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ProfilesHoly Moly co-founder Tom Walker on buyers, delists and Clintons
‘It doesn’t feel like a job. It’s my baby, my passion, it’s all I do and think about’
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InterviewsWhy Pip Murray is taking Pip & Nut beyond nut butter
Having successfully persuaded consumers to live with a little separation in their peanut butter, Pip Murray’s Pip & Nut brand is now taking on Nutella
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ProfilesByRuby’s Milly Bagot on public pools, store layouts and fish pie
‘It’s rewarding when we’ve helped people through tricky times – when cooking is the last thing on their mind’
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InterviewsBeyond Unilever: Alan Jope on soap, slavery, and the supply chain
Ex-Unilever CEO Alan Jope is enjoying retirement, but he continues to fight for sustainability and ethical supply chains within global food and drink
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Comment & OpinionWhy so many fmcg startups fall into a funding gap
What we need is a new playbook – patient capital, operator-led funds, and deal structures that don’t hinge on unicorn outcomes, says Joe Benn, director at MNC
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InterviewsFreja bone broth founders: ‘the stock cube deserves to be killed’
The founders of Freja want to deliver the killer blow to stock cubes – by establishing their brand as front of mind in the ‘not full of shit’ world of bone broth
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy so many food startups fail and what founders learn
No one wants to talk about the possibility of failure. But there is much to learn from the entrepreneurs who risked it all and didn’t come out on top
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NewsMohsin Issa steps down as CEO of EG Group
Issa will retain a ‘substantial minority shareholding’ and remain as non-executive director of the business
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InterviewsHow Simon Duffy hopes to make Waken ‘the next Colgate’
Having made a success of Bulldog Skincare, Simon Duffy is shaking up the oral care sector with his sustainable, fast-growing and very stylish brand
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InterviewsRenée Elliott’s story of Planet Organic’s ‘miracle’ turnaround
Planet Organic founder Renée Elliott says her return to rescue the business is ‘the hardest I’ve ever worked’. So how has she got it back on track? And what’s needed to complete the ‘fairy tale’?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow crowdfunders are falling out of love with fmcg startups
With conventional finance increasingly hard to come by, food and drink challenger brands are more reliant than ever on crowdfunding. Are they abusing the relationship?
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NewsBen & Jerry’s adds ice cream flavour co-created by refugee entrepreneurs
Sweet Mango Memories combines sweet dairy ice cream, with mango swirls and white chocolate ampersand chunks
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InterviewsZuber Issa: it’s back to basics for EG’s Man on the Move
Having ‘changed the forecourt sector for the better’ with EG, and learning from the ‘beast’ that is Asda, Zuber Issa is turning his focus to EG On The Move
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NewsKraft Heinz seeks packaging innovators for global R&D challenge
Startups have just over a week left to enter the competition
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Analysis & FeaturesFive startups transforming the future of food
A wave of startups is are turning innovation into advantage, pioneering solutions to challenges presented by chocolate and cheese to coffee and packaging
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InterviewsHow Au Vodka stormed to success despite the spirits downturn
Brand founders Jackson Quinn and Charlie Morgan have tapped celebrities and social media to make a mockery of the so-called downturn in spirits
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Analysis & FeaturesHow fmcg’s power couples disrupt business and hold down relationships
Launching a business together can put a strain on relationships – but these happy Valentine’s couples are living and working together to great effect
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Comment & OpinionWhy Unilever has gone Wild for a deodorant challenger brand
The fmcg behemoth Unilever has reportedly made a £230m bid for the fast-growing refillable deodorant challenger Wild
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Interviews‘Some jam brands aren’t being honest’: Fearne & Rosie founder Rachel Kettlewell
Fearne & Rosie’s straight-talking founder is frustrated by high sugar levels in jam. She talks health, wealth and reaching over 5,000 stockists
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NewsBrewDog founder James Watt launches Dragons’ Den-style reality TV show
The £2m prize was ’the largest in UK television history’, Watt claimed