Long reads – Page 27
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Reports
Why did BrewDog’s POP Soda fall flat?
BrewDog declared revolution in typical self-aggrandising style on launching POP Soda in 2022
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Interviews
Deliveroo’s Will Shu on AI, overtaking Ocado and rapid delivery
Speaking at the Food & Drink Expo in Birmingham, Deliveroo’s CEO and co-founder Will Shu sits down with The Grocer to talk Deliveroo’s past, present and exciting future
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Analysis & Features
Why British apples are disappearing from supermarket shelves
With returns low, growers are withdrawing orchard investments
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Analysis & Features
How the Apprenticeship Levy became a £3bn swindle
David Cameron’s pet project was meant to boost opportunities for apprentices, but companies say most of the money is disappearing into the Treasury’s pockets. What’s going on?
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Analysis & Features
Sensei: the store that gets smarter with each shop
The Portuguese tech business has spent years perfecting a checkout-free store a grandmother could use. Its CEO explains why competitors like Tesco and Amazon are following suit
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Analysis & Features
How falling real estate store values are hitting supermarkets
Falling property values are dragging on retailers’ results, potentially affecting their ability to borrow or invest. How are they responding?
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Reports
How ambient brands are cutting the sugar in cans
New rules bar products high in fat, sugar or salt from placement in impulse locations in stores
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Analysis & Features
Discounts for data and the death of supermarket loyalty points
As Sainsbury’s and Co-op ape Tesco’s Clubcard Prices model, supermarkets are able to make more on consumer data. But are there risks?
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Analysis & Features
What does the new underage vaping clampdown need to do to work?
Government is seeking evidence and boosting Trading Standards
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Analysis & Features
What’s on at the UK Food & Drink Shows 2023
The UK Food & Drink Shows 2023 will bring together grocery’s best brands and leading experts. Here’s how to make the best of it
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Interviews
Lucky Saint: ‘we want to be to alcohol-free what Guinness is to stout’
The Lucky Saint’s pub is all about promoting the booze-free brand. Over a pint, its founder and MD discuss their plans
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Analysis & Features
Women’s power list: the leaders of grocery’s sustainability ambitions
In the latest in our power list series on women in grocery, we look at how greater gender diversity boosts environmental ambitions, and shine a light on the high-profile female talent that’s rising to the top
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Analysis & Features
10 women blazing a sustainability trail in food, drink and retail
Across suppliers, retailers and the tertiary sector, these are the women making waves in fmcg’s impact on sustainability and the environment
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Analysis & Features
Why retail prices keep rising despite falling commodity costs
The cost of some commodities has fallen by up to 50% in the past year
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Analysis & Features
Which celebrities are adding star power to food and drink?
Logan Paul’s Prime may have made the biggest noise but Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi and even Dolly Parton have leapt aboard the celebrity brands bandwagon
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Analysis & Features
How women’s sport has become a sponsor’s dream
The likes of Emma Raducanu and England’s Lionesses are a big allure for major brands, helping them reach a growing and diverse audience
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Analysis & Features
Is Britain’s new Brexit border ready to roll?
After three years of delays, the Border Target Operating Model is here. How does it work? And at what cost?
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Analysis & Features
Will easier-to-enter stores give Amazon Fresh a boost?
Why Just Walk Out technology just isn’t working at Amazon’s futuristic stores
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Analysis & Features
Smokers to get free vape kits to help them quit cigarettes
Almost one in five smokers will be given devices in the ’swap to stop’ initiative, the Department of Health & Social Care said
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Analysis & Features
10 reasons to visit the Farm Shop & Deli Show
Taking place from Monday 24 April at the NEC, Farm Shop & Deli Show is the UK’s premier trade event for the specialist retail sector