Long reads – Page 24
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Analysis & FeaturesOur top social media picks from the Grocer Gold Awards 2023
Did your Grocer Gold Awards 2023 social post grab the limelight?
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ReportsWhy more lunches for kids include sandwiches
UK children have tucked into 308.4 million packed lunches in the past year
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ReportsWhat’s for the chop as Brits cut lunch spend?
Chicken korma, lasagne and the like “are likely to be the biggest beneficiary of cost-saving cooking measures”
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ReportsHow fast food chains are aping the grocers in lunchtime battle
High street restaurants and fast food chains are adopting tactics straight out of the grocery playbook
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Analysis & FeaturesPhilippe von Stauffenberg’s fight to solve the plastic crisis with chemical recycling
Pioneer Philippe von Stauffenberg wants to put a stop to poverty-stricken children wandering the rubbish tips of central America
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Analysis & FeaturesIs paper packaging really more sustainable than plastic?
The massive amounts of wood required in paper’s production, plus issues around its recyclability, mean the choice to use it is complicated
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Analysis & FeaturesAll you need to know about the new UK alcohol duty system
The government’s new alcohol duty system will tax alcohol based on abv, not a drink’s classification as per the current method
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy would Amazon want to buy Ocado?
Continued losses dog the group, but Ocado could make a valuable prospect for a big player seeking automation and online grocery dominance
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Analysis & FeaturesCould police ‘most wanted’ lists help tackle shoplifting?
The ACS wants more forces to adopt a model used in Nottingham
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ReportsHow ethical brands are tackling human rights abuses in supply chains
Some of the UK’s biggest tea brands and retailers received a wake-up call in May
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Analysis & FeaturesThe inside story of Meatless Farm’s rise and fall
Meatless blamed an investor pullout, but others attribute the brand’s ‘unbelievably bad’ numbers to poor management
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Analysis & FeaturesChief commercial officer Kris Comerford lifts the lid on Asda’s plans
The Grocer’s guest editor Kris Comerford discusses Mohsin Issa, Asda’s debt pile, availability and the possibility of a ‘Rewards Prices’ scheme
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Analysis & FeaturesNine launches proving even big brands can’t get vegan dairy alts right
The ambition to create the next big dairy-free alternative has carried many brands into the vegan chiller category, and some to exit the race
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere startups find funding when investment dries up
Rising inflation rates and a cost of living crisis are scaring investors off food and drink challengers
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Analysis & Features‘No excuse’ for Amazon’s shocking first outing on supplier ranking
The stand out is Amazon, with a record poor showing on its first appearance on the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s list
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Analysis & FeaturesThe riddle of Lidl and its faltering plans to take over in the UK
With discounters booming in the cost of living crisis, what’s motivating Lidl’s move to slow down expansion?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the FSA's novel foods rule could shake up the road to bug burgers
The FSA has mooted a number of new ideas in its regime review
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Macknade CEO Stefano Cuomo sees a bright future for independent grocery
‘What gels a community is regular grocery retail, and it is very difficult to do outside of the supermarkets’, he says
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ReportsThe caffeinated booze brands seeking urbane shoppers
Brands are targeting shoppers of both sexes across a broader array of ages, often with a more premium range
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ReportsHow flagging Rockstar is seeking a career revival
It must hurt being the only top 10 brand in decline when energy drinks have made an extra £218.2m in the past year