Features, reports and analysis
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My Food & Drink JobMy food & drink job: Charlotte Moody, brands innovation manager, Kinnerton
Charlotte works with NPD and packaging teams to help bring new product concepts to life
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Range Preview
Range preview: Waitrose Scrumptious Summer 2021
Here’s our pick of the new Waitrose Scrumptious Summer range, which it says will make shoppers “the envy of every picnic blanket in the park” this summer
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Reports
New and improved products that will escape the HFSS ad ban
Food brands are looking to stay below the government’s HFSS threshold with new products and reformulated lines
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Reports
10 reasons to have confidence to attend UK Food & Drink Shows
William Reed Business Media’s event is set to take place on 5-7 July 2021 at the NEC, Birmingham
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Analysis & Features
How will consumers view JBS’s acquisition of plant-based Vivera?
The plant-based deal has already provoked ire on social media
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Analysis & Features
No rest for the WKD: SHS Drinks on 25 years of alcopops
WKD is 25 years young. It’s stayed relevant by moving with the times, and joining forces with Love Island, says SHS Drinks MD Marcus Freer
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Analysis & Features
What’s the plan for Sainsbury’s following £261m loss?
Simon Roberts insists the business ‘is in good shape and has lots of potential’. How is he planning to bounce back?
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Analysis & Features
The future of deposit return schemes could be digital, here’s why
Delays, government infighting, industry concerns: the rollout of a DRS has caused havoc. Could a digital element be the solution?
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Range Preview
Range preview: Tesco Fire Pit BBQ range 2021
Tesco has drawn inspiration from American ‘pitmasters’ for its latest own-label brand Fire Pit. Here’s our pick of the range
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Analysis & Features
From waste stream to mainstream: the rise of refillable products
Packaging-free trials are on the rise across the mults. But can they work at scale? And is consumer demand sufficient?
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Reports
Weezy 15-minute grocery delivery review: does it deliver?
With plans to open 40 more fulfilment centres by the end of the year, Weezy is picking up speed
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The Big Interview
Justin King: why I’m investing in Snappy Shopper
Rapid delivery players’ dark store models cannot compete against a Snappy-powered independent convenience store, says King
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Analysis & Features
As CBD novel foods deadline passes what are the category’s prospects?
CBD brands have had more than a year to sort out their novel food applications, but only three have made the grade so far. What’s going on?
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The Big Interview
Trewin Restorick big interview: the charity CEO who likes breaking rules
The Hubbub founder has taken flak for his commercial approach to sustainability. Now he’s upsetting the waste management industry, too
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Analysis & Features
How does Leon fit into Zubin and Mohser Issa’s master plan?
The restaurant brand suits forecourts but not Asda, say analysts
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Reports
Inside the big supermarkets’ most eco-friendly stores
To mark Earth Day 2021, here’s a look at some of the big retailers’ most eco-friendly stores and the initiatives they’re testing out inside them
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Reports
Earth Day: The food & drink brands on a mission to save endangered species
To mark Earth Day 2021, we look at four companies that have built their branding – and ethos – around animal conservation
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My Food & Drink Job
My food & drink job: Ashlee Byrne, digital marketing manager, The Naked Collective
Ashlee enjoys working for a company that aligns with her passion for the environment
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Range Preview
Range preview: M&S summer wine and spirits 2021
Summer getaways abroad may be off the cards for the moment, but M&S has unveiled its summer range of wine and spirits to help shoppers travel the world via the booze aisle instead
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Profiles and Q&As
Midcounties Co-op chief retail officer Rupert Newman on adapting home delivery post lockdown
Newman tells The Grocer how the business aims to continue with its delivery service - launched in the pandemic - as the country emerges from the crisis
