Long reads – Page 39
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Walmart’s bet on micro fulfilment centres be the catalyst for further online automation?
MFC technology rollout has slowed. Will Walmart’s Alert Innovation acquisition break the inertia?
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Analysis & FeaturesOatly: is the plucky alt-milk challenger brand plucked?
Oatly is struggling to make it work as a corporate giant, with investors unnerved by mounting costs, strained sales, and a series of PR gaffes. What is going wrong?
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Analysis & FeaturesOatly’s top four PR fails
’If you’re just depending on the emotional loyalty of your brand that’s not much fun’
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Analysis & FeaturesA timeline of HFSS restrictions: From nutrient profiling model to advertising clampdown
From nutrient profiling model to advertising clampdown
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Analysis & FeaturesIs HFSS going to work? The trials say: probably
Trials show HFSS categories including biscuits and chilled products saw a 20% fall in sales when the restrictions were in place
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ReportsRising input costs threaten British eggs
For many years, egg sales enjoyed a bounce from the FSA’s 2017 decision that runny eggs “are suitable for all generations”
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ReportsHow the nutrient profiling model works: as simple as A minus C?
Underpinning new HFSS rules is a ‘nutrient profiling model’ that retailers must ensure all products comply with
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will the HFSS rules be enforced? Collaboratively, retailers are assured
The enforcement of the new rules is a matter for each local authority’s Trading Standards and environmental health teams
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Analysis & FeaturesHow re-coding has made sticking to HFSS rules simpler online
The restrictions on HFSS products in prominent store locations also applies to “the equivalent key locations online”
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Analysis & FeaturesHow are HFSS promotions evolving? And is the multibuy even still relevant?
After the government pushed back the ban on multibuy promotions on HFSS products to next October, Tesco was the first to say it would go ahead and stop them entirely this year anyway
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Analysis & FeaturesHFSS: Small convenience stores call for more detail on exemptions
On the surface, exemptions to the HFSS rules are simple. But franchise agreements complicate matters
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Analysis & FeaturesEverything you need to know about HFSS but were afraid to ask
Despite last-minute rumours to the contrary, the HFSS rules are now live. It’s been a right upheaval. Are you up to speed?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat do soaring interest rates mean for debt-laden Morrisons and others?
Moody’s cited Morrisons as a prime example, with its £6.6bn debt
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Analysis & FeaturesWhich brands have done the work to be HFSS compliant, and how?
HFSS legislation has led to reformulation across a number of categories. How have they done it? And what’s the impact on consumer demand?
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ReportsHow brands and retailers are battling period poverty
More than 137,700 girls in the UK missed school last year because they couldn’t afford sanitary products
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Analysis & FeaturesWill supermarket net-zero plans survive the cost of living crisis?
COP26 saw a raft of climate commitments. But will businesses see them through in tough times?
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Analysis & FeaturesSmaller retailers are feeling the brunt of HFSS confusion
One of the biggest areas of confusion has been which businesses are included and which are exempt, says James Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores
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Analysis & FeaturesBroken promises: is setting environmental targets doing more harm than good?
Many brands and retailers have set big environmental targets, only to fall short. Should their ambition be applauded or discouraged – or will rule changes put a stop to them?
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InterviewsAnna Turrell on taking Tesco’s sustainable financing scheme global
Tesco’s head of environment has climate anxiety. ‘It’s hard not to after working in sustainability for 17 years.’ But inside the retailer, she’s taking action
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Analysis & FeaturesSeven key questions on the HFSS rules
As the first element of the rules officially comes into force, what is set in stone, and what remains up for debate?