All analysis & features articles – Page 299
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarkets: meet your new worst enemy
Last year, on a bright fresh Easter Saturday morning, something peculiar happened in Portsmouth…
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Analysis & FeaturesAre we making progress on the UK high street front?
This week, the BRC published the sixth major study to appear since the launch of the Mary Portas Review …
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Analysis & FeaturesRabobank report predicts volatile food commodities prices in 2013
Wheat, maize and soybean prices will continue to rise…
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Analysis & FeaturesPeanut prices rise by 99.1% over four years
Few Christmas foods have been spared from price inflation this year…
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Analysis & FeaturesPalm oil: the burning question
Still the fires burn. In Sumatra slash and burn forest clearance is at a six-year high…
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Analysis & FeaturesSoaring wheat price headache set to continue
Soaring wheat prices have caused food manufacturers, farmers and consumers plenty of headaches this year already…
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Analysis & FeaturesPrices head south for Christmas as booze promotions kick in
Supermarket prices remain on a downward trajectory as the annual round of festive booze promotions kicks in…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Vion or the system to blame for its UK exit?
The break-up has begun. Vion’s pork operation, which accounts for 30% of UK pig slaughtering capacity, has been sold…
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarkets make space for 12% hike in promotions
It’s taken shuffling of fixtures, but stores have made room for a massive 12% year-on-year hike in promotions….
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Analysis & FeaturesMore chocolate price rises are on the cards
Confectioners have caught a lot of flak for cutting the size of chocolate products…
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Analysis & FeaturesSacré bleu! British bully goes French
It’s not quite on a par with delivering ice to Eskimos, but selling British meat to the French has historically been one of the more difficult marketing challenges.
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda's quiet move into the world of convenience retail
The intriguing thing about Asda’s claim that opening two standalone forecourts doesn’t herald a move into convenience is that, superficially…
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Analysis & FeaturesYou don't twig it says c-store boss as 500th Local opens
On Wednesday morning, Sainsbury’s opened its newest convenience store, in Southsea, Portsmouth.
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Analysis & FeaturesBring Back a Brand: The reactivation challenge
The Grocer’s Bring Back A Brand Facebook page attracted more than 10,000 followers and 8,500 votes since its launch in October. Assess the proposals, vote for your favourite design and give us your feedback.
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Analysis & FeaturesFunny Feet (Unilever)
A trailblazing brand that helped revolutionise frozen sweets in the early 1980s, this dollop of foot-shaped strawberry ice cream on a stick tasted lovely but melted far too quickly…
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Analysis & FeaturesToffo (Nestlé)
It seems as if Nestlé just stopped making these classic wrapped ultra-chewy sweets without any warning. One minute they were there, the next minute they were gone, much to the delight of dentists…
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Analysis & FeaturesTrio (United Biscuits)
Most people remember this chocolate biscuit with toffee thanks to its legendary TV advertising campaign, fronted by the loud-mouthed Suzie. The biscuit, which was made by Jacobs…
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Analysis & FeaturesAdvent calendar is a costlier way to count down to Christmas
Confectionery lovers will have to splash the cash if they want to gorge themselves on the usual festive fix of chocolates.
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Analysis & FeaturesEFFP conference delegates reveal grain price uncertainty
As global grains markets remain volatile, effective risk management and hedging strategies are more important than ever….
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Analysis & FeaturesStevia's made a good start, but it's yet to float the UK's boat
For an ingredient dubbed the ‘holy grail’ of sweeteners, stevia has had a mixed…