Long reads – Page 125
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket buyers: as the role changes, what next?
With creativity now well and truly superseded by data, what does a buyer look like in 2018?
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Can M&S's new celebrities win over young families?
Social focus and celebs like Amanda Holden and Rochelle Humes mark a shift in M&S’s marketing
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Street food: the new trends shaping foodie culture
From Indian puchkas to Lebanese pastries, street food markets are changing the way the nation eats. Here’s our rundown of the top trends
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10 robotic farmers working around the globe
New technology is tackling yield, productivity and labour shortages from every angle
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Five trends from the Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2018
Legs of serrano ham, cheese wheels and Lord Alan Sugar (not an eponymous new food but the man himself) were joined by innovative and on-trend new products at this year’s Speciality & Fine Food Fair at London’s Olympia
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Interviews
Hotel Chocolat boss on starting out, 'Slabgate' and making up with Waitrose
The Hotel Chocolat founder has built a ‘long-term’ brand – and he’s not letting the supermarkets get their hands on it
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Analysis & Features
Can UK business capitalise on advances in lab-grown meat?
The Adam Smith Institute has urged UK businesses to invest to become world leaders
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Deskfast reinvented: The new wave of speed eaters
Time-pressed consumers have been eating their breakfast at work for years. But they’re now becoming pickier about how they start their day
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Analysis & Features
Europe faces tight wheat supply thanks to heatwave
Weetabix has confirmed it will be able to source all the wheat used in its products from local British farms…
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Interviews
Rupert Thomas: innovating with Waitrose's development kitchen
Waitrose’s brand new development kitchen is double the size of its predecessor, and the retailer has big NPD plans
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Analysis & Features
Five reasons why Coca-Cola has bought Costa Coffee
Coke is to buy Costa Coffee from Whitbread for $5.1bn
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Analysis & Features
Chocolate maker Elizabeth Shaw to make TV ad debut
The commercial will air on ITV1’s Meridian and East Anglia regions
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Analysis & Features
Can Brexit still deliver a fair deal for food & drink?
The government insists a ‘no deal’ is unlikely. But what happens to UK food and drink if it can’t deliver?
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Analysis & Features
Whitewashed: the race gap in food and drink, and how to close it
Why are some of the biggest names in fmcg continuing to drag their feet when it comes to race?
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Analysis & Features
Le Joli Sparkling Mexican Lime & Mint: acid test
Supermarket shoppers took home an extra 33.5 million litres of flavoured water last year
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Interviews
Meet the man that transformed Lidl's booze and he’s only just 30
Barely 30 years old and already heading up international wine & spirits for Lidl with a catalogue of big wins behind him. How has TNT alumni Ben Hulme done it?
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Analysis & Features
Butter and cream prices on the rise following heatwave
The weather has led to poor grass growth with forage already in short supply
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How will SodaStream deal add extra fizz to PepsiCo?
The $3.2bn takeover ticks key boxes on health and sustainability
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Inside the checkout-free Sainsbury's Clapham
Customers walk in, scan items on their iPhone, pay for them via Apple Pay and leave
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Analysis & Features
Coffee price fall risks instability in growing regions
The futures contract for arabica reached a 12-year low this week at 96.5 US cents/lb