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Analysis & Features
10 Things You Need To Know About...Free-from
Free-from food & drink is booming. We’ve polled consumers, spoken to brands and retailers and crunched the sales figures to find out why. Dig in here!
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Interviews
Bidvest chief executive: the Big Interview
Andrew Selley has turned Bidvest around by no longer ‘obsessing’ with rival Brakes
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Widening the net: who should Adjudicator Tacon tackle next?
Never mind farmer concerns does the GCA have bigger fish to fry?
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ASH sets out to wean indies off their reliance on tobacco
The group claims indies could make more money if they cut down on tobacco to focus on more profitable lines. Does it have a point?
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Cheddar deals persist even as wholesale prices rocket
Britain’s favourite cheese remains cheaper in the mults than it was a year ago
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Potatoes get pricier as EU supply shrinks
EU potato prices were up 13% year on year this month
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Company Shop: cutting waste, caring for the community
Company Shop has developed Community Shop to feed needy members and help them back into work
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Hazelnuts and cashews get more expensive
Low production has helped push up prices of hazelnuts in the UK
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Trading disputes: the price of Brexit Britain
As The Grocer revealed earlier this week, fmcg giant Unilever stopped deliveries to Tesco
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Could nutritional labelling actually boost sales of beer?
Originally the move was conceived as ‘the right thing to do’ from a CSR perspective
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Premier Foods boss back under pressure as sales slump
The September sunshine was blamed for plummeting gravy sales at the Bisto and Oxo supplier
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How 'posh Iceland' shows retailer is moving with the times
Posh isn’t a word that immediately springs to mind when you think of Iceland
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Are independent retailers stealing the wine show?
Five years on from the dark days of 2011, how has the independent off-licence sector evolved to cope?
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Dandelion, Fennel & Ginger Infusion with Liquorice Root
Tea sales have fallen 4.7% in value in the past year to £619.8m
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Peanut prices soar as Argentina adds to global supply issues
Tightening supply heaps pressure on a market already hit by global supply problems
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Cadbury Dairy Milk Big Taste Toffee Whole Nut: acid test
Despite Brits being mindful of their sugar consumption, the confectionery market is holding strong
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Tesco v Unilever: what the analysts say
Here’s what experts had to say about the stand off between Tesco and Unilever on prices
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Analysis & Features
1. Creative challenge: can ugly fruit make beautiful cider?
Beer and cider is struggling right now. We task creative agency Coley Porter Bell with breathing some life into the category - without mentioning craft…
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3. Top global launches: from rosé cider to collagen beer
We’ve scoured the globe, with the help of Mintel, to find the weirdest and most wonderful beers and ciders from agave-infused beer to cider with tequila.