Comment & opinion – Page 109
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Comment and OpinionHow Amazon is translating frictionless online experiences to its retail stores
Amazon can see the potential to grow share offline by reducing fiction through technology, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Comment and OpinionMorrisons’ digital-only announcement marks a new direction for loyalty
Supermarkets have so far been unable to eliminate the plastic loyalty card
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Comment and OpinionCheap food culture creates fertile ground for modern slavery in supply chains
A slave-free food sector will remain a distant dream unless those in positions of influence step up, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Comment and OpinionHow fmcg is using M&A to achieve sustainability objectives
Strategic M&A offers a suitable and agile bridge to achieving sustainability targets, says KPMG’s Nicola Longfield
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Comment and OpinionThorntons must rely on more than nostalgia to recover from Covid closures
The 110-year-old brand yesterday joined the depressingly long list of big names calling time on bricks and mortar to focus entirely online
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Comment and OpinionThe FDF will do well to find as determined and persuasive a new leader as Ian Wright
Wright’s ability to put the food and drink industry at the centre of the debate has been perhaps his most noted achievement
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Comment and OpinionHow chicken producers can make a positive impact with soy supply checks
French businesses are leading the way on detailed traceability and the exclusion of soy cultivated on deforested or converted land, says Fabien Girard, head of Earthworm Foundation France
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Comment and OpinionMorrisons seems to have developed an uncanny read of the national mood since lockdown
CEO David Potts has a good eye for optics, and a good ear too
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Comment and OpinionOptimistic Popchips focuses on fun in UK TV debut
Popchips’ UK TV debut shows off the brand’s optimism. For a start it’s set in a world where people work, together, in an office
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Comment and OpinionHow B Corps operate differently and drive positive change
In May last year we became a certified B Corporation. This felt a long time in the making as our purpose is to end food waste
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Comment and OpinionWhat else might Morrisons earn a ‘badge of honour’ for?
Morrisons is on a winning run. What will it (and its rivals) do next?
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Comment and OpinionThe government should listen to industry concerns over HFSS proposals
The timeframe for introduction is too short, but proper consultation could iron out these issues
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Comment and OpinionHow butchers have innovated and adapted to grow sales during the pandemic
Meat eaters are now prepared to spend more on better cuts – and they want to support local businesses
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Comment and OpinionAction on human rights should amount to more than compliance
Some of the most powerful impacts supermarkets can have are the least tangible, says Anna Triponel, founder of Triponel Consulting
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Comment and OpinionToday we should celebrate women in grocery – and acknowledge we have further to go
Grocery is full of innovative, brilliant women blazing trails in fmcg. But there remains a majority of men in senior roles and a pay gap between genders
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Comment and OpinionSupplier sales teams lack the expertise to thrive in an omnichannel world
Account managers need to learn how to drive comprehensive strategies that make them indispensable, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment and OpinionHow women can challenge themselves this International Women’s Day
Mars Pet Nutrition UK general manager Helen Warren-Piper wants to encourage women to ‘back themselves at 60%’ to level the playing field
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Comment and OpinionThere’s a new digital divide in online grocery retail
There are two distinct and diverging camps now in the battle for the big weekly shop
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Comment and OpinionDina Asher-Smith has a ball with Müller
This more grown-up ad sees the sprinter frolicking around with a load of balls
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Comment and OpinionHow grocery can unite to take meaningful action on food waste
The Consumer Goods Forum has brought together 21 of the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers, says its director of sustainability Ignacio Gavilán