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A few things we noticed whilst walking around stores last week – No. 33

Week 33. The week saw more terrible weather harming both BBQ and B&Q sales. Featured this week are Christmas 2016 and 2017...

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A few things we noticed whilst walking around stores last week.

Week 32. As a youngster, I always enjoyed fantasy football with Baddiel and Skinner and in particular their feature at...

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First look – new format Aldi in the UK

Quite the exclusive for the Grocery Insight blog and wider email subscribers; with the first look at the new Aldi store format...

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Poundland – Multi Price retailing

This is an excerpt of the latest Grocery Insight newsletter which covers the UK food retail market extensively, with 2/3...

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Iceland Clapham – a new dawn

Here is a teaser of the email newsletter that was released this morning on the subject of Iceland, both their...

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Sir Ken Morrison – A tribute

I never formally met Sir Ken Morrison, but he was always a bit of a hero of mine. Not only...

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Food retail / consumer trends for 2017

With the trends for 2017 out from most of the more professional outfits, it’s time for me to bring my...

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Market Overview – Christmas 2016

This post originally appeared in the subscription-only Grocery Insight newsletter, and has been republished here in full. Happy new year! I...

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