Comment & opinion – Page 232
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Comment and OpinionA bleak Christmas for opponents of the rubberstamped Tesco-Booker deal
For bitter opponents, reading the CMA’s verdict must feel like an untimely dose of the norovirus
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Comment and OpinionAn interesting year for food & drink M&A - Shaun Browne
The underlying performance of many UK food manufacturers has been mixed, with many companies not achieving the ambitious targets they set for themselves at the beginning of the year. Despite this, the quantum of M&A activity in the sector has been broadly consistent with 2016.
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Comment and Opinion2 Sisters’ transparency move could be a game-changer
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the horsegate scandal, we should welcome these first steps towards more openness in the food industry
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Comment and OpinionBoundary pushing is great. But do veggies really want bloody burgers?
Is the use of ’obscure techno ingredients’ in vegetarian food a bite too far or a bite into the future?
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Comment and OpinionChristmas dinner, anything but traditional this year
With a week to go until the festive meal, we count down this year’s more surprising innovations – from meat-filled mince pie to sprout salad
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Comment and OpinionThe Grocer’s 15 most-read opinion articles of 2017
From Tesco-Booker to Amazon, Scottish salmon to food audits, here are 15 of our most-read opinion pieces from the past 12 months
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Comment and OpinionProgress made on Brexit must continue at pace in 2018
I will remember 2017 as the year the government agreed to establish a food & drink sector council
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Comment and OpinionAn extraordinary year in grocery, and Brexit is still unclear
For a supermarket boss the next week is the most exciting and most terrifying in the year
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Comment and OpinionSmarter packaging can help win the war on ocean-choking plastic
It’s no surprise that the latest predictions for packaging in the coming year take as their theme waste and sustainability
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Comment and OpinionPhillip Schofield offers up slice of 'Spend It Well' comfort
TV executives seemingly have a giant spinner with a celebrity’s name on it and another with a preposterous premise
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Comment and OpinionWe can already learn lessons from the Christmas ads
It’s not over until the last reduced mince pie is sold, but the fierce battle to dominate share of voice at Christmas is approaching its endgame, says Martijn Bertisen of Google
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Comment and OpinionGood CSR will benefit the community as well as your company
With the onset of the festive season, our focus at Pareto Law turns to the real meaning of Christmas
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Comment and OpinionMPs must realise the industry cannot afford no-deal Brexit logjams
Ian Wright didn’t hold back when he was quizzed by MPs on the impact of Brexit
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Comment and OpinionWhy traditional British sausages are safe
Research has claimed that eating processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal cancer by 18% for every 50g consumed
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Comment and OpinionPoster creates Aldi suspicion
This Christmas Eve, Aldi stores are closing at 4pm, not to re-open until 27 December
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Comment and OpinionPat anticipates a Christmas of long hours and thin margins
Secret Santa was also a bit of a disappointment this year. I don’t know what possessed Pavlina to give me a deep fried mince pie
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Comment and OpinionPepsi takes to the waves for a non-traditional Christmas ad
It’s been a tough year for Pepsi, what with all that Kendall Jenner unpleasantness
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Comment and OpinionThe FSA's ROF plan threatens consumer protection
There is growing concern about the FSA’s Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme
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Comment and OpinionWill Snow settle in the UK?
Monster Chinese beer Snow is heading to British bars - but will it get a chilly reception?
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Comment and OpinionWhy a meat charge to tackle climate targets is a bad idea
New report claims it is “increasingly probable” that governments will soon start taxing meat the same as sugar and tobacco