Long reads – Page 95
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Analysis & Features
12 fmcg categories blazing the trail in CBD innovation
From haircare to houmous, we look at the unlikely categories jumping on the CBD bandwagon
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Will Brazil meat our standards to strike a post-Brexit trade deal?
Brazil wants to trade with the UK post Brexit. But amid concerns over food safety, animal welfare and the environment, can it meet our standards on beef, chicken and pork?
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Just Eat investors demand larger helping as bidding war escalates
A juicy takeover war was kicked into gear this week as global suitors battle to grab a slice of the booming UK online takeaway delivery sector.
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How Thornton’s Budgens in Belsize Park has taken more steps to cut out plastic
We take a look at the new eco-friendly measures instore
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Interviews
Julian Metcalfe: Itsu’s British foodie with global ambition
Following success with Pret a Manger and Metcalfe’s Skinny, Itsu founder Julian Metcalfe is setting his sights on taking the brand global
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Is milk processing in Britain coming to the end of the road?
After a tortuous trading period, topped by Tomlinsons’ collapse, average margins are in the red. Can UK milk processing survive?
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What do new US tariffs really mean for the scotch trade?
Just how damaging for the sector will Trump’s new 25% tariffs be?
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Birds Eye Crispy Pancakes Tomato & Mozzarella: acid test
This frozen product from Birds Eye promises a ‘modern twist’ on the traditional crispy pancake
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Colgate ramps up savings as Brexit and Christmas approach
Colgate saw its total number of featured space promotions in the major mults rise 14% on this time last year
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5 of the most lucrative fmcg product placement deals in history
From breakfast TV to the big screen, here are 5 of the most memorable and money-spinning fmcg product placement deals
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What does the future look like for product placement?
Product placement has only been legal in the UK since 2010, but its history in the US stretches back across big-budget movies and campaigns. What’s next?
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Analysis & Features
Is a VAT shake-up the right way to fight obesity?
It has been dismissed as ‘too complicated’ but some argue ‘potty’ discrepancies over which products are taxed should be addressed
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Serious change is on the horizon for Hain Daniels
As Hain Celestial retrenches, UK business is hard to unpick
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal: food and drink industry leaders react
MPs are set to vote on the deal in parliament tomorrow
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Analysis & Features
Hovis pricier at Sainsbury’s as mults raise bread prices
Average supermarket shelf prices for loaves, bread rolls, flatbreads and the like are up 4% year on year
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Interviews
How Massimiliano Pogliani is staying true to Illy’s heritage
Illy’s first non-family CEO says his priority is to maintain its spirit of quality and independence
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Analysis & Features
Farm Africa’s 1,000-trees challenge: helping young Ugandan women thrive in the coffee business
Eight industry execs want to help young people – and particularly young women – in Uganda build their own businesses
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Analysis & Features
Norwegian cod prices rise after fall in Barents Sea catch quota
Average wholesale prices for Norwegian cod stood at NOK22,347 (£1,995.8) per tonne on 1 September 2019 - up 12% on last year
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Plastic: is the industry moving far enough and fast enough?
Which plastic reduction initiatives are working and which are window dressing?
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Analysis & Features
10 pioneering schemes tackling plastic pollution
Here are some of the trailblazing brands, retailers and manufacturers tackling the plastic waste problem head-on