Long reads – Page 129
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Analysis & FeaturesDiet Coke Exotic Mango: acid test
Exotic Mango and Feisty Cherry are the brand’s first new flavours since 2003
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Analysis & FeaturesRobots in the workforce: could the UK miss out?
Robot density in the UK is below the global average – it must catch up to other countries forging ahead with bot technology
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InterviewsBig interview: Ken Towle on taking Nisa into a new era
New Nisa CEO Ken Towle on how he intends to ‘work back from customers’ and integrate Nisa into Co-op
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Analysis & FeaturesToday's and Landmark merge as Unitas Wholesale: What we know and what it means
As the two buying groups bury their former rivalry, can Today’s-Landmark merger secure the future for their members?
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocemania signs up new partners for one-hour deliveries
The grocery specialist is to do one-hour deliveries for Eat 17’s Walthamstow Spar store and other Spar branches
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Analysis & FeaturesNothing wonky about Lidl's Too Good to Waste campaign
The scheme could have a big impact, but did message get lost?
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Analysis & FeaturesBreaking the mould in convenience
It was a humble beginning for the step brothers behind premium food retailer Eat 17
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Analysis & FeaturesFruity cider: the new cool?
As younger consumers look for Instagrammable, experimental brands, fruity brands have taken a third of all cider sales – leaving white cider out in the cold
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Analysis & FeaturesIndra Nooyi: 12 key moments of her time as PepsiCo CEO
As the PepsiCo boss steps down after 12 years at the helm of the global drinks and snacks giant, we look back at 12 moments that defined her tenure
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Analysis & FeaturesWholesale prices for dairy, meat, fish & poultry, fruit & veg, ingredients and packaging
Wholesale pricing information from Mintec across dairy & eggs, meat & poultry, fish, packaging and dry ingredients. Includes fruit & veg, skimmed milk powder, PET, cod and haddock as well as lamb, beef, pork and chicken
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Analysis & FeaturesVaping: how will US brand Juul fare in the UK market?
Juul is cool. And unusually for an fmcg product, that’s a problem
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter a series of breaches, can Red Tractor be trusted again?
Red Tractor CEO Jim Moseley’s bullish call for the government not to “reinvent the assurance wheel”, will no doubt be ringing in his ears this week after the scheme hit the headlines - and not for the first time this year - for all the wrong reasons
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy did Lorente leave Asda and what now for Burnley?
Jesús Lorente lasted just seven months in his role as Asda’s CMO
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Analysis & FeaturesYazoo Choc Mint: acid test
The rise of milkshake bars such as Shakeaway has helped grocery take-home sales shoot up 10.8% to £156.7m
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Analysis & FeaturesSultana and raisin prices significantly up on last year
Sultanas and raisin prices remain significantly inflated in comparison with last year, driven by high prices for dried grapes in California
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InterviewsPaul Pomroy: forging ahead with a new McDonald's reputation
The UK CEO on his quest to educate naysayers and build the McDonald’s brand
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Analysis & FeaturesJesús Lorente no miracle worker for Asda
Lorente’s Asda departure reveals Roger Burnley’s decisive side
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Tesco's pricing already a match for the discounters?
Following initial reports in February that Tesco was thinking of trialling a discount chain, it has begun advertising for staff for a “new retail format” that would be “operated separately from the core Tesco business”. But can Jack’s really allow Tesco to take the fight to the all-conquering discounters?
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Analysis & FeaturesSuperfoods meet science: is GM on the verge of acceptance?
A raft of new GM and gene-edited products are in development, designed purely with the consumer in mind
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Analysis & FeaturesSix new natural skincare products shaking up the male grooming category
Male grooming is going au naturel