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Freelance journalist - business, food, drink, retail, health.

Joined April 2011
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Male grooming meets minority report - at @AccentureStrat’s connected ‘Home of the future’ and @Google is trying to give me a new look. A future crime in the making!
My last day at @TheGrocer after nearly eight years! I might be biased, but I think this is the best cover in that time! New pastures now as a freelance journo/blogger at @diabeticdadruns - please follow!
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With 8 fantastic years at @TheGrocer coming to an end, my amazing colleagues have given me the BEST GIFT EVER: a kilo of @wholeearthfoods peanut butter & a personalised spoon! From January I will be a freelance journo and blogger over at @DiabeticDadRuns. Please follow!!!
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You’re SO right! The tons of edible food the the supermarkets dump is CRAZY @achrisevans @BBCRadio2. @TheGrocer mag is petitioning to get this debated in parliament. For £15m a year 100k tons could be redistributed to the hungry. Worth a mention/retweet? petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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BLOG: @RJABrown on why ketchup needs craft more than it needs Kraft (£) bit.ly/2wNvQHX
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Amazed by the comms approach on the fipronil issue. Major retailers withdraw products and it's buried in an embedded list in an "update".
It does! Goes together like chips n gravy! 😜 teapawt.org/juliaglotz/status/8952…
Most horrifying sentence I have heard in a while: ‘Pizza needs ketchup.’
Blog by @RJABrown: Ambient grocery needs a fresh approach to in-store marketing (£) bit.ly/2vmxgqC
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And my shock confession that pizza with ketchup is in fact the food of the gods teapawt.org/thegrocer/status/89556…
Blog by @RJABrown: Ambient grocery needs a fresh approach to in-store marketing (£) bit.ly/2vmxgqC
And @Nigel_Farage said food prices wouldn't go up... teapawt.org/thegrocer/status/89095…
Blog: Bread is a barometer for Brexit Britain. And it is getting more expensive says @RJABrown bit.ly/2v5CvNm
Ha! Am waiting for the baguette ban! Yes, good proper British bread that @hovisbakery teapawt.org/tomroach/status/890955…
Tap water or @lucozadesport #fitwater? Can my (decidedly out of shape) palate tell the difference? teapawt.org/thegrocer/status/89060…
On our Insta story now, can @RJABrown tell @LucozadeSport #FitWater and tap water apart? 💦💦 We're instagram.com/thegroceroffic…
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What is it about Mary? Here's a slice of analysis on how #BakeOff affects shoppers @TheGrocer #GBBO @missmaryberry bit.ly/2q3pYE1
A little project I've been working on with @Nielsen these past few weeks - out tomorrow! teapawt.org/TheGrocer/status/84235…
Grocery is at a turning point as Brexit looms. What does this mean for our Biggest Brands? Find out at thegrocer.co.uk tomorrow
Thanks @Publicasity @BarbaraNormile for the gift to mark our arrival... it'll never fit me! 😜@mrsnataliebrown & I LOVE the booties (& Moët)!
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Another joyous arrival! @CadburyUK cakes to celebrate the birth of our beautiful daughter @mrsnataliebrown! Wahey! Thanks @cirklepr!!!
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