healthy snacks or healthy sales?
Crunch time: what now as PepsiCo loses fizz?
What lessons can the struggling PepsiCo US learn from its more successful UK arm? Is ditching the focus on health the key to reversing its fortunes?
analysis & features
Will Tesco's Thai takeaway be appetising to investors?
It’s Tesco’s first major property deal outside the UK and the outlook for Lotus is buoyant, but Thailand’s volatility could sour prospects.
After the riots
For most of us, the riots were little more than a depressing news story. But six months on, several indie retailers are still feeling the pain. So what support have they received and how is the future looking?
When duty calls
The black market in booze and fags is booming. The Grocer joined Customs, police and Trading Standards on raids to find out what’s being done to tackle Bootleg Britain.
More pie in the sky than pie and mash for Portas pilots
The government is offering cash to help town centres get Portas pilots under way but criticism of its approach is growing.
editor's picks
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Opinion
Happy chemicals and super-powered staples
How refreshing - an investigation into what’s good about the food we eat rather than more lazy “it’s all carcinogenic and it’s all the supermarkets’ fault” scaremongering.
In a final twist, Walker has stepped in and blown his rivals out of the water
In the race for Iceland Foods, there was only ever going to be one winner.
Short-termism is a habit retailers must kick
The storm surrounding bankers’ bonuses represents the most overt example of a developing public antipathy towards capitalism.
We mustn't sideline sustainability
This June, the UN hosts the Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a return to Rio to stock-take the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development
A healthy way to start your day?
Cereals have for too long embodied wider problems that make it difficult to eat healthily: marketed as healthy when high in sugar or salt, poorly labelled and heavily marketed to children regardless of nutritional quality.
Alcohol pricing: will health lobby hold sway?
The health lobby’s move towards having a greater say in alcohol licensing decisions has big implications for supermarkets and off-licences.
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Asda shows off its Christmas crackers
London is ‘perfect backdrop’ for supermarket’s stocking fillers
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Beckham makes his Sainsbury's TV ad debut
Soccer star put through his paces by Paralympics squad
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reports
Focus On Tobacco Subscription
With the display ban looming, retailers and suppliers are frantically launching pre-emptive trials and NPD in a bid to limit the impact.
Focus On Fairtrade Subscription
Affordable Fairtrade is thriving, but pricier fare such as alcohol is plateauing in what could be a make or break year for the category.
Poll
David Cameron wants 'drunk tanks' and 'booze buses' to tackle British drinking culture.
you say...
It is imperative eco labels for fish add value
It seems every country has an ambition for an eco label as a result of the perception that consumers needs more information.
BRC is increasingly out of touch with industry
I can’t help but feel Stephen Robertson’s bemoaning of MPs shows the BRC to be increasingly out of touch.
