Long reads – Page 318
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Analysis & Features
Hazelnut prices set to drop as market calms
After years of record commodity prices and extreme volatility, confectionery, cereals and spreads makers can at last look forward to lower prices for hazelnuts.
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Analysis & Features
Waitrose prices plunge as it matches Tesco
Waitrose prices have plummeted following the extension of its Brand Price Match scheme - which matches the retailer’s prices with Tesco…
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Best innovations in a defining year
In the year it returned to growth, the own-label food and drink market demonstrated a capacity to bring new and interesting products and ranges to savvy shoppers hungry for both quality and value.
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Interviews
Getting to the Hart of the matter at Thorntons
Thorntons was once described as the Coventry City of confectionery because of the company’s high turnover of managers…
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Analysis & Features
From so what to red hot: why we're all Jubilee crazy
We spurned the Golden Jubilee. But 10 years on, both retailers and manufacturers have undergone a change of heart. What’s behind the change?
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Can't work, or won't work? The shelf-stacking dilemma
The IGD is spearheading a major initiative to hard-sell to jobless young people the wealth of opportunities in the food and drink industry.
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Analysis & Features
Oil set to stay pricey
Look at Britain’s fields and you’ll see our green and pleasant land is turning a cheerful shade of yellow.
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Analysis & Features
Could wine trigger a 50p minimum pricing regime?
Wine is widely considered to be the alcoholic drinks category least vulnerable to minimum pricing.
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Analysis & Features
Food its saving grace but can M&S keep up the pace?
It’s busy with innovation and refurbs, but does the Simply Value range mean M&S is too tempted to be just another supermarket?
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Analysis & Features
Are hypermarkets dead in the water?
Three multiples have gone cold on the format, but Sainsbury’s and market analysts still see plenty of potential for hypermarkets.
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Analysis & Features
Costcutter begins a new era with Kwiksave
Colin Graves is no longer involved, but Costcutter owner Bibby Line Group have resurrected the Kwik Save name as a convenience outlet. So what can we expect and where does it fit in?
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Analysis & Features
Orange juice hangs on despite Brazil fungicide fear
Orange juice was one of 2012’s first commodity scare stories - prices skyrocketed 20% overnight after a controversial fungicide was found…
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Analysis & Features
More featured space promos at Tesco
What a difference a month makes. In April, Tesco admitted its customers perceived it as lagging behind other mults on promotions
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Analysis & Features
There's 'little runway left' in the promotional takeoff
The eighth annual trade promotions survey by Ebiquity and The Grocer reveals rapidly diminishing prospects for brand growth.
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Analysis & Features
How to sell meat and fish online
Meat, fish and poultry can be a tricky sell for mainstream online retailers.
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Analysis & Features
Competition heats up in meat snacks
The big players in meat snacks may be in the doldrums but small, innovative players are growing strongly. Why are they such a hit?
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Analysis & Features
Can lamb fight back?
There’s no sugar-coating this: the past 12 months have been pretty dire for the lamb sector.
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Analysis & Features
Tesco top fruit and veg promoter as total number of deals is up 43%
As healthy eating moves up the political agenda, the multiples have been upping their game in making fresh fruit and vegetables more affordable…
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Analysis & Features
Thai chicken import ban to end
As the EU prepares to lift its import ban on fresh Thai chicken, poultry from Thailand could become a growing favourite with retailers…
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Analysis & Features
Perception-shifting Brand Match is proving a hit for Sainsbury's
The nationals jumped on Sainsbury’s ‘stalling’ supermarket growth plans this week, but CEO Justin King was in no doubt the future was bright…