All analysis & features articles – Page 4
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Analysis & FeaturesIs food and drink doing enough to tackle modern slavery?
A decade after the Modern Slavery Act was introduced to much acclaim, UK food and drink supply chains remain exposed. Are retailers and suppliers doing enough to change that?
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Analysis & FeaturesCo-op cyberattack hurt but its response tells a better story
The Co-op is also back on the front foot. While store openings slowed, 30 will come onstream in the second half
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Analysis & FeaturesWas Urban Legend ahead of its time or always set to fail?
The doughnut brand’s tech is ingenious – and will be sold on. So why didn’t its products catch on?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the latest delay to the EU’s flagship Deforestation Regulation?
Doubts persist over the workability of the delayed-again EUDR
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Analysis & FeaturesMeet the local ice cream innovators causing a stir
As more Brits opt for summer holidays on home shores, local ice cream specialists are responding with imaginative flavours, innovation and passion
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Emmi has made a cheese factory of the future in Switzerland
After a £47m investment, the brand-new cheese factory is now fully operational and one of the most advanced in the world.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the EU’s ‘reset’ deal with the UK truly a ‘win-win’?
A new SPS agreement is designed to cut red tape and costs for exporters. It’s come too late for some, but ministers promise a ‘transformative impact’
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Analysis & FeaturesBigger, better: inside Lidl’s new-look sites
Lidl is once again accelerating its UK expansion. Our Grocer of the Year 2025 has bigger stores, a health focus and revamped layouts, backed by a new sale and leaseback strategy
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Analysis & FeaturesCan plant-based dairy avoid the fate of alt-meat?
As meat alternatives battle shopper misgivings around taste and processing levels, plant-based milks and yoghurts are continuing to gain ground
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Analysis & FeaturesInside Arla’s Bovaer crisis and its aftermath
Last year, Arla Foods found itself in a social media storm of misinformation over its trial of feed additive Bovaer. What has been the fallout?
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Analysis & FeaturesMcCormick’s Seán Hanifin on Irish cream liqueur and ‘cow FitBits’
What’s behind Five Farms’ ‘posh Baileys’? Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur is touted as the “world’s first farm-to-table” version of the tipple
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Analysis & FeaturesIs a strong year for dairy M&A a sign of a healthy sector?
Dairy’s ability to play into key consumer trends has heralded a busy year of deals, usually a sign of a sector in good health
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Analysis & FeaturesHow award-winning Delilah Fine Foods created the ‘Cheers’ of the deli world
Retailer of the Year Delilah Fine Foods in Nottingham looks to ‘echo the shopping experience of a past era’, with a huge range and good company
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does M&S’s new DC say about warehouse logistics?
M&S is making its biggest-ever supply chain investment with a new £340m distribution centre, prioritising automation and placemaking for staff
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Analysis & FeaturesCooking shows are dead… long live cooking shows
As Britain’s appetite for TV cooking shows dwindles, what opportunities does the rise of online cooking content provide for brands and retailers?
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Analysis & FeaturesFood inflation: seven reasons. Plus: how bad will it get?
Many blame Trump’s tariffs, but others point the finger at ‘domestic policy’
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Analysis & FeaturesHoney Heaven: how wellness-focused brand found a new direction
Honey Heaven’s Hungarian honey products have won acclaim across UK retail. But illness for one of its founders saw it diversify into CBD
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s going wrong with the Windsor Framework?
It was designed to solve the problems Brexit caused to Northern Irish imports and exports – but red tape and the resulting red lanes remain
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s changing in Co-op’s restructure and how will it help?
As the Co-op establishes a group commercial and logistics division, its leader Matt Hood is looking to underline its supplier credentials
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Analysis & FeaturesCan activist shareholder plan turn around PepsiCo?
Elliott Investment Management sees a ‘rare chance’ to fix issues with the snacks and drinks giant