Long reads – Page 313
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Analysis & FeaturesDrought set to push up price of fertiliser
Fertiliser could become more expensive as high grains and oilseed prices are predicted to fuel increased demand.
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Analysis & FeaturesMakro Mystery Tour is the key to Wilson's masterplan
Inspired by a bus tour of depots, Charles Wilson’s integration plans are compellingly simple
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's new in the global food marketplace? The sights at Sial
Sial 2012 took place in Paris this week. Here’s our pick of the most interesting products and stands.
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Analysis & FeaturesSwitch on to the returns of going green
Two things come to mind. Do you care about the future of the planet? If you do, you need to do something…
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Analysis & FeaturesIt's time for independents to join the green party
Cutting a c-store’s energy-use can be tough - ‘green’ technology isn’t cheap and returns can be a long time coming…
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InterviewsBakkavör from the brink?
In his spare time, Ágúst Gudmundsson can be found scaling treacherous inclines in the Alps. It must feel like a walk in the park compared with the peaks and troughs of Bakkavör.
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Analysis & FeaturesGrain shortage set to push gelatine prices higher
As bad grain harvests around the world send animal feed prices soaring, food manufacturers…
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter Sainsbury's snub, what next for Red Tractor?
It’s not like there weren’t suspicions. Sainsbury’s growing embrace of Freedom Food had alerted producers…
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Analysis & FeaturesLaverstoke ruling: intelligent self regulation or plain silly?
Jody Scheckter is outraged by a Portman Group ruling banning the use of his crayon drawing label for Laverstoke…
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarkets missing out on the bigger ticket toy trick
Supermarkets are doing a roaring trade in pocket money toys but are failing to make the most of the opportunity…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs it time retailers stood up in the badger cull debate?
As scrutiny over the badger cull grows how worried should retailers be about the potential impact on sales and corporate reputation?
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Analysis & FeaturesWho has the will and the cash to buy KP Snacks?
Its brands - including McCoy’s, Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, Twiglets and Skips - are household names.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat happened to Waverley - and can a buyer be found?
WaverleyTBS became the third wholesaler this year to exit The Grocer’s Big 30 last week, in another sign of the duress…
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Analysis & FeaturesUnited they stand: the state of the British co-operative
It won’t have escaped many people’s attention that 2012 is the UN International Year of Co-operatives. On 29 October, co-ops from across the globe will descend on Manchester…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Brooklyn co-op they all want to copy
A strange migration is taking place along the leafy avenues of the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York.
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Analysis & FeaturesGreen shoots of recovery: how a Yorkshire village saved its shop
It wasn’t long ago that independent greengrocers looked dead and buried.
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Analysis & FeaturesPromotions up across the board as block-booking is reduced
There has been a sharp increase in the number of featured space promotions…
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Analysis & FeaturesRising costs threaten pork price advantage
The rocketing price of feed, coupled with falling pig numbers and tough new EU pig welfare regulations threaten to send pork prices soaring.
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Analysis & FeaturesTime for a new debate on food affordability
Poor households are making drastic cuts to food budgets. But notions of which foods are affordable are often wide of the mark.
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Analysis & FeaturesPotato prices set to rise as cost hikes bite
Shoppers are facing higher potato prices as suppliers warn of rocketing production costs following this year’s poor weather and a looming…