All articles by Julia Glotz
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the ultra-processed food narrative has splintered and why
In the absence of a single, agreed-upon definition of what constitutes a UPF, individual definitions, scoring systems and frameworks are emerging
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Category ReportThe magic money plant? Meat alternatives category report 2021
Plant-based brands’ valuations are soaring as potential buyers jostle for a slice of a booming young market. What’s the category’s future?
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Category ReportFlying high: organic category report 2021
Organic is rising fast as shoppers seek greener groceries. With the economy taking a dive, how can organic avoid a crash landing?
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RankingsBritain’s Biggest Brands 2021: how can brands continue to fly off shelves?
In a year that saw shelves stripped bare as panic-stricken shoppers flocked to ‘trusted brands’, 76 of this year’s 100 biggest added value. The question now is how can they maintain that momentum?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe five fastest-growing plant-based brands in 2020
UK sales of meat-free and plant-based dairy products have roughly doubled over the past five years, here are the brands that brought home the meat-free bacon last year
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Analysis & FeaturesCan the vegan eating boom continue at pace?
With each Veganuary comes yet more momentum for the plant-based movement. But the vegan market is still small fry compared with meat and dairy – and questions remain over its long-term potential
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Category ReportSo long, soya? Plant-based category report 2020
With alternative plant-based proteins now on the rise, has soya had its day?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can brands and retailers utilise the reimagined vending machine?
As consumers seek lower-contact, convenient ways to buy food, the humble vending machine is going beyond snacking
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Analysis & FeaturesChlorinated chicken explained: why do the Americans treat their poultry with chlorine?
The prospect of the UK accepting US chicken treated with chlorine in order to secure a lucrative trade deal has got everyone in a flap. But just what is chlorine chicken? And what’s the problem with it?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow should brands communicate in the coronavirus crisis?
Fmcg is one of the few categories expected to keep communicating with shoppers in the Covid-19 crisis. But how to avoid seeming opportunistic or crass?
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RankingsBritain’s Biggest Brands 2020: what will the coronavirus crisis mean for purpose-driven brands?
Is it the end for ‘touchy-feely’ brands with purpose? Or will they be more important than ever before?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does ‘buy now, pay later’ technology mean for grocery?
Postponed payment schemes are making an impact in fashion and beauty. What could food and drink retailers gain – or lose – from getting involved?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe future of drones in food and drink: from warehouses and DCs to agriculture
There is more to these machines than the ability to deliver goods door to door: they’re being used in warehouses, DCs and even in agriculture
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Category ReportHair is everything: haircare category report 2020
As Fleabag’s viral speech proves, hair is an emotive subject. Now brands are playing on that personal feeling to revitalise sales
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products: the five fastest-growing products
Soft drinks, spirits and chocolate brands fared well in 2019
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products: the five fastest-falling products
Red meat, Aptamil and Müller Light were among the biggest losers of 2019
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer’s Top Products 2019: Brand on the run?
Each year we analyse over 100 grocery categories to find out which brands come out on top and who’s struggling
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Comment & OpinionTechnology can kickstart D2C success - but the product has to be good
As direct-to-consumer sales catch on, the competitive advantage of being good at tech is likely to diminish
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Comment & OpinionDefending the meat industry: the right people must deliver the right message
Invoking the ‘vegan lobby’ and shouting down critics isn’t the right way to defend the meat sector
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NewsNew guidelines to help retailers tackle ‘grey area’ of food imitations
Current UK legislation dates back to the 1980s and is ‘muddied’, according to the BRC