Long reads – Page 159
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Interviews
PETA's Ingrid Newkirk: the animal advocate who won't give up
However you feel about PETA, the world’s biggest animal rights group, plenty of Brits agree with them
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Analysis & Features
Are franchises the future of convenience?
With franchising, growth can be achieved with minimal outlay, particularly in convenience
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Own Label Food & Drink Awards 2017 winners revealed
A riot of colour. Meat and cheese glazes. Lashings of beetroot. And clean eating. Just some of the themes of the 134 winning entries
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Analysis & Features
Food for thought: How Britain went bonkers for home baking
Brits have baked at home on more than a billion occasions since 2015, so why are home baking category sales in decline?
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Analysis & Features
UK's fresh fruit & veg faces volatile future, warns Rabobank
There were warnings of drought in some parts of the UK last week, but temperatures have also swung in the opposite direction
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Analysis & Features
Booths: Did Chris Dee jump or was he pushed?
Dee’s sudden departure this week, with no information on his next role, raised more than a few eyebrows. Rumours abound over Dee being pushed out, having struggled to turn around the northern supermarket chain, prompting Booth to seize back control. But it’s only one theory. What’s the truth?
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Analysis & Features
Is the Co-op's call for 100% British fresh meat realistic?
Aspirational, for sure, but do farmers actually produce enough for other retailers to follow suit? And what would the downsides be for industry?
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Interviews
Matthew Barnes Big interview: 'Is Aldi plateauing? Nonsense'
Amid talk of turnarounds at the big four, there have been lots of questions asked about Aldi. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, Matthew Barnes speaks out on like-for-likes, price gaps and his ambitious plans for store growth
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Analysis & Features
The four priorities for Archie Norman at M&S
The Grocer sets out the likely agenda for the turnaround legend
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Analysis & Features
Demand for milk fats inflates butter prices
EU butter prices continued to rise in April due to high global demand for milk fats and low supply
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Analysis & Features
Leaked Labour manifesto: the key points for food & drink
From a new childhood obesity strategy to an extension of the Adjudicator’s remit, we’ve picked out the key policy pledges for food & drink
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Analysis & Features
Why is Nestlé's Blue Riband biscuit moving to Poland?
Nestlé says it made its proposals to ensure its UK sites “operate more efficiently and remain competitive”
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Analysis & Features
Party lines on those 'bloody difficult' industry issues
With the EU divorce dominating the general election campaign, we round up what’s being promised by the parties on the workforce, rates and taxes
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Gold Awards 2017 shortlist
Our judges worked through numerous impressive entries to select the shortlist for this year’s awards
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Interviews
Is the Price Right for the former Waitrose MD?
It’s not his business any more, of course. But Price will always love Waitrose
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Analysis & Features
Food & drink faces a tough road ahead as Brexit warnings mount
No one said Brexit would be easy – although plenty have suggested everything is going to be just fine
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Analysis & Features
How food waste is fuelling a new wave of NPD
From wonky fruit juice to beer brewed with surplus bread and gin infused by rescued grapes, food waste is inspiring a raft of new NPD
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Analysis & Features
The sugar tax explained - video
Next April, soft drinks will be hit with a new sugar tax. So what does this mean? Who will be hit the hardest? Find out here
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Analysis & Features
10 Things You Need To Know About... Soft Drinks
In our latest instalment of our ‘10 things…’ series, we bring you the lowdown on the soft drinks market, from the incoming sugar tax, recipe reformulations and global trends. Dive in here!
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Analysis & Features
How does the soft drinks market stack up?
We crunch the numbers to reveal how the subcategories of soft drinks stack up compared against the behemoth that is carbonates. Find out here