Long reads – Page 54
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Analysis & Features
Seasons Bakery, Ingleton: a passion for people and the planet
The business was recognised in the 2021 Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards for its outstanding work in supporting the local community
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Analysis & Features
Are farm shops making the most of EPoS systems?
The right system can improve record keeping, stock flow and marketing activity – and even manage allergen labelling
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Aggressive but inexperienced: perils of the new breed of supermarket buyers
The new cohort of UK supermarket buyers are young, inexperienced and verging on confrontational, according to YouGov data from suppliers. So what’s really going on – and is youth always a bad thing?
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Interviews
Highland Spring’s Simon Oldham on the war on plastic: "Bottled water isn’t going anywhere"
Highland Spring’s joint MD has coped with Covid sales slumps, sustainability concerns and supply issues. But he’s feeling optimistic about the brand
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Can Iceland offset its way to becoming plastic neutral?
The supermarket is investing £1.7m in collecting and recycling
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Analysis & Features
OC&C 150 rankings: how the UK’s Top 150 food & drink suppliers fared in the pandemic
Some thrived, some lagged behind, but there’s more hurdles to come for the UK’s Top 150 food & drink suppliers
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Ranked: The best and worst of food and drink Christmas ads 2021
The British public will be hoping for a bigger and better Christmas than ever to make up for last year’s washout. Have the ad makers risen to the challenge?
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Interviews
Noble Foods boss Duncan Everett on Gü, Happy, Crackd and other things egg
Since Duncan Everett joined Noble Foods, he’s sold its posh pudding brand Gü and is going back to basics. But what exactly does that mean?
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Analysis & Features
Own-label ranges take a plant-based bite
Plant-based food and drink brands outsell own-label lines by more than three to one, according to Kantar
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Analysis & Features
Where to merchandise plant-based snacks? The case for clearer signposting
In September 2020, Asda introduced dedicated plant-based aisles for ambient goods in 359 of its stores.
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Analysis & Features
What’s in it for Tesco as it launches 15-minute delivery with Gorillas?
Gorillas will reap obvious benefits from offering 15-minute Tesco deliveries from dark stores. For Tesco, the business case is slightly more complex
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Analysis & Features
The final frontier of plant-based: cheese
Plant-based cheeses have long struggled to match the taste and texture of their dairy equivalents
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Analysis & Features
How hospitality is leading in creative alternatives to classic fish dishes
From vegan chippies to plant-based pub classics, hospitality is a driving force in fishless innovation
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Analysis & Features
WATCH: How UK food & drink can hit net zero emissions by 2050
Catch up on this webinar on food security and the environment, where five expert panellists discuss the industry’s green future
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Analysis & Features
Meet the black entrepreneurs changing the face of food and drink
With the help of brand accelerator Add Psalt, these black-owned brands are striving to improve representation on supermarket shelves
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Analysis & Features
Inside Weezy Paddington: the bright, colourful dark store for foodies
Weezy’s dark store is not what you might expect. A bright, colourful space filled with local meat, bread and fruit, it wants to give ‘health-conscious foodies’ what the supermarkets can’t
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Interviews
How Tara Garnett is driving dialogue in the debate on food’s environmental impact
Tara Garnett has long studied food’s impact on the environment. Now she is driving dialogue and collaboration in this increasingly polarised space
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Analysis & Features
All the supermarket Christmas adverts 2021
2021 has been tipped as a bumper Christmas for retailers hoping families will get together in the wake of the pandemic
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Analysis & Features
Can Big Tobacco really ditch the cigarettes?
All the big tobacco companies have committed to selling fewer smokes. Are they genuine? And do their plans to move sales elsewhere add up?
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Interviews
Innocent’s Douglas Lamont on leading the quest to make business ethical
Innocent boss Douglas Lamont wants business to be a force for good. He’s making the case for legislation to that effect – and he’s practising what he preaches