Comment & opinion – Page 254
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Comment and OpinionUnderstand your customers - and show them
Retailers and fmcg brands are bracing for difficult times
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Analysis and FeaturesFacebook as grocery channel. Like?
Facebook now wants to influence your eating habits
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Comment and OpinionSecrets of Our Favourite Snacks reveals history of the crisp
It’s 1817, and Dr William Kitchiner is scribbling down the secret to a delicious new snack
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Comment and OpinionBoth sociable and secure can play the game
The FA Cup may be a 146-year-old sports competition, but business is bigger than ever for brands
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Comment and OpinionIdris Elba adds levity to Purdey's #ThriveOn campaign
The gloomy, gritty monochrome visuals of last year’s ad remain – but the inspirational message has taken a light-hearted turn
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Comment and OpinionRats rule OK at creepy San Francisco café
You know those cute animal-themed cafés where you can go and play with dogs or stroke cats?
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Comment and OpinionPat ponders the policy of (mostly) telling the truth
As a child, your Pat employed a patented method of working out whether or not I was telling the truth
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Comment and OpinionWholesale can nurture local
On previous occasions I have alluded to my affection for North Wales, and we were there again at the weekend
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Comment and OpinionTesco keeps up the eco pace with plan to axe 5p bags
Reducing waste, be that plastic or energy, is saving Tesco and other big companies money and shoppers appear to be happy, but will they fork out 10p for a ‘bag ofr life’?
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Comment and OpinionCan the Bake Off boost live on after Mary? The industry needs it to
The Great British Bake Off became an institution, even the Royals were rumoured to watch it. But now she’s gone the show badly needs another secret ingredient when it relaunches on C4
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Comment and OpinionCan Philip Morris’ IQOS trailblaze a smoke-free future for big tobacco?
The tobacco giant is positioning itself as poacher turned gamekeeper at the vanguard of a technology-led revolution for a smoke-free future, but what is the real reason behind its latest move?
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Comment and OpinionWe need tougher solutions for rice's arsenic problem
Proactive food companies just need to think outside the box
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Comment and OpinionSuddenly franchise operators are queuing up like buses
This week the Co-op entered the franchise fray following similar moves from Sainsbury’s (Euro Garages) and Morrisons
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Comment and OpinionMan Fire Food shows the US is the world leader in BBQ
We all love barbecues. The second the sun shines we shoot to Tesco for charcoal, burgers and buns
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Comment and OpinionMeat-free is on the march. And a counter-narrative is lacking
Attacked by eco-warriors, animal rights activists and yoga teachers, the industry is failing to offer a counter-narrative
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Comment and OpinionMobile grocery: feed the digital desire
At our Digital Connect event this month, we explored why mobile enablement is still very much a work in progress
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Comment and OpinionA compelling CV will make recruiters sit up and take notice
Read the job description several times. Understand the role you are applying for, rather than the one you think you are, says career coach Joanna Jacobs
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Comment and OpinionThe changing nature of brand trust
In today’s querulous, noisy world, ‘do we have enough trust with customers?’ is a fundamental question for brands
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Comment and OpinionEdible insects are just one more hard to swallow 'miracle'
I have developed deep scepticism for the daily scientific miracle