Comment & opinion – Page 242
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Comment and OpinionWe need to do much more to support food challenger brands
This is a great time to be a food startup - but far too many still fail because they lack support in core business areas like financing, HR and pitching, says Jason Gibb, founder of Bread & Jam
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Comment and OpinionNine industry experts tell us where UK dairy will be in five years
“In five years we will have a greater understanding of our new trading environment as we’ll be post Brexit”
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Comment and OpinionAbandon the moral high ground! We need positivity around food
Forget about fads, says Camilla Barnard of Rude Health. Time to rediscover the ‘Eat Everything with Friends and Family’ diet
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Comment and OpinionWhere is the tea-to-go?
The original national drink here seems to me to have been left languishing in the doldrums
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Comment and OpinionThe future is self service - or is it?
Sir, The Fourth Industrial Revolution is already impacting retail
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Comment and OpinionHow to Stay Young: a cosier, more credible 10 Years Younger
Remember that cruel (but kind of brilliant) TV show 10 Years Younger?
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Comment and OpinionIs Brexit for wimps, excuse-wise?
Not at all. For all the opportunities, it’s tough out there, and the industry needs answers
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Comment and OpinionPat on Sunday supplement ranging and Tesco's veg plot
There is nothing new under the sun, not least that observation (and the contents of my chiller)
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Comment and OpinionMarmite claim kicks off battle of the boffins
A withering takedown in the New Scientist claims Marmite’s campaign is cobblers
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Comment and OpinionFreddo fury shows just how much Brits are in the dark about food price increases
Most shoppers are still blissfully unaware of what is coming … now it’s up to the industry to set the record straight
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Comment and OpinionIs a cut-throat price war coming to UK razors?
A YouGov survey last year highlighted 40 million Brits subscribe to at least one product or service
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Comment and OpinionUnlocking people potential is key to success
For the past four years, Thornton’s Budgens has been experimenting with a different approach to managing people and doing business. It’s paying clear dividends, says owner Andrew Thornton
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Analysis and FeaturesDeposit return has its headaches. But there is a chance it could repeat the plastic bag success
There is no doubt there are huge technical issues to sort out with regards to how such a system for bottles work in practice
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Comment and OpinionBrexit uncertainty threatens our exports success
Consumers across the continent still want British products, especially food and drink
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Comment and OpinionTesco’s squash star critics aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Commentators are vexed that Tesco is encouraging food waste and that cutting veg into cutesy shapes undermines efforts to educate kids on food and healthy eating
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Comment and OpinionAll Project Renewal has done is trash relationships with suppliers
There are some who say Asda has been let off way too lightly by the Adjudicator. This was not a range review like Tesco’s Project Reset, with slow, methodical use of Clubcard data to identify brands that failed to cut the mustard with consumers. Project Renewal was ...
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Comment and OpinionWhy ketchup needs craft more than it needs Kraft
Ketchup’s biggest brand is to thank for most of mayo’s £10m growth
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Comment and OpinionThe changing nature of convenience stores
Going through the ACS Local Shop Report, which came out this week, I found myself asking what convenience stores are for
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Comment and OpinionGo to work on your own egg
After fipronil, the FSA assures us there’s no need to change the way we buy eggs or egg products. I beg to differ
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Comment and OpinionFrom sea water to yeast flakes: three ways chefs are reducing salt in their dishes
Development chef Zoe Simons looks at what techniques and ingredients chefs are using to give dishes a salty hit while keeping salt levels low