All analysis & features articles – Page 284
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy consolidation: for sale and wanted
In the wake of the Müller-Wiseman and Arla-Milk Link deals, hunger to secure big milk fields is as strong as ever
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Analysis & FeaturesCan iced coffee RTDs keep their cool?’
Growth of RTD coffee has slowed a little, so how can suppliers keep up its development along with flavoured milk?
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Analysis & FeaturesCheese snacks turn mature
Adult cheese snacks are bursting with potential, but growth in the kids’ sector is stalling. Can kids snacking get its mojo back?
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Analysis & FeaturesSOS Dairy! Plus ça change...
The SOS Dairy campaign reversed farm price cuts in 2012, but did it have a lasting impact on shopper and retailer behaviour?
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Analysis & FeaturesButters and spreads: can provenance trump promotions?
Can playing the provenance card give butter enough cachet to reverse losses? It’s working for ‘British’ Anchor and Kerrygold
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Analysis & FeaturesGreek yoghurt: just how big can the market get in the UK?
Rivalry in the Greek yoghurt category has been so intense it has ended in the courts. What’s the future for the category?
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Analysis & FeaturesToasted cheese is old hat as cooking with cheese comes of age
From Tesco to Philadelphia, retailers and suppliers want to inspire Brits to use cheese in a wider range of hot dishes
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Analysis & FeaturesBritish dairy’s strengths: views from abroad
How does British dairy measure up against its global competitors? Four international dairy experts give their verdict
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Analysis & FeaturesGrimsey's Bill for high street revival? That'll be £500m
And Mary Portas was seen as contentious. Bill Grimsey’s levy plan is under fire as a “swingeing tax”…
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Analysis & FeaturesPotato prices drop at last as hot July weather boosts crop
The wholesale price of potatoes in the UK has fallen 38% since June, after favourable weather in July boosted supply…
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Analysis & FeaturesDragon Rouge gives dairy a scary makeover for Halloween
How can the dairy category make more of occasions? Take a look at these Halloween-inspired dairy concepts from design consultants Dragon Rouge.
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Analysis & FeaturesRisky business: dairy’s food safety challenges
What can the dairy industry learn from the meat industry, after this year’s horsemeat scandal?
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Analysis & FeaturesCheddar 2013: What’s in store?
Total Cheddar sales have grown over the past 12 months. But scratch the surface, and all is not quite what it seems. Read more in this web exclusive.
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Analysis & FeaturesAre pound shops milking it?
More and more non-food discounters are stocking fresh milk. What’s behind their attraction to the white stuff, and what does it mean for dairy?
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Analysis & FeaturesFocus on Cheddar
The impact of lower UK milk supply has so far had a limited impact on Cheddar retail prices. But not for much longer…
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Analysis & FeaturesBrands mix up promotional strategies as bogof use falls
At first glance it is business as usual on the promotional space of supermarkets – but never judge a pallet by its cover…
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Analysis & FeaturesSunflower oil price falls set to trigger 'domino effect'
Sunflower oil commodity prices have fallen by a quarter in the past year – and UK shoppers are finally beginning to see the benefit…
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Analysis & FeaturesEye-tracking and football technology help retailers score
First there was eye-tracking. Now grocery is turning to technology used by football clubs to work out how people shop…
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Analysis & FeaturesBotulism or not? Making sense of the Fonterra tests
The botulism whey scare in New Zealand has turned out to be a false alarm. How did the experts get it so wrong?…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer’s 1950 article on Sainsbury’s Croydon: 'An impression of airiness'
Here is how The Grocer reported the opening of Sainsbury’s “self-service” store in Croydon on 8 July 1950 - a shop that reopened this week as a Sainsbury’s Local.