Top News | 8th December | Anouska Leon
Business development – keeping it real
What did you want to be when you grew up?
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Top News | 3rd December | Nicole Kennedy
Plant-based revolution? Here’s how we helped to make…
I was recently delighted to find myself awarded one of The Grocer’s 2021 Next Gen Awards, listed alongside some hugely talented faces in the world of FMCG as one of the ‘next generation of grocery leaders’. I was given this honour for, as The Grocer put it, “helping to coin the phrase plant-based”, in particular through the work I have done across consumer, trade and digital channels for Alpro, the UK’s best-selling plant-based brand. Now, while this is a horn I fully plan to toot for a fair while to come, it has to be said that the award is…
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Top News | 9th November | Sally Haywood
Our hot takes on the 2021-22 Waitrose Food…
From the year that brought us pesto eggs and pasta fries, we take a look at other key trends from Waitrose’s annual Food & Drink report. The report offers a sneak peek into how consumer habits and trends shifted as we emerged from the pandemic. Waitrose’s CEO, James Bailey, calls it the “homebody economy”. Characterised by at-home gatherings, TikTok recipes and an increase in environmental and health-conscious shopping choices, as well as a sharp rise in online shopping, this model has become “an accepted – and popular – way of living”, Bailey says. Here’s some hot takes from this year’s…
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