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Comment & OpinionSecuring a good Brexit deal for the grocery sector
Susan Kramer of the Liberal Democrats says food & drink faces tough times if the government doesn’t deliver a strong Brexit deal
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Comment & OpinionArticle 50 special: Brexit insight & analysis from The Grocer
Article 50 has been triggered. Brexit has officially started. So what now for the food & drink industry?
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Comment & OpinionFolly or not, it’s done. But food & drink can get the best out of Brexit with a united front
There is little else for the food and drink industry to do but to try to make Brexit work in a positive and determined fashion
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Analysis & FeaturesEdgy shareholders won’t scupper Tesco-Booker deal – but they can make it difficult
Two high profile investors have written to the firm to try and block the deal, although the threat is miniscule, the supermarket giant could do without their intervention
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Comment & OpinionMPs must eschew multibuys and head down the takeaway
A Health Select Committee report calling for a clampdown on supermarket promotions is out of touch
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Comment & OpinionFight this PayPoint landgrab
Steve Parfett is unimpressed with PayPoint’s new EPoS system for indies
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Comment & OpinionHeineken and a case of Tesco's conviction
Tesco has moved the centre of gravity in its range reviews towards products that really matter to customers
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Comment & OpinionFarewell free coffee at Waitrose - it was fun while it lasted
A loss leader like Waitrose’s free coffee is stupid if all it does is make a loss
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Comment & OpinionOur food environment needs protecting from the dead zone
New concerns about factory farming have been flagged up by Philip Lymbery’s book Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
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Comment & OpinionSimon Amstell's Carnage: a witty and provocative look at meat
The year is 2067. Meat and dairy are outlawed
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Comment & OpinionApproach the new financial year with a mindset for growth
It’s Q1, a new financial year and a new performance year. An ideal time to consider your mindset
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Comment & OpinionMake offers and promotions hyper-personal
In days gone by, getting customers into stores revolved around blunderbuss techniques like cut-price essentials
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Comment & OpinionWhy some brands might benefit from 'foster care'
Mergers and acquisitions pose the question of how to maximise the value and growth potential of a portfolio of brands
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Comment & OpinionGet ready for the smart home revolution
Smart home tech was all the rage at the Shoptalk conference in Las Vegas this week
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Comment & OpinionBrand value must go into the mix at Morrisons
It’s not unheard of for supermarkets to focus on non-food departments to boost sales and footfall
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Comment & OpinionCadbury confuses with 'celebrity' confectionery lovers
We’re all familiar with the marriage of Cadbury Dairy Milk and Oreo by now
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Comment & OpinionSmutty cereal: a sexy way to start the day?
London startup Cereal Motel has come up with a quartet of what it calls ‘deliciously inappropriate cereals’
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Comment & OpinionPat's niece supplies a lesson in economics
I had a bit of a eureka moment in the bath the other night
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Comment & OpinionPrincess Anne lines up a royal rumble with GM comments
It’s always fun when the Royal Family weighs in on matters of national importance
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco-Booker clouds the air for Palmer & Harvey and the tobacco giants
No smoke without fire? P&H has been making moves to become less dependent on tobacco companies for sometime, but rely heavily on them for financing, but will it be one merger too many for industry?