Comment & opinion – Page 103
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Comment and OpinionLetters: Is it time for British brands to fly the flag?
The Grocer readers share their responses to our feature ‘Culture war: should British brands fly the union flag on packaging?’
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Comment and OpinionInventive ‘new Lynx effect’ ad smells optimistic
Lynx is hoping to persuade us that getting all up in the olfactory systems of our peers is once again desirable
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Comment and OpinionHow frogs, badgers and mammoths can help you manage time
How often have you thought, in the office, ‘when they all go home, I’ll get this done’?
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Comment and OpinionThe Flexible Plastic Fund could be a big moment in the battle against pollution
An impressive list of companies must work to establish a market for recycled soft plastics
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Comment and OpinionRecycling is not enough. The only way to tackle the plastic crisis is to make less plastic
Recycling is an imperfect solution to a huge issue, says Nina Schrank, senior plastics campaigner at Greenpeace UK
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Comment and OpinionWhy Warburtons is smart to go posh with its new cake sub-brand
Should a trial prove popular, Warburtons will use its extensive distribution network to get its new cakes on supermarket shelves across the UK
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Comment and OpinionOatly’s blockbuster IPO is a sign of both plant-based appetite and its skill as a brand
Oatly is well-positioned to continue benefiting from its category boom and current trends around a more plant-based, sustainable diet and lifestyle, says Sairah Ashman, global CEO at Wolff Olins
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Comment and OpinionDelivered foodie gifts could become a trend that long outlasts the pandemic
During lockdowns Brits showed their love for family and friends by sending gifts bought online
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Comment and OpinionWhy is government incapable of saying ‘avoid ultra-processed food’?
A considerable body of robust scientific evidence now shows ultra-processed food is a disaster for our bodies, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and OpinionMake your innovation stick by playing the long game
It takes more than a one or two-week support package to get shoppers to choose your NPD, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and OpinionHow food and drink spending will change in the Covid recovery phase
A new IGD report suggests there are grounds for optimism amid the uncertainty
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Comment and OpinionFood technology has always been vital in delighting shoppers and developing the market
Oatly’s rise to fame and fortune is one of the greatest feats of entrepreneurship the food industry has ever seen
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Comment and OpinionVO5’s balding bloke takes unusual approach to haircare advertising
Ads for haircare products tend to be populated by models with flowing locks
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Comment and OpinionWhy – and how – does Iceland still offer free delivery while rivals have stopped?
In the online shopping boom of the past 12 months, retailers have been cautiously adding delivery fees – except Iceland
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Comment and OpinionThe plastic that is glaringly missing from the recycling stream
Polypropylene is far more prolific than PET, yet isn’t being recycled. Now we have the technology to sort and decontaminate it, says Professor Edward Kosior of Nextek
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Comment and OpinionWhat brands need to consider as HFSS restrictions loom
Brands have a series of options beyond post-watershed TV advertising, says David Wright, senior marketing effectiveness consultant at IRI
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Comment and OpinionTesco’s Metro closures reflect its failure to reinvent the format. What’s next?
The writing has been on the wall since Tesco launched a review of its Metro lineup two years ago
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Comment and OpinionWhy apps need to become core to the grocery shopping experience
For too long apps have been treated as just an additional transactional platform, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Comment and OpinionBusinesses fighting to recover aren’t out of the woods – even as lockdown ends
Optimism about the end of lockdown is giving way to caution as capacity, credit and cashflow issues abound, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment and OpinionA 99 Flake shortage could be the least of our problems – but food & drink has proven its agility
Mondelez has reportedly confirmed surging sales at ice cream vans across the country has squeezed supplies of 99 Flakes