Long reads – Page 72
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Analysis & FeaturesSuperloaf: 10 facts about Modern Baker’s new ‘smart bread’
Rolling out this month, the high-tech bread supports normal immune function
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Analysis & FeaturesFive fmcg brands that have used their influence to speak up for a cause
An increasing number of food and drink brands are taking a stand on political and social issues, here are five brands that are getting stuck in to the debate
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Wrap’s new household food waste campaign work?
Wrap is hoping Nadiya Hussain will have the ‘Attenborough effect’ for food waste in homes
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InterviewsSebastian Munden interview: the Unilever ‘mini CEO’
Sebastian Munden talks vegan Baconnaise, smelly teens and green ads – and how all this work is connected by purpose
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Analysis & FeaturesHow GroceryAid is helping workers get through the coronavirus crisis
Demand for support from GroceryAid has rocketed since the pandemic started – just as fundraising was hit. But it’s adapted, and risen to the challenge
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Uber’s gig economy driver ruling means for online food delivery
A group of Uber drivers have won the right to be classed as workers. What are the implications?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat the supermarkets are doing to tackle food poverty
During the first six months of the pandemic, 1.2 million food parcels distributed were distributed to vulnerable people in the UK and over 470k of them went to children
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Analysis & FeaturesHow and why fmcg brands got political
With social media affording more space than ever before for food and drink brands to have a ‘voice’, an increasing number are speaking out on political issues. So what are the benefits – and how can it backfire?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the food industry is fighting childhood hunger
It took a Manchester United footballer to force the government to extend free school meals during the pandemic. The food industry has been just as eager to help – but how much can it change by itself?
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Analysis & FeaturesFive key takeaways from the NFU conference
The annual food producer’s conference took place on Tuesday (23 February)
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat purchase intent tells us about how supermarkets have fared in the pandemic
New research by merchant payment provider Dojo has analysed the performance of various UK industries through the pandemic. So how did supermarkets fare?
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Analysis & FeaturesRoadmap out of lockdown: the industry reacts
Industry figures share their reactions to Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown
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Analysis & FeaturesWeetabix + Beanz: how the explosive social media campaign unfolded
How did Weetabix set about breaking the internet? Was it planned – or just a stroke of social media magic?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe tech that can keep Brexit Britain connected
As red tape and delays threaten the efficiency of cross-border trade, how is technology keeping Britain moving?
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Analysis & FeaturesFive western food brands selling products via livestream
Selling food and drink via livestreams is big business in China, with brands shifting thousands of products in a matter of seconds, and making a lot of money doing it
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Analysis & FeaturesLivestreaming: will UK fmcg get in on the Asian foodie shopping craze?
Selling products via livestreams has taken off in China, with major influencers acting as presenters. Could this shopping craze take hold closer to home?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Virgin Wines £100m public listing tells us
Private interest in Virgin Wines was thought to be strong, but the group is going public instead
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does ‘better’ meat and dairy production and consumption look like?
A new report claims to show how retailers can make meat ‘better’
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InterviewsHeinz bigwig Jojo de Noronha on making Beanz the new avocados
Kraft Heinz’s Northern European president wants to ’liberate’ Beanz – and it’s part of a bold new strategy for the company
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Analysis & FeaturesTen vegan chocolate eggs launching for Easter 2021
As Easter approaches, we take a look at the new dairy-free eggs on offer