Long reads – Page 74
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Analysis & Features
Five tips to help SMEs recharge during lockdown
For the past nine months many founders have been operating on sheer adrenaline, and they’re starting to burn out
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Lidl’s Christmas ad mocks the schmaltz of rivals’ campaigns
The ad includes an undisguised dig at Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot
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The winners of The Grocer Gold Awards 2020
We celebrate the value of the industry’s achievements new and old, and the extraordinary role it has played in response to the pandemic
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How can UK retail reach its zero-carbon target by 2040?
The BRC has laid out five key pathways for the industry to traverse
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The rise of online supermarket marketplaces
With online sales becoming the norm, is it time UK supermarkets took on the e-commerce behemoths on their own turf?
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HFSS online ban proposals: the industry and campaigners react
Here is what industry figures think of the government’s plans for a crackdown on online HFSS advertising
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Nisa’s Amrit Pahal: how one retailer prepared for lockdown 2.0
According to Pahal, his focus has been firmly on availability, home delivery and value
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What’s going to happen to grocery spend this Christmas?
So are Brits excited for Christmas despite the pandemic? And what is going to happen to grocery spend?
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Interviews
How Dawood Pervez is steering Bestway through the pandemic
The Bestway Wholesale MD discusses the challenges of evolving amid the Covid crisis, and championing the cause of the wholesale sector
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Analysis & Features
Is Trade-Agri Commission’s new status really a big win for UK food standards?
The Commission has been made a permanent statutory body
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What does second lockdown mean for food and drink?
Supermarkets and suppliers are better prepared for lockdown II but confusing government messages really aren’t helping
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Power List: Who holds the power in in-store grocery tech?
With quick thinking and a new ‘unafraid to fail’ mentality beginning to prevail, we look at the sector’s power players
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UK-Japan trade deal: what are we getting exactly?
Tokyo rejected attempts to secure extra export quotas but there are one or two wins in this ‘rollover’ deal
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Daily sanitising, quality concerns and age splits: 10 charts explaining UK attitudes to hygiene
The pandemic has driven up demand for hand sanitiser. So how much are shoppers buying, how often do they use it, and how much will they pay?
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Analysis & Features
Welsh 'non-essential' items ban: will rest of UK follow suit?
The essential items rule is confusing and came with very little notice, say retailers. Could the chaos now spread beyond Wales?
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Interviews
Big interview: Capri-Sun boss Roland Weening on sugar, recycling and an unexpected pandemic boost
Group CEO Roland Weening is looking to change the perception of Capri-Sun as a sugary drink in unrecyclable packaging
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Analysis & Features
From pound shop to fmcg destination: the growth of Poundland
In the space of a year, Poundland has added multi-price points, chilled food and booze. The Grocer visited its two new ‘destination’ store formats to see the results
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Supermarket price war: who’s doing what?
We’ve seen moves to everyday low pricing, round pound promotions and new value ranges – here’s what the retailers have been doing with their prices this year
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New festive vegan products launching for Christmas 2020
From chocolate to chutney, here are the new vegan goodies to look out for this Christmas
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The true cost of upheaval: the OC&C Top 150 Supplier Index 2020 report
Suppliers are counting their costs as coronavirus, recession and Brexit are offset against one another