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We need to sell wonky vegetables!

Consumers are an irrational bunch – we’ll bend over backwards to save a few pennies on our grocery shopping and, then, end up throwing away mountains of food because we bought too much or forgot it in the back of

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Local food… trick or treat!

Every country in the world we visit, “local” products catch both the eye and the purse of shoppers – in uncertain times, consumers feel comfortable with products thy have long known and trusted. Buying local supports the local economy, it’s

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Easy 5 a Day in Tesco

t’s not that consumers are lazy, they just love simple solutions rather than fiddly problems associated with eating and drinking decisions. Very likely, this underpins their apparent inconsistency when it comes to eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per

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Welcome!

Welcome to our “Supermarket in Your Pocket” blog and thanks for joining us. If you have got this far it probably means that you are as curious and enthusiastic about the world of grocery retailing as we are! The blog

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Prof David Hughes: Around the world, David speaks to senior agribusiness and food industry managers about global food industry developments that are and will affect their businesses and industry. Energetic, engaging, humorous and insightful, David gains the very highest evaluations at seminars, conferences and Board level discussions in every continent he visits. Miguel Flavián: works for several Spanish organisations and companies to help them to learn from the developments of the British grocery market and improve their business back home.