Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 91
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Comment and OpinionFarming must be central to our future food system – and climate change policies
Agriculture contributes hugely to our economy yet farmers aren’t being paid fairly, says chair of the Rural Policy Group Mark Lumsdon-Taylor
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Comment and OpinionDiversity in Retail report shows power of working together
It is by sharing best practices that retailers can drive change at a faster pace
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Comment and OpinionBorough Market reflects Britain’s burgeoning artisan food scene
Borough leaves the likes of La Boqueria and Markthal trailing in its wake, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment and OpinionThe Grocer Gold Awards has shone a light on our industry’s hidden heroes
This week’s awards was a chance to put the names of some of these supply chain heroes up in lights
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Comment and OpinionUK’s most digital Christmas ever: what retailers can expect from shoppers
Online search and survey data can help retailers understand consumer trends in 2021, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Comment and OpinionBaking Impossible: Netflix’s high-stakes baking show is pointless but fascinating
Is The Great British Bake Off too cheerfully comradely for you?
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Comment and OpinionUber Eats offers real world counterpoint to Snoop’s rap
How to rival the phenomenon that is Snoop Dogg’s Just Eat advert?
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Comment and OpinionWill the CO2 shortage help burst consumers’ ‘everything, now’ bubble?
Shipping containers and carbon dioxide didn’t used to be conversation starters in the pub, but they are now part of the national discourse
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Comment and OpinionNestlé’s plant-based push is a major challenge to the vegan sector’s biggest players
Nestlé will be able to battle rivals on taste, natural credentials and price
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Comment and OpinionHow supermarkets can engage consumers to think more about household food waste
New research shows how shoppers can be educated to think more about food and prevent waste, says Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, associate professor in consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University
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Comment and OpinionWhitehall can no longer be counted on: the food industry must deal with crises alone
Most of the food industry can only really look back on the past two years of government talks and see it as ineffective lobbying
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Comment and OpinionDubious rhetoric won’t be enough to carry the UK through COP26 and beyond
The UK has nowhere to hide on its climate change commitments, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment and OpinionBoris Johnson is alienating industry with casual disregard – next he’ll be alienating voters
The pig sector has reacted with fury over the PM’s dismissal of the growing backlog of pigs on farms caused by the labour crisis
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Comment and OpinionMorrisons takeover leaves remaining public supermarkets looking attractive
Fortress’ statement bowing out of the Morrisons auction ominously says that the UK remains ’a very attractive investment environment from many perspectives’
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Comment and OpinionHeinz maniac delivers ode to Beanz
Heinz shows us what happens when a Beanz cultist can’t get their fix
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Comment and OpinionWhat the Adjudicator’s best practice guidance means for suppliers and supermarkets
GCA Mark White’s ‘best practice’ statement should be welcomed by the industry, says Ben Lewis, chief commercial relationship officer at sales auditor Salitix
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Comment and OpinionThe CMA is in for a tough time arbitrating on the ‘Green Claims Code’
The situation for an online shopper isn’t good. While supermarkets pander to vegans and free-from shoppers, the experience for a ‘green’ shopper is universally poor
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Comment and OpinionDeliveroo’s Hop stands to leapfrog rapid delivery rivals
Deliveroo’s entry to the market has the potential to quickly leave existing players in the dust
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Comment and OpinionNatasha’s Law will make a real difference. Now we need an allergy tsar
The role would provide a champion for people with allergies to ensure they receive correct and appropriate support, including joined-up healthcare, say Nadim and Tanya Ednan-Laperouse
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Comment and OpinionWhy the haulage industry has been ‘set up to fail’ in driver shortage
Boris Johnson’s three-month visa scheme has been dubbed “disingenuous” by an industry scrambling to find willing and able drivers across the channel