Long reads – Page 49
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Analysis & Features
Eight cereal innovations tapping into hunger for healthy breakfasts
Sales of natural and wholesome cereal and on-the-go cereal products climbed £2.3m last year. Here’s our pick of some of the best innovation to hit shelves over the past 12 months.
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Analysis & Features
How will Defra’s alternative to CAP subsidies work?
George Eustice says three new initiatives will help boost biodiversity. But how will it affect food production and farmers’ bottom lines?
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Analysis & Features
Back to the drawing board: what does Unilever do now?
Its £50bn bid for GSK’s consumer healthcare business rejected, can Unilever’s under-pressure management restore City trust?
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Interviews
Candy Kittens founder Ed Williams on how the brand axed its Playboy purr
Ed Williams has transformed Candy Kittens from a sleazy reality TV plot into one of the UK’s fastest-growing sweet brands. Now, he’s tackling Goliaths
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Analysis & Features
Aldi’s new ‘just walk out’ Greenwich store: what’s it like inside?
It’s the first UK discounter store letting customers simply pick up their shopping and leave, before billing them in an app. So what’s it like?
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Analysis & Features
What do the latest customs rules changes mean for farm shops and delis?
The change has prompted fears of increased costs, disruption and some EU food producers giving up on supplying into Britain
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Analysis & Features
Nine vegan products launched by up-and-coming brands for Veganuary 2022
Some of these brands are nearing household name status with their ambitious launches
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Analysis & Features
Britain’s food & drink labour shortage: in numbers
The UK’s food and drink sector is battling a serious labour crisis. But which sectors are hardest hit by shortages and an ageing workforce? To find out, we analysed exclusive data from ONS
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Analysis & Features
Where have the food industry’s workers gone?
In the past two years the food and drink industry’s labour market has been upended. What’s behind the struggle to find staff?
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Analysis & Features
How did food redistribution charities cope with Christmas of Omicron?
The labour crisis paired with Omicron could have spelled disaster at Christmas. So how well did food redistribution levels hold up?
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Analysis & Features
Who were grocery’s big winners and losers of Christmas 2021?
The mults managed to keep spend flat compared with 2020 (though inflation played a part). Who got what they wished for and who’s hungover?
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Analysis & Features
14 alcohol-free drinks launching for Dry January 2022
From spirits and cider to sparkling tea, there are plenty of new low & no booze drinks to choose from this Dry January
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Analysis & Features
The growing chasm between supermarkets and suppliers in grocery’s data race
In a world where data is power, supermarkets continue to strengthen their hand. How can suppliers keep up? And what’s at stake if they don’t?
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Analysis & Features
How traditional supplier commercial teams went stale
The more forward-thinking suppliers are emphasising the need for data literacy, even in the more traditional national account manager roles
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Analysis & Features
Food & drink in the stock market: who’s up and who’s down?
Covid, Brexit, labour shortages – plcs have had plenty to contend with. So how have stocks fared amid the turmoil?
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Analysis & Features
Which supermarket won Christmas on social media?
The mults pulled out all the stops to deliver the best Christmas ad this year. But festive marketing success isn’t all about the small screen. So how did the major supermarkets compare when it came to successfully engaging customers on social media this Christmas?
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Analysis & Features
16 new plant-based products coming to supermarkets and food-to-go for Veganuary 2022
Brands aren’t holding back, with fast food retailers pushing the boat out to entice customers with new vegan offers
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Analysis & Features
Natural ingredients, simple swaps and year-round habits: 10 charts explaining UK attitudes to Veganuary
As Veganuary kicks off, organisers are once again expecting record sign-ups in the UK. So which region is most likely to engage? To what extent are long-term habits formed? And which products benefit most? Lumina research for The Grocer uncovers the key behaviours
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Analysis & Features
The biggest interviews of 2021 with the most influential names in fmcg
From trade body chiefs to innovators and leaders of the country’s biggest supermarkets, influential names have talked us through the ups and downs of the past year in grocery
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Analysis & Features
What’s the outlook for key food commodities in 2022?
How will climate, labour and fuel pressures affect prices of the likes of coffee, sugar, meat, rice and dairy?