All articles by Rob Brown – Page 22
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Analysis & FeaturesBiggest value losers in 2013
The Grocer’s Top Products Survey continues with a look at the biggest brand fallers of the year…
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Analysis & FeaturesOils: Lack of rain in Spain falls mainly on oil
The lack of rainfall last year on the olive groves of Spain decimated the year’s harvest…
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Comment & OpinionA strong future for weak beer?
Heineken predicts we’ll be spending more than half a billion quid a year on lower-abv beers and ciders by 2020. But does this burgeoning sector have a long-term future?
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Analysis & FeaturesCider hits £1bn mark but fizz offers true sparkle
What is it they say about mixing your drinks? It certainly doesn’t end well if you combine the volume losses of the ale, lager, wine, spirits and RTD sectors in the past year.
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Category ReportFocus on Petcare
It’s claws out in petcare and own label has gained the upper paw. Retailer offerings have outgrown all but one of the top 10 bestsellers, leaping 6.5% in value - or £24.9m.
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NewsBelazu launches its first pasta sauces
Mediterranean food supplier Belazu has made its debut in pasta sauces with two new lines…
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Comment & OpinionFrances Quinn's Bake Off win: inevitable... but worth watching
The final of The Great British Bake Off was rather disappointing…
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My Alternative CVLeane Bramhall of Burts Chips on otters and Dartmoor
My first-ever job was waitressing in a restaurant. I got the job at lunchtime and started working that afternoon…
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Category ReportFocus on Confectionery
If invention is indeed 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation and 2% butterscotch ripple, as Willy Wonka…
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NewsCadbury fans happy to pay more for 'inventive' NPD
Chocolate fans seem willing to swallow price hikes if they are accompanied by exciting NPD…
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NewsJW Lees marks Asda listing with a 'Manc dance' in Covent Garden
How’s this for a celebration dance? Manchester brewer JW Lees bared its northern soul down south yesterday to mark its latest listing with Asda.
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Category ReportFocus on spirits
As spirits value sales outpace duty hikes, forward-thinking players are rewriting cocktail culture. Can they put volumes in growth too?
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Category ReportCocktails & dreams: can soaring spirits achieve volume growth?
As spirits value sales outpace duty hikes, forward-thinking players are rewriting cocktail culture. Can they put volumes in growth too?
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Comment & OpinionC4's Fried Chicken Shop is a slice of multicultural life
Is fried chicken the food of love? The goings on at The Fried Chicken Shop (Channel 4, Monday, 9pm), suggest it could be…
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NewsCadbury defends Dairy Milk bar shape shift: ‘It tastes even better’
Mondelez marketing director Matthew Williams has rubbished reports the company is facing a revolt over the ‘new’ Cadbury Dairy Milk it introduced a year ago.
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NewsHeinz Ketchup in decline as shoppers lay off the sauce
Brown sauce and tomato ketchup are failing to cut the mustard with consumers, according to figures seen by The Grocer…
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NewsDuracell sales fall 18.7% after cut in promotions
Sales of Duracell batteries have crashed after a cut in promotions and a rise in average prices…
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Comment & Opinion
Great British Bake Off is vomit-inducing viewing
Salt of the earth contestant brings new meaning to Great British Bake Off’s vomit-inducing viewing…
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NewsSmirnoff Gold and chocolate Baileys to spice up Christmas offer
Diageo is launching a new chocolate Baileys and rolling out Smirnoff Gold across the trade…