Long reads – Page 337
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Analysis & Features
Meat online
The London Fine Meat Company used to supply just caterers. Now it is supplying consumers too via a new online delivery service – and eyeing the high street. Simon Creasey reports
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Analysis & FeaturesWill app-augmented reality prove more than just a Blip?
A new smartphone app claims it will change the face of marketing. Vince Bamford downloaded Blippar to check out what it can do
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Food Festivals: The new rock and roll
Food and drink is headlining at a new kind of festival where the music plays second fiddle to grocery brands and celebrity chefs. But how much of an appetite is there for such events, asks Samantha Lyster
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Food Festivals: Foodies get streetwise
The British Street Food Awards have progressed from car park jamboree to fashionable food event in just one year. And the trend for street food is here to stay, claims Richard Johnson
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Commodities: Orange juice prices will fall, just wait for the harvests
Orange juice prices have soared after crop failures in key regions, but following two years of price hikes, a fall is now on the cards, says Mintec’s Robert Miles
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Analysis & FeaturesSalkeld shows Symington’s the way with M&A and NPD
Symington’s has just expanded again – this time into wet sauces. What has the company done to bring about its impressive growth since 2007, asks Hannah Stodell
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Analysis & FeaturesFoster’s Gold
Foster’s Gold is a more sophisticated version of the brand for lads to be seen drinking when out with the ladies
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Analysis & FeaturesCroydon after the riots: ‘No business. No people. Nothing’
As Croydon retailers take stock following last week’s violence, Elinor Zuke talks to retailers and local residents about the impact of the riots on their community
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Who you gonna call?
After riots wrecked stores across the country, the role of trade associations has been thrown into sharp relief. What kind of support have they provided, and how do they differ? Nick Hughes report
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Post deliver after surprise push into UK cereals market?
A stalwart of US cereal bowls, Post’s Honey Bunches of Oats has just landed on UK shelves. What are its prospects this side of the pond, asks Vince Bamford
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Analysis & FeaturesDespite that slump in sales, Palmer & Harvey can still make a packet
The tobacco giant’s sales are down for the first time in five years, but profits are up and there are plans to win new customers, says Elinor Zuke
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Cathedral City Chedds Nibbles
Chedds will stand out from other Cheddar-based kids’ cheeses because of the strength of the Cathedral City brand
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Analysis & FeaturesChasing the Dragons
More and more food entrepreneurs are courting the Dragons in the hope of winning financial backing – and even those who leave the Den empty-handed can find it a life-changing experience. Samantha Lyster reports
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Analysis & FeaturesSmall bonds, big difference
BrewDog is the latest company to raise finance by selling bonds to the public. It won’t be the last, says Simon Creasey
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Nine of top 10 brands drop saving offered by promos
Most of the top 10-promoted brands have cut savings over the past month, but it’s too early to say if a new trend has begun.
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Analysis & FeaturesAcid Test: Animée
The 4% abv beer, which is lower in calories and less carbonated than standard beer, is designed to encourage women to reappraise the beer category
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Analysis & FeaturesFish Special: At the pirates’ convenience
With Fish Fight 2 about to get under way, discards will be thrust back into the limelight. But there’s a bigger problem floating on the high seas as Simon Creasey discovers
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Analysis & FeaturesFish Special: The start of the line?
The first MSC-certified line-caught fish from Iceland is hitting Sainsbury’s now. Nick Hughes visits the country to see if its tie-up with Saemark presents a blueprint for the future
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Analysis & FeaturesIs stevia the ‘holy grail’ of sweeteners or a damp squib?
Calorie-free stevia is set for regulatory approval in the UK, but there are warnings that it needs “cajoling to shine”, says Guy Montague-Jones
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy those free plastic bags are still hanging on in there
The media and the green lobby are, as ever, venting their fury but retailers are in no mood for taking plastic bags away from tills, says Ronan Hegarty