All articles by Rob Brown – Page 14
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Analysis and Features
10. Craft and class: Who shuns mass-produced beer?
Mass production is the antithesis of craft, claim many craft beer brands. But who really cares?
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Analysis and Features
Hip hops: why UK brewers are flocking to the US West Coast
I’m in Washington State with a bag of pungent green herbs. It stinks to high heaven
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Category Report
Sports Nutrition Category Report 2016
Fashion is cyclical. So are concepts of beauty. If one look can be said to have defined the 1990s, it is ‘heroin chic’
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Category Report
Sports nutrition category report 2016; the rise of heroine chic
They call them ‘girls with guns’ and through social media they’re creating a new ideal of female beauty
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News
Gin renaissance helps boost spirits sales by nearly £110m
Gin sales have surged 16.1% to £338.3m on volumes up 16.2%, delivering growth worth £47m
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Analysis and Features
Making a killing: what we can learn from Dave’s Killer Bread
Dave’s Killer Bread is causing a stir in the US market. So what can the UK learn from this unashamedly different brand?
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News
Pods set to overtake ground coffee as Starbucks joins the fray
Starbucks is gearing up to launch its first UK Nespresso-compatible capsules
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News
Storm brewing as tea makers warn over Brexit price hikes
British tea suppliers are spearheading calls for supermarkets to put up tea prices
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Analysis and Features
As English bubbly booms, we visit Kent's newest vineyard
Despite booming sales, English winemakers are still only a fifth as productive as the French. Why? We sent category reports editor Rob Brown to Kent to find out
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Rankings
Can big brands play the craft card?
Britain’s biggest alcohol brands are under attack. As a bold new generation of brands lure drinkers away from the mainstream, we examine the craft movement’s influence and explore how big brands are adapting to suit the craft-thirsty consumer. Plus, for the first time, we list the top 10 craft beer and spirits brands
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Rankings
Britain's Biggest Alcohol Brands 2016
In an age of range rationalisation, vicious price cuts and the unstoppable rise of craft alcohol, how buoyant are the big booze brands?
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News
Jack Daniel's tops Scotch as nation's favourite whisky brand
Scotch on the rocks as Jack Daniel’s overtakes Famous Grouse in our survey of Britain’s Biggest Alcohol Brands 2016
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Comment and Opinion
Big brewers aren't ruining craft beer - they're helping it
Recent craft sales include Camden Town Brewery’s to AB InBev and Meantime’s to Asahi
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News
Meat products are major driver of boom in free-from foods
Greater interest in health and wellbeing are driving an acceleration in growth for free-from food & drink
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Comment and Opinion
Will Brexit change what Brits eat and drink?
It’s early days, but market experts are starting to look at which sectors are most likely to feel the biggest impact
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Analysis and Features
Revealed: Top meat health worry is animals on antibiotics
Brits are more concerned about antibiotics use than cancer link to meat, according to a poll for The Grocer…
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Analysis and Features
Creative juices: From glam canned ham to gravy trains
We’ve tasked creative agency Webb deVlam to spruce up frozen and ambient meat. Here’s what it came up with…
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Analysis and Features
Meat the gourmets: How jerky, biltong and pig bits went posh
From posh pork scratchings to gourmet beef jerky, we speak to the artisan carnivores eyeing the supers…