Long reads – Page 53
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InterviewsTony Reynolds on recovering from a 95% pandemic sales crash in wholesale
Reynolds lost 95% of its wholesale sales overnight when Covid hit, forcing drastic cuts. Sales are still down but today it’s a changed business with fresh ambition
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Analysis & FeaturesShare price slump: who has struggled the most in food and drink?
It’s been a turbulent six months on the Stock Exchange. So who’s struggled the most? Who’s least affected? And is there any stock actually still growing?
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Analysis & FeaturesTired old Boots needs a beauty makeover after Walgreens cancels sale. But how?
Walgreens Boots Alliance has given up trying to sell the UK pharmacy. So what’s the future for Boots and its many ‘tired high street shops’?
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Beyond Meat beyond hope? And what its slump says about the other plant-based players
Beyond Meat was on fire following its 2019 IPO, yet it’s since crashed and burned. The fall raises questions for the entire plant-based sector
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InterviewsOja’s Mariam Jimoh on the multicultural gap in grocery
Mariam Jimoh founded Oja in 2018 after growing tired of the lack of Nigerian food in British supermarkets. The delivery platform’s rapid rise since suggests she’s far from alone
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter Kellogg’s court defeat, are HFSS restrictions inevitable?
The High Court has given Kellogg’s legal challenge ‘short shrift’
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Analysis & FeaturesThe plastic tax is failing just three months after launch. How can it be revived?
A world-leading counter to plastic pollution or a ‘shambolic’ policy with burdensome red tape? It only launched in April, but already the plastics tax is under fire
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy is Kellogg’s splitting in three and will it work?
Kellogg’s announced a shock split of its business last week, spinning out North American cereals to focus on its higher-growth snacking brands
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Analysis & FeaturesUK food inflation vs the rest of the world: how Britain compares
UK food inflation has hit 8.6% – but closer to Russia it is over 20%
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Analysis & FeaturesPodback pioneers a new way to recycle
It’s an expensive exercise, but with all businesses soon to bear the cost of recycling, will it catch on?
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Analysis & FeaturesInnovations in strawberries & cream, plus more products celebrating Wimbledon
Britvic’s Robinsons has ditched its sponsorship of the Wimbledon Open after 86 years, but new products are popping up left and right to celebrate the return of the iconic summer tournament
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Analysis & FeaturesHow The Cheese Lady’s shop dazzled customers and awards judges alike
The Scottish specialist cheese shop that became a Farm Shop & Deli Show Retail Award winner
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Analysis & FeaturesNew York Fancy Food Show 2022: top 10 emerging food trends
From mushroom crisps to collagen bars, The Brand Nursery director Chris Blythe rounds up the key points of interest
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Analysis & FeaturesPremier’s ‘Latest Thinking’ in convenience: inside Mandeep Singh’s store in Sheffield
A week after Premier’s Grocer Gold win for Symbol Retailer of the Year, we take a look inside the flagship store
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Analysis & FeaturesWho, what, why and when? 10 charts that explain UK attitudes to RTD coffee
Sales of RTD coffee declined during lockdowns, but as it recovers, what type of shopper is most likely to buy it, where – and at what frequency? How important is price? And how have preferences for plant-based products and eco-friendly packaging made an impact?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhich food commodity prices are still rising and how high can they go?
Costs of production could hinge on energy supplies as concerns grow about winter gas rationing in Europe
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Mars vegan chocolate is disappearing from the major mults
Mars insists its chocolates should be ranged in the free-from aisle, despite being unable to label its chocolate ‘100% dairy-free’
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Analysis & FeaturesDeadline extended for entries to The Grocer New Product Awards 2022
Suppliers wishing to enter their products now have until 29 June
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Analysis & FeaturesCan government’s new strategy help boost UK food production?
Government wants to up UK output – but workers remain lacking
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does government’s NFS response mean for future food policy?
It’s not so much a white paper as simply ‘a list of policies’. But the government response to Henry Dimbleby’s work sets out a direction of travel