All analysis & features articles – Page 160
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco Christmas results: what the analysts say
Our roundup of how leading retail and City analysts reacted to Tesco’s latest quarterly update
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer Top Products Survey 2017: Up!
A plummeting pound has sent food & drink prices flying, with 93 of the 114 sectors analysed in our annual roundup inflating
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Analysis & FeaturesThe big boys are starting to get even. And David Potts makes it look easy
A back to basics approach implemented by CEO David Potts has seen the once-troubled supermarket bounce back with its best financial results for seven years
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Analysis & FeaturesWhich of the grocers has "won" Christmas?
Ahead of a busy week of grocery trading updates there are good reasons to think the supermarkets had a far better time of things over the festive period.
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Analysis & Features"Well positioned" B&M benefits from Christmas momentum
As general retailers suffered this week on a gloomy outlook for 2017, the City rushed to grab a piece of B&M European Value Retail, with discounters seen as a safe haven in uncertain times.
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Analysis & FeaturesAmidst big upheaval Lewis and Potts impress the City...
…while a small chocolatier not only lists but moves into lift-off. But what’s the outlook for 2017?…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s the story behind the FSA pork stuffing recall?
Some Asda and Marks & Spencer lines were sold on to third parties
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Analysis & FeaturesTen Tips for 2017
There’s no point crying over all the milk spilt in 2016. It’s time to look forward to the year ahead
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Analysis & FeaturesMeat the future... and how to market it
A cluster of PR-hungry cultured meat startups claim we could be grilling sausages and burgers, created without slaughtering
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Campaigns of 2016
Everyone loves talking about the Christmas ads, but which one does The Grocer think is the best? Let’s not ignore the rest of the year either
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Analysis & FeaturesDeal of the year: Sainsbury’s and Argos
Why would Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe pay so much for Argos, a struggling 1980s brand that has a different demographic?
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Analysis & FeaturesStory of the year: love it or hate it, Brexit happened ...
It wasn’t until October that the ramifications of Brexit really hit home for food and drink
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Analysis & FeaturesShrinker of the year: Toblerone loses triangles
Tabloids have been obsessed with chocolate’s vanishing act for years
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Analysis & FeaturesIntrigue of the year: what did Ronny do wrong?
Lidl replaced charismatic German with 34-year-old Härtnagel
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Analysis & FeaturesSocial media froth of the year: Sainsbury's #sandwichgate
Woe betide anyone that comes between a Brit and their sandwich
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Analysis & FeaturesDumbest discounter of the year: EasyFoodstore
EasyFood is comfortably one of the oddest extensions for someone who has always shown business savvy
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Analysis & FeaturesCrisis of the Year: Ferrero
The Sun revealed Ferrero was using child labour in Romania to assemble Kinder Egg toys
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Analysis & FeaturesDisintermediation of the year: Unilever and Dollar Shave Club
Cutting out the middleman doesn’t just appeal to trendy new startups
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Analysis & FeaturesBandwagon jumper of the year: protein sweets
With producers cramming extra protein into pizzas, porridge oats and pancakes, it’s a wonder we aren’t all weightlifting
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Analysis & FeaturesConfession of the year: Mars admits Dolmio makes you fat!
Mars created a media storm by recommending some of its cooking sauces should only be eaten weekly