Comment & opinion – Page 281
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Comment and OpinionSoho chefs are right to raise the profile of packaging waste
Ed Baines one of a number of high-profile chefs to campaign on the issue A call to end ‘the scourge of Soho’ landed on London mayor Sadiq Khan’s doormat yesterday. Signed by five influential signatories, the stirring prose demanded a ban on the ‘unsightly’ and ‘damaging’ blight ...
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Comment and OpinionSugar tax sets a dangerous precedent
Manufacturers and retailers have been taking action for several years to reduce sugar and calorie intake from soft drinks
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Comment and OpinionPat supports the government's plan for his flabby customers
At least three-quarters of my customers are clinically obese, slightly psychopathic and frankly somewhat shabby-looking
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Comment and OpinionRise of contactless puts pressure on grocers to keep pace with the tap & go revolution
Shoppers spent £9.27bn on a total of 1.1 billion contactless payments in the first half of this year, overtaking the £7.75bn spent last year in total
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Comment and OpinionDunsyre Blue cheese case: Who polices the food police?
Artisans throughout the UK are following with horror the unfolding case of Dunsyre Blue
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Comment and OpinionFresh produce must consolidate to thrive
A perfect storm of pressures is on the horizon for the fresh produce sector
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Comment and OpinionReading between the lines of the latest FSA campylobacter report
The FSA says it doesn’t plan to change targets, but industry worries there’s a subtext to its latest research
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Comment and OpinionAre you adding value? Take control of how you contribute
How valuable are you to your organisation? You must add some value, right?
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Comment and OpinionMunchies' film takes an affectionate look at pie and mash
Pie and mash was “one of the first fast foods”
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Comment and OpinionAldi impresses with counter-intuitive Team GB campaign
It’s notable to me how little the industry has been doing to capitalise on the Olympics
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Comment and OpinionChildhood Obesity Plan: or COP-out for short
It is quite some achievement to have spent the best part of two years drawing up a strategy only to produce a document that leaves all sides in the debate feeling almost equally underwhelmed
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Comment and OpinionSupplier councils can help wholesalers cut costs
It is inevitable that the uncertainties generated by the Brexit vote are going to make life very tough for the foreseeable
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Comment and OpinionTime for clarity on zero-hour employment
We need to clarify exactly what we expect from employers. And we need to do it fast
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Comment and OpinionWhat do Instagram’s new Business Tools and Stories features mean for brands?
Both launches have created new and easier ways for businesses to interact with customers, so what do they mean for fmcg?
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Comment and OpinionDessert bandits strike in the US and Canada
In Canada, thieves have made off with £15,000 worth of maple syrup from a depot in Montreal
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Comment and OpinionWilliam the worm turns at Tesco
What do you do if you find a worm in your supermarket cucumber?
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Comment and OpinionPat reveals his economic plan for 'the bigger pound'
Although I’ve been running a shop for nigh on 40 years I don’t know much about economics
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Comment and OpinionRecalls don't have to mean waste
In the last year alone there have been more than 100 product recalls as a result of food not being correctly labelled
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Comment and OpinionPost-Brexit, we need a gutsy plan for rebuilding the UK
We policy to improve, for once, the supply-side productivity, capability and capacity of the UK
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Comment and OpinionGet ready for gender pay gap scrutiny
Paving a clearer and more accessible path towards the top for women in the workplace is still a very real problem, says Shirley Hall of Eversheds