All analysis & features articles – Page 313
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Analysis & FeaturesSmarter ideas about water usage need to start flowing
How are farmers coping with the devastating drought that has hit many parts of Britain?
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Analysis & FeaturesDisease adds to stormy banana price outlook
Retailers and consumers alike should brace themselves for higher prices this year as supplies face a number of serious threats - including crop disease.
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Analysis & FeaturesCrunch time: what now as PepsiCo loses fizz?
What lessons can the struggling PepsiCo US learn from its more successful UK arm? Is ditching the focus on health the key to reversing its fortunes?
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Baby products static in price... unless they're brand-matched
The baby category has offered two contrasting tales over the past 12 months.
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Tesco's Thai takeaway be appetising to investors?
It’s Tesco’s first major property deal outside the UK and the outlook for Lotus is buoyant, but Thailand’s volatility could sour prospects.
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter the riots
For most of us, the riots were little more than a depressing news story. But six months on, several indie retailers are still feeling the pain. So what support have they received and how is the future looking?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhen duty calls
The black market in booze and fags is booming. The Grocer joined Customs, police and Trading Standards…
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Analysis & FeaturesMore pie in the sky than pie and mash for Portas pilots
The government is offering cash to help town centres get Portas pilots under way but criticism of its approach is growing.
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Analysis & FeaturesHigh whey and nut prices pile pressure on muesli
Muesli makers are feeling the crunch as raw material prices edge perilously close to a record high.
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Chokablok keep up the pace outside the freezer?
Tesco is driving its venture brand into new areas but it will face a tougher fight in the confectionery market than ice cream.
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Analysis & FeaturesA cereal brand in Rude Health
The breakfast cereal category may be enduring its biggest slump for 100 years, but at least one innovative company is bucking the trend.
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Analysis & FeaturesPromos up on 2011 as top 10 gets new year shake-up
A month or so ago, retailers were cramming every part of their stores with deals.
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Stock market recovery doesn't stretch to food suppliers
The FTSE-30 Food Producers Index took a hit this week as renewed optimism drove sales of ‘safe’ stock in favour of more cyclical sectors, such as banking.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow wholesale is chopping and changing
With fuel costs and and commodity prices still going up, wholesalers are feeling the heat. Can diversification keep heads from the block?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Carbon Trust: too slow-footed to save the planet?
Tesco has pulled out of the Trust’s CO2 scheme, but the industry had already been seeking more effective routes to sustainability.
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Analysis & FeaturesFirst milk, now cream: dairy takes another hit
Until recently, dairy processors under pressure from the mults’ milk price war could take solace in the fact that at least cream prices were strong.
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda price advantage eroded, but it's hanging on to shoppers
A year after owners Walmart made aggressive investments in price that helped sow the seeds of the market…
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Analysis & FeaturesTen commodities to watch in 2012
Forecasters believe higher production and less speculator interest will lead to lower prices this year. Just don’t mention the weather.
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarkets pile on promos to win post-Christmas pounds
Remember Philip Clarke’s words after those miserable Tesco Christmas numbers? “We backed off some of our promotional and couponing activity too early.”
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Analysis & FeaturesIs it just Tesco slowing the pace in the space race?
Asda has proclaimed no halt to expansion, but Tesco’s rivals are already placing more emphasis on refurbs instead of newbuild.