Comment & opinion – Page 231
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Comment and OpinionHairy messenger helps Bear deliver health message
As Adland tells us to look after our health, kids’ snack brand Bear is reminding us to think of the children
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Comment and OpinionNew ways to reach those 'always-on' shoppers
I don’t think any of us could have predicted the level of media access society now enjoys as the norm
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Comment and OpinionRetailers have a crucial role to play in stopping detox season becoming toxic
Clear labelling and promotion of healthier choices is a positive step. But surely the food industry can push further to make sure customers make sensible, healthy decisions?
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Comment and OpinionCan you hold up the mirror and recognise your blind spots?
An athlete’s mindset is focused on mastering skills so each performance is better than the day before
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Comment and OpinionPredictions for 2018: sugar, veganism & food price inflation
We’ve loads of predictions this week. But before I offer a few of my own, I have a confession
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Comment and OpinionPoundland has entered the new year in good elf
What a Christmas it has been for Poundland
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Comment and Opinion2018 just got tougher
It’s no huge surprise to see that the Tesco-Booker deal has gone through
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Comment and OpinionIt's crucial for food to increase its R&D spend
As Brexit looms, the UK food industry must increase its spend on research and development
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Comment and OpinionBrexit phase 1: encouraging, slightly
The agreement reached on 8 December on phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations has been met with a huge sigh of relief in many …
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Comment and OpinionGove promises change – but there’s no getting away from those Brexit fault lines
While the environment secretary was again adamant that UK food and animal welfare standards would be a red line in negotiations, the fault lines are already clear to see
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Comment and OpinionIt's all change in the reset era
Retailers would be crazy to ignore regionality and quirks in taste
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Comment and OpinionKnow the rules of category success - and stick to them
As an industry, we like to talk and think about the next big thing…
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Comment and OpinionCould rum really rise up and steal gin’s crown?
Perception is everything and gin’s success comes largely on the back of three phenomenally powerful trends: cocktail culture, premiumisation and health and wellbeing
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Comment and OpinionPat kicks off the new year with a sugary promotion
Happy New Year, readers! I expect I saw some of you down on the Embankment on December 31
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Comment and OpinionEdinburgh boozer gets magic makeover
Harry Potter author JK Rowling famously wrote much of her wizardly opus in an Edinburgh coffee shop
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Comment and OpinionStudents get a brain booster from Domino’s
Domino’s has developed a way to beat the Brexit brain-drain, shoring up the skills of our students
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Comment and OpinionFestivities a distant memory as Activia sets the bar high
Adland’s screens have been clogged with tinsel and ‘indulgent’ food since September
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Comment and OpinionGoing draconian is worth a try, but PHE guidelines risk confusing consumers
Change4Life is a campaign aimed at 4-10 year olds - and for parents it effectively means banning all purchases of chocolate bars, most packets of crisps, yoghurts, biscuits, ice creams and sweets
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Comment and Opinion2017's mega-deals in review - Akeel Sachak
As 2017 draws to a close, we can wave goodbye to another buoyant year for M&A activity, says Akeel Sachak, the global head of consumer for Rothschild.
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Comment and OpinionFive key deals to sum up food and drink M&A in 2017
Catalyst Corporate Finance directors Simon Peacock and Charles Lanceley identify five of the year’s most significant deals, each illustrating trends underpinning M&A activity in food and drink during 2017.