Long reads – Page 299
-
Analysis & Features
Are Courtauld 3 targets to reduce waste too conservative?
Phase 3 targets for 2015 are too conservative given the progress achieved since 2005, say anti-waste campaigners. Is that …
-
Analysis & Features
Suncare sales suffer as British weather takes effect
The lousy weather has cast a cloud over the suncare market…
-
Analysis & Features
Manuka honey price hit by tighter supply
Consumers already have to pay a hefty premium for Manuka honey – but soon they may have to pay even more…
-
Analysis & Features
Coffee in convenience stores can generate big profits
The significance of coffee is really reflected in the gross profit. We talk to the experts on how to do coffee well..
-
Analysis & Features
X-for-y promo in favour again as brands move away from 'save'
When it comes to choice of promotional mechanic, the x-for-y deal has the X-factor right now…
-
Analysis & Features
Is Asda's community big box space scheme sound?
What to do with those big out-of-town sheds in an era of increasing online shopping and high fuel bills?…
-
Analysis & Features
Shoppers damning of convenience store prices and promotions
Shoppers often gripe about the prices charged in c-stores as opposed to bigger stores…
-
Analysis & Features
A One Stop shop for big margins?
It often makes economic sense for indies to buy from the mults rather than traditional wholesalers…
-
Analysis & Features
Sainsbury’s in 2012: What did it do?
For Sainsbury’s, 2012 was a year of steady growth, Jubilee and Paralympics sponsorship, and the onward march of convenience.
-
Analysis & Features
Grim wheat outlook for UK contrasts with global picture
The prospects for the British wheat crop continue to look difficult, but beyond the UK the outlook is fairly positive…
-
Interviews
Facebook's Christian Hernandez... what's not to like?
Facebook’s director of UK & Pan-Euro has some big ambitions, claiming both new and old brands alike can benefit…
-
Analysis & Features
Wet weather washes 100% British wheat pledges away
The worst British crop in 30 years has scuppered promises by suppliers, with a few exceptions…
-
Analysis & Features
Sainsbury's leads the way as mults increase promotions
As the freezing conditions over Easter finally receded, there’s no sign of the price war thawing…
-
Analysis & Features
Spin the Bottle: Government choices for alcohol policy
It’s shelved minimum pricing, but the coalition is sure to pursue alternative strategies. What are the options?
-
Analysis & Features
Ice lollies escape commodity hikes
If price inflation has shoppers hot under the collar, they are probably better off reaching for an iced lolly than a tub of ice cream…
-
Analysis & Features
Orange juice prices up 35% due to greening disease in Florida
Orange juice was one of the big commodity fallers of 2012…
-
Analysis & Features
What's the significance of Tesco's £804m property writedown?
Tesco’s hunger to snap up land resulted in a one-off property writedown of £804m for 100-plus sites. What does it mean for Tesco and its rivals?
-
Analysis & Features
Sir Terry's new plan to save 'medieval' high streets
As Mary Portas updates us on her Pilots on C4, ex-Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has other ideas to save the high street, fronting a new campaign for the Telegraph…
-
Analysis & Features
Sugar prices to keep falling despite diversion to ethanol
Soaring demand for biofuels and low sugar prices could lead to over half of Brazil’s cane crop being used for ethanol…
-
Analysis & Features
Horsemeat scandal fuelling promotions in ready meals
The horsemeat scandal has contributed to the nation’s chillers and freezers becoming hotbeds of promotional activity…