All analysis & features articles – Page 9
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Analysis & Features‘We’ll have nothing left’: Emotional reactions from Westminster farmers’ protest
The Grocer spoke to protesters to understand what has so ignited the passions of food producers
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy the Post Office isn't working for today's postmasters
As the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal comes to a close, can the Post Office turn itself around and, most importantly, earn back the trust of its postmasters?
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Analysis & FeaturesFive tips from the Farm Shop & Deli Dragons’ Pantry Accelerator
The Farm Shop & Deli Dragons’ Pantry Accelerator offered insight on topics including getting a wholesale listing and making the most of customer data
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat a Donald Trump presidency will mean for food & drink
President-elect Donald Trump is known as the Tariff Man – but what will his policies mean for international trade and UK business?
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Analysis & FeaturesSpot yourself at The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024
The event played host to a record number of attendees, with a room full of more than 560 guests to see the 44 awards handed out to deserving winners
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Analysis & FeaturesHow supermarket accelerators & incubators are changing retail
Supermarket innovation schemes are popping up all over the shop. The aim is simple: to foster growth among their supplier base. But there are big differences in approach
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy is the budget such bad news for the UK’s farmers?
Rule changes by the chancellor on IHT eligibility have been hugely controversial
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Top 150 UK Food & Drink Supplier Rankings & Report 2024
Almost half the UK’s 150 biggest food and drink manufacturers increased sales by 10% or more in 2023 – but margins are still being squeezed. What next for the ‘recovery phase’?
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Analysis & FeaturesSingle-use vapes ban: what next for the top two brands?
Both ElfBar and Lost Mary built their success on disposable lines
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Labour act on damning obesity report proposals?
A House of Lords committee has urged the government to revisit Henry Dimbleby’s ideas on taxation and advertising restrictions
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Analysis & FeaturesLittle helps or Big Brother: AI’s role in health & obesity
Artificial intelligence means supermarkets are able to do more with data than they – or consumers – could ever have imagined. So will AI ‘nudges’ transform how people eat – or just creep them out?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can new Nestlé chief Laurent Freixe get the company back on track?
Freixe has announced sweeping operational changes, and is planning to set more ‘realistic’ targets as consumers around the world turn towards value-driven alternatives to brands
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the Welbeck estate went large to win farm shop award
Winner of the small farm shop award in 2020, Welbeck has made its space work hard to pick up the large farm shop prize
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat has Allwyn done since taking charge of the lottery?
Progress has been slow to date but growth plans are finally afoot
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s in new workers’ rights bill and who should be worried?
It’s been hailed as the best news for workers in years, but it’s set to ban a number of industry practices and heap challenges on HR teams
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Analysis & FeaturesAre the police finally taking retail crime seriously?
Retail crime is on the rise, and with it violent and abusive incidents towards shopworkers. Is the Retail Crime Action Plan enough to tackle it?
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Analysis & FeaturesInside the pecorino push
Pecorino romano has long been in the shadow of other Italian hard cheeses in the UK. Now it’s the subject of an EU campaign
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Analysis & FeaturesA new dawn for tequila: how the UK is waking up to the opportunity
Tequila is now the second-biggest spirit in the US, and sales are also booming in UK cocktail bars. But how can the agave-based nectar translate that growth to the grocery market?
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Ocado’s ‘female founders’ aisle positive discrimination?
The Buy Women Built aisle divides opinion among female founders
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Analysis & FeaturesCould EPR spark a new crisis for buyer-supplier relations?
‘Robust’ negotiations over pricing are set to be inflamed further as suppliers reckon with the additional costs generated by looming EPR fees