Long reads – Page 126
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Analysis & Features
Social media power list: grocery's biggest influencers
On social media, brands and retailers are always one false move away from a code red
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Interviews
Tej Lalvani: Vitabiotics, the US and life in the Dragons' Den
The TV ‘Dragon’ and Vitabiotics CEO has his sights set on the US
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Analysis & Features
What makes a coffee pod environmentally-friendly?
We run the rule over the sustainability credentials of the leading coffee pods
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Interviews
Giles Hurley big interview: relishing Aldi's disruptor status
New Aldi UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley has watched with “interest” and “fascination” as the tectonic plates of British grocery have shifted
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Cup 2018: the nominees revealed
For the past two decades, the trophy has been awarded to an outstanding leader for their work in the industry over the past year
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Analysis & Features
What does Valeo Foods have planned for sweet group Tangerine?
Valeo Foods is on the verge of snapping up Tangerine in the hopes it can sweeten its existing investment in the sugary snacks category.
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Analysis & Features
Can government deliver an 'Amazon tax'? Is it needed?
Philip Hammond is reportedly looking into a tax that targets online companies. What would the impact be on UK retail?
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Analysis & Features
Russia World Cup sales boom boosts Carlsberg's second quarter
Denmark may have knocked out in the second round of this summer’s World Cup but the country’s brewing giant Carlsberg had plenty to celebrate this summer.
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Analysis & Features
Nine stores that have taken meat counters to the next level
Bryan Roberts, global insight director of tcc global, takes a look at examples of best practice from retailers looking to add value through serviced meat counters
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Analysis & Features
Diet Coke Exotic Mango: acid test
Exotic Mango and Feisty Cherry are the brand’s first new flavours since 2003
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Analysis & Features
Robots in the workforce: could the UK miss out?
Robot density in the UK is below the global average – it must catch up to other countries forging ahead with bot technology
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Interviews
Big interview: Ken Towle on taking Nisa into a new era
New Nisa CEO Ken Towle on how he intends to ‘work back from customers’ and integrate Nisa into Co-op
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Analysis & Features
Today's and Landmark merge as Unitas Wholesale: What we know and what it means
As the two buying groups bury their former rivalry, can Today’s-Landmark merger secure the future for their members?
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Analysis & Features
Grocemania signs up new partners for one-hour deliveries
The grocery specialist is to do one-hour deliveries for Eat 17’s Walthamstow Spar store and other Spar branches
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Analysis & Features
Nothing wonky about Lidl's Too Good to Waste campaign
The scheme could have a big impact, but did message get lost?
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Analysis & Features
Breaking the mould in convenience
It was a humble beginning for the step brothers behind premium food retailer Eat 17
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Analysis & Features
Fruity cider: the new cool?
As younger consumers look for Instagrammable, experimental brands, fruity brands have taken a third of all cider sales – leaving white cider out in the cold
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Analysis & Features
Indra Nooyi: 12 key moments of her time as PepsiCo CEO
As the PepsiCo boss steps down after 12 years at the helm of the global drinks and snacks giant, we look back at 12 moments that defined her tenure
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Analysis & Features
Wholesale prices for dairy, meat, fish & poultry, fruit & veg, ingredients and packaging
Wholesale pricing information from Mintec across dairy & eggs, meat & poultry, fish, packaging and dry ingredients. Includes fruit & veg, skimmed milk powder, PET, cod and haddock as well as lamb, beef, pork and chicken
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Analysis & Features
Vaping: how will US brand Juul fare in the UK market?
Juul is cool. And unusually for an fmcg product, that’s a problem