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  • Tim Martin smiles for a photo while leaning on a table in a pub, while two young men photobomb him with gestures behind him

    Observer business profile
    Tim Martin of Wetherspoon’s: ‘For a while I was hated based on false information’

    Britain’s most famous and most outspoken pub landlord is not afraid of controversy. But even he was shaken by the rough ride he got over Covid furloughs
  • Zoe Williams

    Why do I love Greggs? Let me count the ways

    Zoe Williams
    From the vegan sausage roll, to free food and drink for employees, Greggs has always had my vote. And now it seems customers agree, writes Zoe Williams
  • Domino s Pizza lunch meal deal mini pizza

    Domino’s Pizza promises more local deals as food costs fall

    Chain says it expects profit at lower end of market forecasts despite Euro 2024 driving sales
  • People sat in a bar

    Sobering times for UK alcohol-free bars as many struggle to survive

    Economics of running a dry bar has led to closures despite the growing popularity of alcohol-free beers and cocktails
  • Lots of Mars, Snickers and Milky Way bars

    Shares in Pringles maker Kellanova jump on Mars bid talks

    Cereal and snacks company formerly known as Kellogg’s jumps 18% in early trading on Wall Street
  • A vineyard in front of a typical English farmhouse set below rolling hills

    Large English vineyards mark boom year as output and investment soar

    Though tiny compared with rivals, English wine trade is thriving as climate crisis fuels flood of new capital from investors
  • a lorry passes the Sevington inland border facility sign

    UK food industry says lack of testing capacity forcing imports back to EU for checks

  • White hunks of cheese in foreground and the cheesemonger's hands in the background

    Sheep and goat plague won’t halt production of feta, say Greek farmers

  • Man holding small insect

    British firms strive to create a buzz around insect farming

    Protein from flies and larvae is taking off, if more for chicken feed than human lunches. But what’s bugging the whole sector is a post-Brexit rules snarl-up
  • Guzman y Gomez composite. The image shows two burritos on a scale.

    We’re literally going to need a bigger burrito: can Guzman y Gomez crack the crowded US market?

  • Supermarket freezers full of frozen food

    Morrisons trials raising temperature of its freezers to save energy and money

July 2024

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Diageo needs to raise shareholder spirits – and fast

    Nils Pratley
  • Greggs vegan sausage rolls on paper bag

    Greggs adds 5p to cost of sausage rolls despite plan not to raise prices

  • Guinness 0.0

    Diageo hit by first post-Covid sales fall but Guinness soars in Great Britain

  • Wetherspoons chair Tim Martin

    Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin nets nearly £10m from share sale

  • Olive oil fraud and mislabelling cases hit record high in EU

  • Strawberry yields: wet then warm weather leads to bumper UK harvest

  • ‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture

  • Why scientific support for alcohol’s health benefits is fading

  • Unilever shares jump as it defends price rises despite higher profits

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