All comment & opinion articles – Page 157
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Comment & OpinionWhy have Tesco and Carrefour bid adieu to their buying alliance?
Extraordinary times and a failure to appreciate the clout of French competition authorities didn’t help. But was the strategy flawed?
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Comment & OpinionWould carbon taxes help growers and suppliers stop deforestation?
A carbon tax is widely seen in the environmental sector as an elegant solution to carbon emissions through a regulatory-based approach. However, have governments considered the impact on smallholder farmers, large growers, and suppliers? Alan Kroeger, head of supply chains at Satelligence, explains what economy-wide carbon taxes will mean for growers vs suppliers
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Comment & OpinionWe must change front-of-pack labelling to help consumers make healthier choices
Evidence shows Nutri-Score enables shoppers to make more informed choices, says Rachel Bradford, nutrition policy manager at Danone UK
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Comment & OpinionProposed restrictions on junk foods throw up more questions than answers
Suppliers and industry bodies are demanding clarity from government on the affected categories
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Comment & OpinionStrange timing for Kopparberg’s high-five history
It seems summer has arrived, and with it the season’s traditional cider adverts
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Comment & OpinionCoke could deliver an Aha moment for the seltzer market
There’s still plenty of room for growth – and there’s no one bigger than Coke to help fill it
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Comment & OpinionCould Amazon really be bigger than Tesco within four years?
Amazon has yet to truly threaten grocery’s incumbents but has two aces up its sleeve
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Comment & OpinionWhy consumer health is attracting big investment
Nestlé and Unilever are capitalising on consistently growing interest in the category, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment & OpinionWhat May’s grocery spend tells us about the ‘new normal’
Forecasts of permanent changes in behaviour appear to be coming to pass
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Comment & OpinionTransparency is key for grocers to gain consumer trust on sustainability issues
Grocers need to convince consumers we’re all in it together on sustainability, says Graeme McCracken, MD at Proagrica
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Comment & OpinionHeinz’s investment in the UK is welcome, but it’s only part of the picture
Under the new announcement, Tomato Ketchup and other classic Heinz table sauces will be made in the UK for the first time in more than 20 years
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Comment & OpinionAs with food, obesity policy needs to be about balance
Restricting the growth of food brands won’t fix our obesity problem – we need incentives to prove healthier food is better business, says Chris Holmes, founder of Smash
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Comment & OpinionSuppliers need to master the new ‘remote’ buyer-seller interface
Buyers may well get into the office a couple days a week post-Covid, but they still won’t be meeting suppliers, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionWith Aldi and Lidl winning share again normal service has resumed. Or has it?
Grocers and their suppliers are still benefiting from a market that’s anything but normal
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Comment & OpinionLetters: Is it time for British brands to fly the flag?
The Grocer readers share their responses to our feature ‘Culture war: should British brands fly the union flag on packaging?’
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Comment & OpinionInventive ‘new Lynx effect’ ad smells optimistic
Lynx is hoping to persuade us that getting all up in the olfactory systems of our peers is once again desirable
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Comment & OpinionHow frogs, badgers and mammoths can help you manage time
How often have you thought, in the office, ‘when they all go home, I’ll get this done’?
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Comment & OpinionThe Flexible Plastic Fund could be a big moment in the battle against pollution
An impressive list of companies must work to establish a market for recycled soft plastics
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Comment & OpinionRecycling is not enough. The only way to tackle the plastic crisis is to make less plastic
Recycling is an imperfect solution to a huge issue, says Nina Schrank, senior plastics campaigner at Greenpeace UK
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Comment & OpinionWhy Warburtons is smart to go posh with its new cake sub-brand
Should a trial prove popular, Warburtons will use its extensive distribution network to get its new cakes on supermarket shelves across the UK