Comment & opinion – Page 326
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Comment and OpinionCustomer data: the price is right - but is it fair?
What most retailers should consider is rationalising the roster of promotions that have accumulated over the years
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Comment and OpinionAmazon leadership shows power of a consumer manifesto
How can a company walk the talk, and stay properly focused on the consumer?
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Comment and OpinionBooker's £40m swoop on Musgrave GB looks like a steal
To gain an extra 2,000 stores and an extra £1bn in buying power for the cost of a couple of Extras looks like a steal…
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Comment and OpinionTesco has taken a backward step in dropping food waste report
Tesco deservedly won plaudits from politicians and campaigners when, in October 2013, it became the first supermarket to c…
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Comment and OpinionTaming the email beast: bring in some rules to win back time
We’ve forgotten how emails revolutionised communication, enabling faster responses and better services for our customers
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Comment and OpinionInconvenient truth: c-store business is changing fast
Booker’s deal this morning is just another thing that proves the sector needs to stay on its toes
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Comment and OpinionTesco and sugar: More Drinks reflects on its partnership
The battle against obesity and the war on sugar are clearly worthwhile, with Tesco leading the charge this week…
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Comment and OpinionYoghurt's savoury appeal will draw in new shoppers
Yoghurt, plastic and The Co-op - it’s this week’s letters
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Comment and OpinionHorizon's van Tulleken twin booze experiments are entertaining
Who’d be a twin? As a baby you get half the attention you deserve, as a teen you worry if your twin is better-looking…
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Comment and OpinionMy Week… By Richard Pennycook (as told to Bill Tush)
This has been a momentous week for global democracy, and I’m not referring to the elimination…
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Comment and OpinionPremium candles burning up the market as retailers smell success
British shoppers spent £78m on scented candles in grocery alone over the last year
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Comment and OpinionAsda plays the long game
If Asda CEO Andy Clarke needed a little literary inspiration before facing the nation’s press today, a phrase or two from Rudyard Kipling
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Comment and OpinionTesco's sugar action could be the buzz the industry has been needing
Tesco might seem an unlikely candidate to spark a “revolution” in the battle against obesity, but that was the phrase used by the leader of campaign group Action on Sugar
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Comment and OpinionGrocery needs new strategies for risky food commodities
Supplies of everyday food products like chocolate, coffee and tea are based on increasingly risky sources
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Comment and OpinionBricks and mortar stores can get edge over digital with online
Long-dormant tendencies towards play could unlock some valuable brand potential and huge benefits for the grocery sector
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Comment and OpinionFrozen isn't exactly hot right now. But it's sure heating up
What is it about frozen? Here we are, with summer on our doorstep, and along comes another initiative espousing the virtues of frozen
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Comment and OpinionProcessed food's effects on gut worry Joanna Blythman
A whole new reason to avoid processed food is being flagged up by Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology…
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Comment and OpinionThe World's Most Expensive Foods: flush foodies flash the cash
Mind-blowing sex aside, the best things in life are certainly not free. They cost an absolute fortune.
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Comment and OpinionA brave new agm for The Co-op this weekend
With Leighton and Pennycook fighting on several fronts, The Co-op’s Manchester agm is a crucial one
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Comment and OpinionFood's future is going to get personal
Personalisation of food and drink products is not a desire of tomorrow, it’s right here as an opportunity in waiting