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Analysis & FeaturesDiscounter pressure on big four will continue
Look away, big four. The suffering will continue. At least for a while
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Analysis & FeaturesChristmas trading redeemed by last-minute shopping
A late rush to the aisles before Christmas looks to have saved the festive period for the beleaguered grocery sector
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar prices reach 10-month high
Sugar prices reached a 10-month high in November
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Analysis & FeaturesFlood impact will be felt for months, warn logistics experts
Grocery is “praying for the rain to stop” after floods in the North
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Analysis & FeaturesShare price winners and losers in 2015: from Fever-Tree to Tesco
Soft drinks plc lifts the spirits, while Sainsbury’s picks on one of the many depressed retail and supplier stocks
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Analysis & FeaturesAll the news you missed over the Christmas break
There was no turkey-induced slumber in the grocery world over the holiday with the dailies reporting on big stories
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar bad, lard good? How the role of fat in diet is changing
The received wisdom around fat – and in particular dairy and animal fat – has been turned on its head
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Analysis & FeaturesStar Wars awakens sales of movie-based toys
2015 was the year in which films “re-established themselves as firm favourites for the licensing industry”
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Analysis & FeaturesBear shows the value of good assets in a sellers' market
Christmas came early for Bear founders Hayley and Andrew Gait-Golding and their partner Giles Brook as the trio sold the business to Lotus for more than £70m.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products Survey 2015
It’s our biggest ever Top Products Survey, covering 967 products in 112 categories, worth £110bn
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Analysis & FeaturesBirds Eye Inspirations Tortilla Chilli & Lime Fish Fillets
Birds Eye first launched its premium Inspirations range in March 2014
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Analysis & FeaturesStory of the year: Tesco
If 2014 was the year Tesco’s secrets spilled out soap opera style, 2015 was when CEO Dave Lewis faced the music
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Analysis & FeaturesReset of the year: Lidl
He’d be the first to tell you there is more to come, but 2015 was a huge year for Lidl and Ronny Gottschlich
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Analysis & FeaturesTop advertising campaigns of 2015
Christmas might be the crescendo, but the advertising battle is fought all year round
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Analysis & FeaturesCarcinogen of the year
What is carcinogenic in 2015? Everything we eat, apparently
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Analysis & FeaturesReformulation of the year: Cadbury
When Kraft bought Cadbury in 2012, chocolate fans feared the worst…
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Analysis & FeaturesTrend of the year: protein
Protein is no longer the secret ingredient of the iron-pumping brigade…
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Analysis & FeaturesPricier packs drive value in babyfood
It’s been another challenging year for the ever-controversial babyfood category
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Analysis & FeaturesBaked snacks rise as crisp sales crumble
Crunch. That’s the sound of baked snacks heavyweights encroaching on crisps’ territory
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Analysis & FeaturesBranded NPD up as battery sales go flat
Battery sales through the grocers have run out of juice