Focus On Crisps, Nuts & Snacks

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19 May 2012 | By Nick Hughes

As prices go up while shoppers make smaller purchases, can ‘healthy’ innovation broaden the appeal of bagged snacks?

Meat & Fish Supplement 2012

Meat & Fish Supplement 2012 Subscription

12 May 2012 | Updated: 15 May 2012

The big players in meat snacks are in doldrums, but smaller players are growing strongly. Plus the EU’s fisheries commissioner on discards; the new butchers’ cuts adding value; poultry’s big questions; and much more.

Focus On Bakery

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12 May 2012 | Updated: 15 May 2012

Bakery is under acute pressure, but the industry is countering the long-term decline in consumption with extraordinary innovation.

Focus On Personal Care

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05 May 2012 | By Natalie Brown

Tightened purse strings, changing attitudes and new promotional strategies are combining to send volume sales down the plughole.

Focus On Soft Drinks

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28 Apr 2012 | Updated: 02 May 2012 | By Guy Montague-Jones, Simon Creasey, Tracy West

Splurging on marketing has paid off for established cola brands in the past year, but is there scope for flavours to win back favour?

Focus On Wine and Champagne

Focus On Wine & Champagne Subscription

21 Apr 2012 | By Hannah Stodell

As minimum pricing looms over wine and Champagne, could we witness an end to rising abvs and footfall-driving promotions?

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Grocery Retail Structure 2012

Grocery Retail Structure 2012 Subscription

19 May 2012 | Updated: 23 May 2012 | By Beth Phillips

The convenience sector is in growth for the first time in a decade, but it’s supermarket chains and symbol groups that are driving it.

Top 50 Independents: In the driving seat

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31 Mar 2012 | Updated: 03 May 2012 | By Beth Phillips

As the Top 50 independents mark a solid year, MBOs are increasingly in vogue, with Iceland’s Malcolm Walker setting the pace as he looks to take control.

Britain's Biggest Grocery Brands

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03 Mar 2012 | By Guy Montague-Jones

Does it really matter that so many of Britain’s 150 Biggest Grocery Brands are no longer British owned?

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