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Analysis & FeaturesWeFarm: turning old mobile phones into smart phones
What happens if you’re a farmer in Kenya and your chicken is looking a bit peaky?
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InterviewsLawrence Hene of Ocado: the big interview
Ocado’s director of marketing and grocery talks Amazon, on-demand culture, price, profitability, and brand partnerships
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Analysis & FeaturesTurkish raisin recovery set to drive down prices
Raisins are set to become a more affordable ingredient again thanks to improved growing conditions in Turkey
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Analysis & Features10 Things You Need To Know About... Hot Beverages
For the next serving in our 10 Things… series, we’ve brewed up a steaming hot mug of news, views and research on hot beverages. Put kettle on!
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Analysis & FeaturesNearly a third of Brits own a coffee pod machine
More Brits jump on the pod trend as sales as the capsules soar by a whopping 30%, exclusive research for The Grocer reveals
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Analysis & FeaturesDIY coffee? Global innovations put hot drinks in your hands
We’ve searched the globe for some of the most exciting new launches in tea, coffee and beyond. Someone pop the kettle on…
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Analysis & FeaturesInfographic: How do Brits take their tea?
How does the national drink differ across Britain? We’ve teamed up with Harris Interactive to find out…
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Analysis & FeaturesLidl buyer: Customers will pay for quality and convenience
We quiz Verena Alter from Lidl on what can be done to add value back into the hot beverages market. And whether tea pods are the future
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Analysis & FeaturesReading the tea leaves: What does the future hold?
We’ve asked some of the market’s biggest players to gaze into their crystal balls to see what future has in store for the tea market
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Analysis & FeaturesClass divide: What your tea says about your social standing
Do the lower classes only drink builders’ tea or are they partial to a drop of herbal as well? Are those better off more likely to sup green tea? We find out…
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Analysis & FeaturesCoffee pods: Are manufacturers doing enough to recycle them?
With coffee pod sales on the rise, what are manufacturers doing to alleviate concerns over the recyclability of pods?
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Analysis & FeaturesStuck on the shelf or the mind? How brands can get 'stickier'
Many tea brands are getting left on the shelf in the price war. Cubo’s head of creative strategy Nick Ward explains how they can avoid this
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Analysis & FeaturesThinking outside the bag: The best in tea bag alternatives
Unilever launched the pyramid tea bag 20 years ago this year, and it’s still the UK’s most popular cuppa. Here we look at some of the formats that could challenge its position…
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InterviewsSteve Murrells: the Big Interview
Since 2013, Co-op Food has “outperformed the market for 13 consecutive quarters, while c-store growth has been double-digit”
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer/OC&C Top 150 2016: a fertile landscape post Brexit?
It had become a “picture of attrition” for The Grocer/OC&C Top 150 suppliers before the Brexit vote
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Analysis & FeaturesFood waste conundrum set for Efra MPs scrutiny
Supermarket bosses will next month need to explain what they are doing to reduce the UK’s food waste mountain
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Analysis & FeaturesPoultry prices set to rise as global production falls
UK poultry buyers are likely to face higher prices over the coming months as a result of a tightening in global supplies
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Analysis & FeaturesPepsiCo joins a popcorn party fit to burst
NPD in popcorn has defied the general NPD slowdown but does PepsiCo’s debut stand a chance given the glut of players?
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Analysis & FeaturesCarrot or stick? MPs face a big food waste conundrum
As Efra gears up for its inquiry into food waste, it’s already clear creating consensus will be an uphill struggle
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Analysis & FeaturesMilk Does Good: how milk marketing can rise above
Move over milk moustache. It’s time to give dairy a 21st century makeover. So we challenged RPM to create a more uplifting…