Comment & opinion – Page 309
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Comment and OpinionIs Dave Lewis the man to get government listening over business rates reform?
Dave Lewis is in some ways an unlikely man to lead the industry into a fresh battle on the unfairness of the business rates…
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Comment and OpinionAppraisals aren't just for bosses - use the opportunity
As year-end approaches, many organisations will be embarking on annual appraisals
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Comment and OpinionWhy supermarkets need to relax cosmetic standards for produce
It’s not just the EU’s restrictions that are bonkers. Some of the cosmetic standards supermarkets insist on are crazy too
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Comment and OpinionMondelez won’t have put sultanas into Fruit & Nut without thinking hard
The media and the public either give Cadbury’s owner Mondelez too much credit or not enough, depending on how you look at it
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Comment and OpinionHugh's war on Morrisons is unfair
My sympathies are not frequently aroused when jousting corporations are caught up in a PR debacle
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Comment and OpinionPrice-marking needs intelligent collaboration
I welcome the debate around price-marking but am a little concerned as to the message we may send to our suppliers
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Comment and OpinionWar on Waste: an important issue, highlighted powerfully
Powerful stuff from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on War on Waste, which highlighted the disgusting level of food waste
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Comment and OpinionTime to pay proper attention to the plant-based food revolution
It’s all hotting up in the world of plant-based diets
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Comment and OpinionWill the apprentice levy work for you?
The announcement of an apprenticeship levy in the July Budget caught many people unawares, says Justine Fosh of the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink
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Comment and OpinionWhat can adland do with shopper marketing data?
The proliferation of shopper marketing – and the role it can play – has not gone unnoticed by large ad agencies
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Comment and OpinionMy Week... by Santa Claus (as told to Bill Tush)
Ho bloody ho. Or as the one memorable line in Lidl’s Christmas ad put it: “Santa needs a little bit of help, so let’s get your ho’s in order.”
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Comment and OpinionLidl is top dog as first supermarket Christmas ads arrive
Hooray. Christmas is upon us, and first out of the blocks with their seasonal ads are Lidl and Asda
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Comment and OpinionHarry Styles says his coffee's better with butter
Sullen performance-bots One Direction are role models in many ways
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Comment and OpinionFear of science could grow into a big problem for food & drink
Consumer confidence in science is fading fast – and the implications for food and drink are huge
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Comment and OpinionA sugar tax? How regressive!
The case against sugar is strong, but a new tax is unlikely to achieve lasting change, says Joanna Blythman
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NewsHas the war on sugar widened to become a war on sweetness, whatever the sweetener?
‘Diet Coke Heart Risk’ screamed the front page headline of today’s The Sun
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Comment and OpinionAsda and Lidl are first off the mark with their Christmas TV ads – but do they deliver?
The first of the seasonal supermarket ads have hit our screens
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Comment and OpinionWHO bacon report: another missed opportunity for better clarity
Communicating risk is one of the toughest comms tasks going. This is true not just in food
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Comment and OpinionMorrisons' Motor Fuel Group 'symbol' move is a smart one
On Monday came the news that Morrisons was getting back into the c-store game
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NewsPositive news on food waste at last – but Courtauld still has work to do
Let’s hope the new system brings a new age of collaboration from retailers, suppliers and governments alike