Comment & opinion – Page 110
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Comment and OpinionPeople management: hear the music to support your team
Managing people is hard. They are all different, with different motivations, different wants, and different expectations
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Comment and OpinionIs Boris Johnson’s ‘incentives scheme’ to fight obesity worthwhile, or simply a gimmick?
The PM has turned to Sir Keith Mills to come up with a scheme which will incentivise healthy behaviours with the prospect of financial rewards
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Comment and OpinionWhy British sugar production is facing the greatest threat in its history
Source: Getty Sugar beet has gone from offering a sustainable return, to a crop that’s too risky to plant I believe the home-grown sugar industry is facing the greatest threat in its 100-year history, and that threat is complacency. Our industry has already had its fair share ...
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Comment and OpinionThe Budget is welcome for food and drink – but does it go far enough?
Sunak’s Budget contained few surprises but food and drink leaders have cautiously welcomed new measures of support
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Comment and OpinionWhen did UK retail lose the plot and run out of ideas?
Food retailing done well brings excitement and sparks discussion, says Ged Futter, director of The Retail Mind
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Comment and OpinionBurger King is setting a good example on plastic reduction and food waste
BK has signed up to Wrap’s waste reduction roadmap, and pledged to remove all single-use plastic by 2025
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Comment and OpinionLet’s hope lockdown scratch cooking does away with the UK’s ultra-processed diet
Consumers have had more time to cook over the past year – and now there should be no going back, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and OpinionTrue insight is about understanding customers, not data
Companies know the importance of shopper insight but boil it all down to sales metrics, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and OpinionRetailers must address their own food waste before preaching to the public
Food Waste Action Week begins today – but retailers, suppliers and the hospitality sector have a long way to go
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Comment and OpinionWhy immunity should be a long-term focus for food and drink
To stand out, brands need to talk about immunity in ways that imbue gravitas, empathy and convey wellness credentials, says Mandy Saven, director of consumer lifestyle at Stylus
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Comment and OpinionYou can see why Sainsbury’s changed its slogan but it could have done better
Helping Everyone Eat Better is a bit of a mouthful
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Comment and OpinionMcCoy’s beast brings out the flavour in Fire Pit crisps
A woman sits at her desk in what could conceivably be a home office, sighing with boredom
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Comment and OpinionHunger Games on Dimbleby National Food Strategy report is a disgrace
What’s worse than silence on Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report? It’s a government secret
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Comment and OpinionBurnout: how is food and drink dealing with the pandemic mental health crisis?
The fishing and farming sectors have been among the first to react
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Comment and OpinionBrexit has complicated trade – and that friction will end up hitting the bottom line
Brexit has been called a ‘divorce’ but it is more like complicated surgery, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at the Provision Trade Federation
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Comment and OpinionThe Convenience Mix: our new podcast provides key insight into a vital sector
The Convenience Mix, which has launched today, will look to provide key insight and analysis of the most important developments and trends within the sector
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Comment and OpinionHow and why the pandemic is prompting consumers to make new food choices
The latest data demonstrates how health, on-demand services and ethical beliefs are driving change, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Comment and OpinionHow can companies drive diversity and see the benefits faster?
We proactively encourage and support network groups on disability, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality and strongly believe that if you start with inclusion and get that right, diversity will follow, says Paul Graham, MD of Britvic and vice-president of the British Soft Drinks Association
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Comment and OpinionWhy is the government’s obesity plan so full of loopholes?
We must have a ‘level playing field’ to set us up for success, says Holly Gabriel, nutrition manager at Action on Sugar
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Comment and OpinionHow retailers can capitalise on Britain’s thirst for low & no alcohol drinks
Familiarity and great taste is a recipe for repeat custom, says Kate Johnson, founder of Highball Cocktails