All articles by Charles Wright
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Range PreviewBlonde chocolate croissants and cereal milk flapjack: Waitrose Easter range 2026
Waitrose is banking on premium formats and trending flavours to drive sales for Easter 2026
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Keenia Dyer-Williams, marketing & growth lead, Omega Pressery
‘A good fmcg recruiter can be a game-changer for finding roles that match your skills and interests’
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ProfilesSunny & Luna CEO Giulia Berretti on carbs, networking and gnocchi
’I went on to model in Milan, London and New York, where I saw first-hand the damaging attitudes towards food in the fashion industry’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Sophie Lister, senior territory manager, Just Eat
‘I am Leeds born and bred and being a local and working with locals is brilliant as I want to put Leeds on the map’
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ProfilesCrosta Mollica MD Jack Rutherford on HFSS, shoplifting and Robbie Williams
‘Whilst well-intentioned, I think we’re getting regulation like HFSS wrong’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Carys Barton, area lead, Warburtons
‘I think people hear ‘factory work’ and assume it is all manual labour and grunt work’
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ProfilesTrip CEO Olivia Ferdi on family, calm and the Oscars
‘Consumers are looking for more than just a drink; they’re looking for a mood’
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Aneith Singh, e-commerce national account manager, Danone
‘Although the industry can appear transactional, the reality is quite the opposite’
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ProfilesHackney Gelato founder Enrico Pavoncelli on tomatoes, sun and Italian hip-hop
‘There are more good ideas than there are hours (or freezer space)’
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Range PreviewBattle of the Valentine’s Day supermarket dine-in deals
Retailers roll out their annual dine-in deals while attempting to hold prices steady in a market still under pressure from inflation and loyalty pricing
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Range PreviewSainsbury’s targets protein and appetite control with new own-label ranges
Sainsbury’s looks to ride the GLP-1 NPD wave with its latest push into high-protein and portion-controlled meals
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Sam Ward, head of production, Northern Pasta Co
‘My mum and dad ask for bags of pasta to pass on to friends, proudly saying it’s made by me’
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ProfilesQuorn CFO Nick Cooper on Rio, CO2 and Taika Waititi
‘Food production accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and grocery has a critical role to play’
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Range PreviewPistachio crème eggs and hot cross loaf: Co-op Easter range 2026
Co-op is going retro for Easter 2026, with a smaller range built around nostalgic flavours and comfort-led formats for its convenience-first shoppers
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Charlotte Grantham, client partner, Deliveroo
‘Everything you do is about the customer, and there are so many things affecting the industry at the moment, so you have to be creative’
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ProfilesOato’s Lawrence Moore on ROI, Woolworths and lasagne
‘I love data and insight, but part of me thinks we have lost a little human instinct’
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Range PreviewM&S goes pistachio crazy in Easter range 2026
M&S is banking on the Dubai chocolate trend with pistachio flavours running through much of its new Easter lineup
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Jacob Barrett, senior brand manager, Hooch
‘There’s a real sense of culture in drinks brands, especially ones with heritage like Hooch and VK’
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Range PreviewWhat’s new in plant-based for Veganuary 2026
As we enter Veganuary 2026, the meat-free category remains under pressure, with innovation focused on simpler, whole-food formats
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ProfilesNectar360 MD Amir Rasekh on EDM, loyalty and ghormeh sabzi
‘I really value flexible working environments, and we are lucky to have this at my workplace’