All Industry Insight articles
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Analysis & Features
How supermarkets are looking after their staff like never before
The pandemic changed the way we view work – and our health – forever. Today, supermarkets are offering better benefits, staff discounts, and pay packages than ever
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Comment & Opinion
Estrella Damm shares story of sun, beautiful people and beer
Damm is again a bit-part player in its own ad – but this time there is no big star to anchor it
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Comment & Opinion
Cooking Buddies: Jamie Oliver’s nepo baby proves irritatingly good
There’s a special joy in seeing celebrity offspring suck. Sadly, Buddy Oliver doesn’t
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Profiles and QandAs
Weetabix’s Rui Ascensao on family, pastel de nata and anatidaephobia
Being with my family is very important to me and I’m lucky to have the flexibility to take my kids to school
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Comment & Opinion
Fearmongering or reality: is a cashless society inevitable?
This is how anti-cashless campaigners have been summarising the major IT meltdown of last week
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Category Report
Ready to drink trends 2024: Hard seltzer goes soft
The forecast hard seltzer craze hasn’t materialised in the UK, prompting brands to rethink their strategies. Does the future instead lie in canned cocktails?
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Category Report
Home baking trends 2024: Bake it yourself
Brits are making more cakes and loaves at home to mitigate the increasing cost of living and concerns about ultra-processed food
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Maddy Hooton, brand manager, Takis
Brand manager Maddy shares how she stokes the flames of gen Z’s viral obsession with spicy Takis
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Comment & Opinion
Coca-Cola hones in on hugs in Olympic campaign
Coca-Cola has cannily drawn on the Olympic spirit for its global ad
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Comment & Opinion
Food stores must prioritise convenience and brand building
The brands that have inspired loyalty have stuck unwaveringly to their customer promise, says Richard Curry, head of retail at Rapleys
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Comment & Opinion
Five PowerPoint tips to help end the cycle of boring presentations
Use these five tips to move from ‘instantly forgettable’ to ‘wonderfully memorable’
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Analysis & Features
Why is Amazon still in the sights of the Adjudicator?
Amazon says it’s changed its ways, but suppliers are up in arms at its pricing and delisting processes, and the GCA demands improvement
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Profiles and QandAs
Ginsters’ Stephanie Hildon on pasties, Bucks Fizz and gone-off milk
We have so many entrepreneurs and startup businesses in the UK and it’s so hard for them to get a foot up into retail, says MD Stephanie
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News
Food to go driving growth for convenience, new data shows
The channel saw wholesalers and symbol groups ramp up their food-to-go offer to cater for demand over the past year
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Category Report
Organic trends 2024: Can organic find its hero?
As organic volumes fall, can newly rebranded industry body UK Organic be a successful champion? And what are brands doing?
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News
Labour more focused on food industry than Tories, claims IGD report
The ‘New government, new direction?’ report says Starmer will bring in policies to tackle the “everyday” economy
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Category Report
Infant & childcare trends 2024: growing baby
As concerns over sugar content mount and parents become ever more price-conscious, how can babyfood continue to grow sales?
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Analysis & Features
Who gives a crap about a brand name?
From Liquid Death to Düng, today’s challenger brands are defying conventional naming conventions. And while not without risk, the rewards can be great
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Comment & Opinion
Why we need more food & drink targeted at gen alpha
The number of global food and drink launches targeting children has dropped by 66% in the decade to May 2024, says Alex Beckett, director at Mintel Food & Drink
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Frances Cope, innovation technologist, New York Bakery Co
Frances shares her journey into the world of bagels, including her role in the launch of NY Bakery Co’s newest NPD