Comment & opinion – Page 70
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Comment and OpinionHungry For It: youth-focused cook-off offers a taste of reality
Few phrases will make you feel instantly old as that uttered by Accrington wannabe chef Serena
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Comment and OpinionHow we are working towards becoming a carbon neutral business
You can measure your footprint with differing degrees of accountability
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Comment and OpinionGSCOP compliance has plummeted. Retailers must change their priorities
The dichotomy we see between supplier cost increases and retailer price drops is not sustainable, says Ged Futter, director at The Retail Mind
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Comment and OpinionWhy Philip Morris really does want to kill the cigarette (and not humans)
PMI reckons it has ‘made the biggest step to improve public health globally’
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Comment and OpinionGSCOP survey highlights inflationary pressures, not lack of co-operation
At first glance, this year’s survey appears to highlight a decline in co-operation – but it’s not that at all, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment and OpinionFood and pharma are jockeying to be on the right side of consumer health consolidation
Major consolidation is likely to take place as the giants bid for dominance, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment and OpinionThe Grocer Cup winner Jonathan Warburton: baking’s brilliant Bolton Wanderer
The recipient of this year’s Grocer Cup, Jonathan Warburton, has grown a small family bakery into the biggest UK-based grocery brand by miles
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Comment and OpinionLidl is accusing Tesco of ‘riding on coat-tails’. Well, it would know about that
There is an element of poacher turned gamekeeper about Lidl’s legal move
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Comment and OpinionNational Food Strategy flop was always on the cards, but Dimbleby isn’t done yet
It’s easy to envisage Dimbleby’s proposals being revived in more favourable economic conditions
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Comment and OpinionThe industry is at war with itself, and the cause is obvious, but the solutions are not
It might not have felt like it but, since 2014, retailer-supplier relations have enjoyed a tense benevolence
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Comment and OpinionGinsters comforts rain-affected Cornish folk
Welcome to Cornwall. It’s raining. This doesn’t stop the locals from doing it dreckly though
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Comment and OpinionA car boot sale shows how sales confidence can pay dividends
The more insecure the tone from the seller, the more the buyer will try their luck
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Comment and OpinionGene-edited foods shouldn’t be enabled in the UK while risks are ignored
Government is twisting science and mangling the concept of ‘natural’ to push through gene-edited foods, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and OpinionDish: Hartnett and Grimshaw’s Waitrose podcast lacks class
Dubious audio, uninspiring recipes and unnecessary distractions don’t make for a winning podcast
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Comment and OpinionLearnings from Lidl: how the discounter is maintaining long-term UK growth
Price perception, quality and positivity are all part and parcel of Lidl’s success, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and OpinionSupplier relationships are souring, GCA activity shows. Do the supermarkets care?
Supermarkets and suppliers are locked in a series of disputes over negotiations on passing on inflation, which has given rise to a raft of short-notice delistings across a range of sectors
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Comment and OpinionDemand is soaring for redistribution charities like FareShare. We need more support
People who would not have normally found themselves relying on help are now in queues for food banks, says Lindsay Boswell, CEO of FareShare
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Comment and OpinionShoppers want more from home delivery than speed – transparency and reliability are paramount
Getting home delivery right for modern shoppers is crucial in today’s landscape, says Alex Buckley, general manager at DispatchTrack for EMEA & APAC operations
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Comment and OpinionA fair price for Italian tomato growers would curb exploitative labour conditions
Migrant workers in the country continue to face exploitation, says Jeremy Gibson, Napolina brand director
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Comment and OpinionASA’s Tesco ruling shows the complexity of promoting plant-based environmental credentials
The ASA said it would expect to see evidence that switching to products in the Plant Chef range would positively affect the environment