All comment & opinion articles – Page 163
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Comment & OpinionThe Convenience Mix podcast delves into the growing online opportunity
Online grocery has grown rapidly during the pandemic – and convenience retailers have adapted to the new reality just as fast
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Comment & OpinionWhat role can digital play in the future of grocery convenience?
The evolution of e-commerce has disrupted the meaning of ‘convenience’ but grocery still has to catch up, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets can’t use the pandemic as an excuse for poor digital experiences
Supermarket websites are creating friction that is completely avoidable, says Carl Uminski, COO at digital product agency Somo
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Comment & OpinionThe time is now for UK government to deliver a world-leading food policy
Too many food strategies have previously been academic reports with little chance of success, says Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the BRC
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Comment & OpinionWe can’t keep taking the food industry’s resilience for granted
The industry has stepped up during the pandemic, and the government is now relying on it to fight its own way through Brexit, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment & OpinionFive things we learned about net zero at The Grocer’s sustainability conference
Tesco boss Ken Murphy was among the speakers marking 2021 as a crucial moment for climate goals, which will only be achievable through collaboration
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Comment & OpinionKen Murphy: Why the food sector needs collective action on climate change
Beyond our own operations, we know we can achieve more by collaborating with our suppliers, experts and others in our industry, says Tesco’s CEO
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Comment & OpinionIs online grocery really the ‘under-penetrated’ market Deliveroo says it is?
Deliveroo has this week published its pre-IPO prospectus, which outlines its ambition to be ‘the definitive online food company’
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Comment & OpinionThe online tax debate simply highlights the problem with business rates
Although it’s later than desired, it’s perhaps a good sign that the government will be looking at the online tax in autumn
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Comment & OpinionBusiness rates relief controversy shows the moral quagmire when tax becomes voluntary
Nothing can be certain, said Benjamin Franklin, except death and taxes
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Comment & OpinionWhy Amazon is a major threat to UK supermarkets
Amazon first entered the UK grocery market in 2016 but has substantially expanded its offering over the past year
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Comment & OpinionMini Cheddars takes viewers on a fun trip to Cheddar Town
We’re getting used to the Covid-enforced resurgence of the animated ad – but this effort is one of the more sophisticated attempts we’ve seen for a while
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Comment & OpinionRetail’s rent debt crisis: how the government’s call for evidence could help
The government has signalled its willingness to resort to ‘legislative options’ to address the impasse over mounting rent debt
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Comment & OpinionHow Amazon is translating frictionless online experiences to its retail stores
Amazon can see the potential to grow share offline by reducing fiction through technology, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons’ digital-only announcement marks a new direction for loyalty
Supermarkets have so far been unable to eliminate the plastic loyalty card
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Comment & OpinionCheap food culture creates fertile ground for modern slavery in supply chains
A slave-free food sector will remain a distant dream unless those in positions of influence step up, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionHow fmcg is using M&A to achieve sustainability objectives
Strategic M&A offers a suitable and agile bridge to achieving sustainability targets, says KPMG’s Nicola Longfield
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Comment & OpinionThorntons must rely on more than nostalgia to recover from Covid closures
The 110-year-old brand yesterday joined the depressingly long list of big names calling time on bricks and mortar to focus entirely online
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Comment & OpinionThe FDF will do well to find as determined and persuasive a new leader as Ian Wright
Wright’s ability to put the food and drink industry at the centre of the debate has been perhaps his most noted achievement
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Comment & OpinionHow chicken producers can make a positive impact with soy supply checks
French businesses are leading the way on detailed traceability and the exclusion of soy cultivated on deforested or converted land, says Fabien Girard, head of Earthworm Foundation France