Long reads – Page 165
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Analysis & FeaturesBig brands count the cost as Sainsbury's declares war
Distinctive NPD preferred, with commodity brands facing the axe
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat the Whole Foods tie-up will mean for Amazon
Amazon’s food armoury had lacked crucial weapons. Not any more
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Analysis & FeaturesRich Ale & Thyme cook-in sauce: acid test
Cooking sauces plummeted last year. Value sales fell 4.8% (£30.3m) to £600m, on volumes down 4.7%
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Isle of Man: haven for a new breed of foodie startup
The Isle of Man plans to grow the value of its food and drink industry by two-thirds to £125m by 2025
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InterviewsDave Curness, Store Manager of the Year
How many supermarkets do you know with an official Wet Squad? Sainsbury’s Redhill has one
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco Q1 results: analyst reactions
During the quarter it reported a 1.3% growth in customer transactions – some ten million more than last year
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Analysis & FeaturesNisa sale: what you need to know
It’s talking to interested parties, so why is it up for sale, who’s in the running, and what of the mutuality question?
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's proves bravest but will its stance win sales?
Consumers are most moved by emotional ads that ‘keep it real’
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Analysis & FeaturesBoozy Britain: Why are sales up as more try to drink less?
British drinking culture is changing, fast. The number of Brits trying to curb their booze has surged, our research reveals
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Analysis & FeaturesFairy and Colgate enter top 10 highest-promoting brands
Mr Kipling and Mars have fallen out of the top 10 biggest-promoting brands
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco takes the top award with turnaround
Of the many tough decisions the judges had to make, the final one of the night “was probably the toughest”
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Analysis & FeaturesConsistency is name of the game for Tesco
The furore over the launch of its so-called “fake farm” brands doesn’t appear to have bothered customers…
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Analysis & FeaturesBranded supplier of the year
Procter & Gamble topped the poll in two separate categories – Household and Health and Beauty – in the first round
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Analysis & FeaturesOwn-Label Supplier of the year
A “best in class supplier in terms of category management, NPD, commercial awareness, supply chain and marketing”
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Analysis & FeaturesOwn-label range of the year
Judges hailed the “impressive scale”, “clarity of offer” and “formidable execution”
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Analysis & FeaturesStore manager of the year
The sheer scale of the challenges facing Dave Curness would have sent a lesser store manager away for a good cry
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocer 33 price award
Asda’s margin of victory was not as comfortable as it has enjoyed in previous years
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocer 33 availability award
You can be as cheap as chips and do service with a smile, but if the product isn’t on shelf everything else is irrelevant
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocer 33 Service award
You do not win this award five years in a row through luck
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Analysis & Features'It's impossible not to give this award to Booker'
Booker has now won this award for seven of the last eight years. And in 2017 it faced its strongest competition ever…