade bodies, brands and retailers have to move fast to keep on top of public opinion, and social media has created the ‘celebrity lobbyist’
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Cocoa prices surging after two-year low
Prices are surging again on the back of rising demand and tightening global stock
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Lessons from The Grocer's conference on e-commerce
A stellar list of speakers, an action-packed programme, and one of the hottest topics in grocery
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Can Conviviality recover from its week of woe?
A surprise profit warning, arithmetic errors, unexpected tax bills. The booze giant has a struggle on its hands.
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Analysis & Features
Cotton prices rise to 2014 levels
An outbreak of pink bollworm has damaged the Indian cotton crop…
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More Easter chocolate deals - but savings aren't as deep
Cadbury, Nestlé and Mars have all increased the number of featured space promotions in the major mults compared with last …
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Squeeze on pulp stock pushes up kraftliner prices
Kraftliner prices have risen in line with price increases in European pulp
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Feeding London: keeping food & drink moving in the capital
Roads in the UK capital are clogged. And with its population set to grow to 10 million within 15 years, innovative logistics solutions will be needed to keep food and drink moving. Like what?
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Whole Earth Saucy Organic Baked Beans: acid test
Canned beans’ value sales decline slowed considerably last year
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Snacking gets exotic: on the hunt for unusual flavours
Brands are launching everything from smoked salmon glitter crisps to pink peppercorn tortilla chips. But are these wacky new flavours really meeting a consumer need?
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How will supermarkets enforce the under-16 energy drinks ban?
Waitrose, Aldi, Co-op, Tesco and Morrisons plan to exercise their Challenge 25 policies, currently used for alcohol sales
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How will food & drink react to PHE's calorie bombshell?
Shock and awe as government drops calories bombshell
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Sustainability: the world's ticking time bomb
The UK might see itself as a world leader in driving environmental goals but its performance in the 2017 Sustainability Index shows it is lagging behind as catastrophe looms on global scale. What needs to be done, and when, to stop the bomb going off?
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Analysis & Features
The top 50 independents: How to be king of your own castle
It’s a brutal market out there in which to be an independent. So who would want to do it? What does it take?
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Interviews
Jimmy Doherty Unwrapped: how the TV farmer went from ‘four pigs to 40’
Making the leap from academic to first-time farmer to TV personality is not something Jimmy Doherty had planned
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Analysis & Features
Falling supplies push up dried grapes prices
Prices for dried grapes including raisins and sultanas continue to increase
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Cold snap sees electricity demand soar
The recent cold snap in Europe drove higher demand for electricity in the EU and UK
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Jacobs Ciabatta Caramelised Onion Crackers: acid test
Jacobs launched its three-strong Ciabatta cracker range to tap “the growing trend of lighter offerings for lunch”
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Analysis & Features
Eight innovative new snack bars coming to supermarkets
Snack bars are sweating it out to provide the full health and nutrition package
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Virtually mainstream: How VR is changing the face of grocery
Huge leaps forward in technology mean the use of virtual reality is now ’much more ubiquitous’