Long reads – Page 78
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Analysis & Features
Where does the scrapping of PHE leave the obesity strategy?
The government is scrapping PHE over its ‘failures’ to handle the pandemic. So what next for the PM’s new war on obesity?
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What’s happening to grocery shopping habits as lockdown eases?
As lockdown continues to ease, Brits are slowly returning to a new kind of normal. But what has that meant for grocery shopping habits?
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Supermarket Christmas ranges 2020
Here’s what the supermarkets, including Aldi, Asda and Tesco, have in store for Christmas this year
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What will be the impact of the HFSS clampdown?
Health campaigners say government restrictions on HFSS foods are long overdue. Industry claims the costs outweigh the benefits. So will it help?
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How Lidl is adapting its London stores to take on convenience
Lidl has changed its tone on its newer London stores, acknowledging they are an adaptation to target convenience. So how are they doing it?
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Inside Holland & Barrett’s future-proof store refit in Chelmsford
We paid a virtual visit to the retailer’s Chelmsford store, which has had a sustainability-led redesign
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Can Ocado go mainstream?
Ocado’s sales have soared in lockdown. Can it use this momentum and its tieup with Marks & Spencer to crack mainstream grocery in the UK?
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10 new food & drink launches containing pea protein
There’s a big trend for the little ingredient that packs a hit of plant-based protein
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Interviews
Henry Dimbleby Big Interview: The man behind the UK’s food strategy
Henry Dimbleby shaped government policy with his review of the food system. The Leon co-founder talks next steps – and the trouble with Percy Pig
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Amazon free grocery delivery: should UK grocers be worried?
Amazon has made free, fast grocery delivery a standard perk of Prime membership in the UK. How big is the threat to UK grocery retailers?
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The shopworker abuse epidemic: what can be done to stop it?
Retail staff faced a huge rise in verbal and physical abuse at the start of the pandemic. New mask regulations could reignite the problem, or even make it worse
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With negotiations back on after lockdown, what now for Walmart’s sale of Asda?
Walmart has restarted talks with a number of third-party investors
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Plastic packaging: what are the latest moves by UK supermarkets?
Here are some of the biggest achievements and announcements from the supermarkets over the past year
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The Shopper Shrink: how wearing masks will change how people behave in supermarkets
As retailers wrestle with how to police and enforce the new legislation, here are two shifts in shopper behaviour they need to look out for
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OC&C Global 50: the five top performing fmcg companies of 2019
The OC&C Global 50 enjoyed their best overall performance in five years – within this group the report has picked out four ‘performance champions’ that drove particularly stellar growth last year
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What is Brazil’s beef sector doing to stop deforestation?
A new investigation has re-ignited calls to ditch Brazilian beef
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OC&C Global 50 report 2020: ready for the storm
The biggest fmcg players were in great shape heading into the coronavirus. And many are ideally positioned to thrive in the ‘new normal’
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What does Boris Johnson’s obesity plan mean for the food and drink industry?
Promotions and advertising for HFSS food and drink are set to be curtailed. What does it mean for suppliers and pre-existing obesity measures?
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Five big brands muscling in on the peanut butter market
As Brits’ taste for peanut butter grows, brands from the spread category and beyond are getting in on the action
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Industry reacts as National Food Strategy report published
Here’s how industry figures have responded to the publishing of the National Food Strategy report