All comment & opinion articles – Page 124
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Comment & OpinionWhy has time been called on long-running Robinsons sponsorship deal with Wimbledon tennis?
Media speculation on why the sponsorship deal has ended are outside the line
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Comment & OpinionMindset, marketing, mission: how to rethink brands for future HFSS restrictions
The HFSS changes should be viewed as an opportunity to make businesses healthier, says Chris Morley, MD, Kantar Worldpanel UK, Ireland & US
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Comment & OpinionRibena rallies hapless duo in face of awkward moments
Ribena has hit gold with a pair of ads designed to help us laugh off life’s awkward moments
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s causing the decline in customer service in our supermarkets? And should we be concerned?
The pandemic will rightly be remembered as the industry’s finest hour
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Comment & OpinionOur unhealthy, unsustainable food system needs intervention. Where is government?
Surely even the most die-hard free marketeers can’t believe we’ll tackle carbon emissions or childhood obesity without government intervention, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionIs Mindful Chef’s move to offer dieting advice savvy or folly?
Mindful Chef’s customers are a demographic that can weather rising costs and inflation better than most
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Comment & OpinionNational Food Strategy: government has failed us with its lack of commitment on health
This week’s government response echoes only a few of the proposals made by Henry Dimbleby, says Anna Taylor, executive director of The Food Foundation
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Comment & OpinionDon’t ignore TikTok: it’s time retailers engaged in short-form shoppable videos
Retailers have yet to integrate shoppable short-form video content into their e-commerce or in-store media estates, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Comment & OpinionMandatory animal welfare labelling is a win for British farmers and consumers
My hope is that government continues to find ways to champion British farming at the heart of our food system, says James Bailey, executive director at Waitrose
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Comment & OpinionClock is ticking for Ocado after another investor show of faith
Ocado has assured investors this will be the last time it seeks cash before turning profitable
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Comment & OpinionMondelez’s Clif Bar move shows UK confectioners are taking nutrition seriously
As HFSS clampdowns loom, Mars and Ferrero have also made moves into healthy snacking
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Comment & OpinionA Northern Ireland ‘green lane’ isn’t perfect. But the current fudge is unsustainable
Right now we have a half-implemented Protocol that discriminates against small businesses and causes uncertainty and disruption, says Shane Brennan, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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Comment & OpinionCan new M&S Food MD Alex Freudmann fill Stuart Machin’s shoes?
Who exactly is the man entrusted with the task of taking the retailer’s strongest-performing category for years to the next level?
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Comment & OpinionWhy is it grocers ‘match’ their prices to Aldi as opposed to Lidl?
In thought, word and deed, Tesco is passing itself off as a discounter. Or not
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Comment & OpinionNo melting for Häagen-Dazs’ expressive sculptress
Summer’s here, and Häagen-Dazs is celebrating with an ice cream sculpture
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers can reimagine the scarcity model for UK consumers
Scarcity will always pose an issue to retailers, grocers and fmcg brands, but businesses can turn a problem into an advantage, says Katie Thomas, lead of the Kearney Consumer Institute
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Comment & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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’