All The Grocer articles in 06 February 2021
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Emily Wright, innovation brand manager, Kraft Heinz
Emily is responsible for new product development in Heinz’s baked beans, pasta and soup categories
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Analysis and Features
The best Chinese supermarkets across the UK
Gong hei fat choy! In celebration of the Lunar New Year, here’s our pick of the biggest and best Chinese supermarkets from across the UK
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Analysis and Features
Cornershop: inside a store designed for the post-Covid world
Capgemini, SharpEnd and The Drum have teamed up to open ‘Cornershop’, a real store that tests out a digital retail future – with contactless coffee and tailored dietary recommendations
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Yasmin Langman, packing supervisor, Forthglade
Yasmin manages a team of up to 20 people at Forthglade’s Okehampton factory
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Analysis and Features
Five healthier products launching for Pancake Day 2021
These new launches include vegan, sustainably-sourced and protein-packed options for a more virtuous Shrove Tuesday
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Comment and Opinion
How bio-ingredients can help companies towards sustainability targets
Unilever’s Clean Future programme is ambitious and bio-ingredients will play a major role in reformulation, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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News
South African raisin crop projections down 15% after extreme rainfall
Last year, the country’s raisins accounted for almost 9% of the UK market
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Promotional Feature
Grocers, fall in love with the planet this Valentine’s Day
With food waste at epic proportions in the UK, it’s time for businesses to take a bolder and more efficient approach to waste, urges Too Good To Go
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Analysis and Features
How vertical farming is taking off
In the first in a two-part series on the future of farming we look at the upward trajectory of vertical farming
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Comment and Opinion
There’s a new kid in the fast grocery delivery town – Getir
Getir promises grocery deliveries in 10 minutes and it’s not a startup, it has a proven business model and deep pockets
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Category Report
Pasta la vista, baby: cooking sauces category report 2021
Italian cooking sauces are being battered by spicier rivals, as Old El Paso muscles its way to the top spot. Can it retain the title?
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My Alternative CV
Ernesto Coppola, Coppola Foods, on Rick Astley, coffee and vintage Italian comedies
‘My motto in life? Be passionate about what you do and don’t give up in the face of challenges’
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News
‘Arcane’ rules on own label driving up food waste
Many food charities are unable to access own-label food
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Analysis and Features
Salary survey: how Covid is shaping salaries in sales, marketing and NPD
Salaries in sales, marketing and NPD have remained stagnant while teams work longer hours
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News
Certas Energy acquires seven forecourts in north east England
The portfolio of forecourts span Bishop Auckland, Crook, Howden-le-Wear, South Shields, Stockton, West Rainton and Witton Gilbert
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News
NI wholesaler Lynas wins £1.25m contract to supply vulnerable with food boxes
The contract will run for two months until the end of March
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Comment and Opinion
Light touch helps Quorn sell sustainability and taste message
A boomer-era farmer and home cook pledge their allegiance to “meat and two veg”
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News
Food factory absence levels fall as testing is ramped up
An FDF workforce survey suggests more than 70% of companies now have absence rates of under 5%
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Comment and Opinion
What does ‘thinking strategically’ mean and how necessary is it?
Those that talk about strategic thinking often cannot explain what it is
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News
EU exports slowed by wrong colour ink and other red tape
Red ink is banned by some EU countries but others allow it