All articles by Rob Brown – Page 27
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Analysis & FeaturesLocal sources of satisfaction
We have a huge range of artisan cheeses. A customer tweeted earlier today comparing our store to the Harrods Food Hall…
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Analysis & FeaturesJoin the online revolution!
Under Charles Wilson, Booker is leading UK wholesalers in the online revolution… but others are making up lost ground fast.
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Category ReportOC&C Global 50
Global fmcg giants are losing out to smart smaller operators in emerging markets, according to the 10th Global 50 ranking.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Olympic food trials
With 300,000 extra people a day expected during the Olympics, hygiene inspectors are working overtime to ensure food safety is spot on.
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Analysis & FeaturesHave the giants grown too big for their boots?
Global fmcg giants are losing out to smart smaller operators in emerging markets, according to the 10th Global 50 ranking.
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NewsSoft drinks rivals to score after Britvic own goal
A host of soft drinks suppliers are set to benefit from the escalation in Britvic’s recall of Fruit Shoot.
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ProfilesPosh loaves and lattes: salvation for the high street?
That’s what Petworth grocer, café and artisan bakery The Hungry Guest believes.
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Analysis & FeaturesNo room for complacency on bribery
As Sainsbury’s buyer John Maylam is jailed for corruption, a poll for The Grocer shows even new legislation isn’t deterring some.
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ProfilesFrozen assets: can Joe thrive in the supers?
The multiples’ ice cream aisles are cut-throat and smaller players struggle to compete against giants. Authentic Italian gelato brand Joe Delucci’s is looking to change that.
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Analysis & FeaturesCraft works
In the thick of recession the brewing giants are struggling. So why is craft beer - at double the price of standard lager and with ‘mega’ margins of up to 50% - proving such a hit?
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Analysis & FeaturesUp in smoke: can indies save cig sales?
Booker claimed the introduction of the supermarket tobacco display ban would help yield a £1bn sales boost for smaller stores this year.
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Analysis & FeaturesBulldog bites chunks out of international markets
Male skincare brand Bulldog scored a real coup this year when it entered that last bastion of masculinity, Australia.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Bread Factory leads revival of artisanal craft
The fortunes of Britain’s artisanal bakers are rising. And fast.
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Analysis & FeaturesWho is your Hidden Hero?
We selected five unsung heroes from the world of grocery – and invited them to be guests of honour at The Grocer Gold Awards on 13 June.
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Analysis & FeaturesCan't work, or won't work? The shelf-stacking dilemma
The IGD is spearheading a major initiative to hard-sell to jobless young people the wealth of opportunities in the food and drink industry.
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Comment & OpinionA right royal knees up?
There’s huge potential in the Jubilee for us and we’re working hard behind the scenes to make sure our retailers maximise this potential
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the Olympic legacy be a logjam?
As Britian gears up for Olympic glory, we reveal deep-seated concerns over damaging disruption to the trade.
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News
BrewDog lights a fire under Boddingtons and Carling
Self-styled punk brewer BrewDog yesterday vowed to destroy cans of Boddingtons Bitter, Carling and Foster’s in what it dubbed the country’s first “crap beer amnesty”.
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InterviewsCotter's Irish crusade
Bord Bia’s Aidan Cotter is hoping to spearhead a food-based revival for the struggling Irish economy, using the country’s dairy and beef industries as a focal point for his efforts to up exports.
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NewsKids card game back on to clear food 'confusion'
Some of the world’s biggest food and drink companies are in talks with a Yorkshire school headmaster once again after its educational cardgame, developed to help cut childhood obesity, was given the all-clear.