Comment & opinion – Page 16
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News
Sun Hee launches 20 Korean-inspired SKUs into Tesco
The range includes cooking sauces, udon noodle bowls and meal kits
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Comment and Opinion
Marmite could be the making of Tayto Group’s growing sales
When Walkers announced it had stopped making Marmite crisps to “enable us to focus our efforts on making more of the flavours crisp fans love the most”, there seemed to be a point missing
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Jessie Ware’s Table Manners podcast: full of middle-class smugness
Guest Jacob Collier plugs his new album and tells underwhelming anecdotes
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Comment and Opinion
Can Woolworths reinvent itself for a 2024 high street?
Fifteen years of retail innovation since its stores closed have ushered in whole new categories of shopping, says Sarah Baumann, MD of The Wild by Jungle Creations
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Discontent over food inequality is set to boil over
We shouldn’t underestimate the sense of crisis many in the country are facing and the growing unease, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Will Rami Baitiéh’s seven-point plan transform Morrisons?
Rami Baitiéh used his first press conference as Morrisons CEO to tease out ‘the first few pages of the new chapter’ at the retailer
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Offer shoppers reliability and comfort in uncertain times
With squeezed incomes, consistency and familiarity have taken over an explorer mentality, says Ben Black, head of fmcg at Verlinvest
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Is Veganuary too challenging for shoppers?
The month of resolutions and abstinence is almost over. The small percentage of Brits who endured January sans animal-derived products, however, should be praised
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Collaboration is the key to sustainability progress
No one brand can save the planet alone, says Greg Lawson, MD of sustainability consultancy Aura
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Will disposable vape ban be the death of Shenzhen brands?
Brands such as ElfBar are reeling from the UK government crackdown
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Diageo’s marginalisation of wholesalers sets a worrying precedent
The danger is the situation snowballs, breaking a further link in the wholesale chain
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Flavour fusion and tropical tastes: Pinterest’s next big food & drink trends
Escapism and fun are firmly at the heart of food and drink for 2024, says Tom Tully, retail lead at Pinterest UK
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Richard Osman narrates story of cartoon Charlie Bigham
The ad reinforces Bigham’s corporeality by, er, featuring him throughout in cartoon form
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The Taste of Things: cooking first, love story second in film feast
Tran Anh Hùng’s film opens with 20 minutes of Juliette Binoche at work in a 19th-century kitchen
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Why collaboration between challenger brands is becoming increasingly important
One of the things I’ve loved most about building my brand, Caleño, is the willingness of startup brands to help one another
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How to master prize promotions and boost engagement
The world of promotions can be difficult to navigate and legal issues are all too frequent, says Jeremy Stern, CEO of PromoVeritas
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Why are so many foods with undeclared allergens making it on shelf?
Food allergen malfunctions are supposed to have vanished, but the FSA recorded 314 allergy alerts in the 2022/23 period. So what’s going wrong?
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Cultivated meat could make the UK a food tech leader
Consumers want it, the planet needs it, and the UK economy will benefit from it, says Rich Dillon, CEO of Ivy Farm
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Comment and Opinion
Festive cheer for Premier Foods, but bigger tests await in 2024
Premier Foods remained full of festive cheer this week after revealing it enjoyed its ‘biggest ever Christmas’, but bigger tests await as food price inflation falls out of the market
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Comment and Opinion
Suppliers must not capitulate to retailer bullies
Such escalating retailer-supplier tensions are bad for both parties but suppliers must navigate especially carefully, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants