All comment & opinion articles – Page 271
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Comment & OpinionBe rigorous with revenue growth management principles
While no one can argue with the basic premise of category management, the movement still floundered
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Comment & OpinionHow scared should suppliers be about the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger?
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said that Sainsbury’s had “good supplier relations and supported British producers extensively” but that hasn’t stopped the NFU from expressing its concerns vociferously …
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Comment & OpinionGrocery companies need to take action on food poverty
We’ve all heard about the increase in food bank usage and the rising reliance on food donations across the UK
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Comment & OpinionFundamentals of category management, 5: Invest in quality thinking
Fmcg is fully of sound and fury, but the constant buzz can stand in the way of long-term, strategic thinking. In the fifth of his series on category management, Insight Traction’s Jeremy Garlick explains how to make time and space for quality thinking
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Comment & OpinionPlastic: the industry must come together to find solutions
It’s brilliant news that nearly 50 of the UK’s biggest grocery players have signed up to the Plastic Pact
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Comment & OpinionOur petition has passed 10,000 signatures – let’s keep food waste on the agenda
Let’s not stop there. Quite rightly the plastic plague on our oceans has now shot up the political agenda, but food waste remains an issue in urgent need of attention, too
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Comment & OpinionBe rigorous with revenue growth management principles
While no one can argue with the basic premise of category management, the movement still floundered
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Comment & OpinionBritain's Fat Fight: Hugh F-W kicks off his obesity campaign
Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall got off to a sensationalist start
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Comment & OpinionPractical essentials to help businesses manage performance
Too frequently managers avoid what they see as difficult conversations about performance
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Comment & OpinionJoin up thinking to get results on gender diversity
The gender pay gap has opened an interesting can of worms in wholesale
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Comment & OpinionDeals aren't the problem; Nectar could be clearer
There must surely be some caution on a blanket ban
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Comment & OpinionCanadian chocolate brand asks us to #EatShyte
‘Seriously Helps You To Energize!’ At first glance, it’s a perfectly serviceable – if slightly clumsy – slogan
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Comment & OpinionGet real, government – leaving the customs union would be disastrous for food & drink
The government’s decision to leave both the single market and the customs union is an idealistic vision of future trade growth in developing countries that might not even happen
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Comment & OpinionLynx's modern lads go for Gold to impress the ladies
Lynx has put some effort into moving on from its long-running laddy ‘Lynx Effect’ days
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Comment & OpinionDonna struggles with deadlines and takes a trip to M&S
I’ve known Theresa for aeons, give or take a yonk, and I’ve never seen her quite so nervous…
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Comment & OpinionDoes CAMRA’s narrowing lens herald its own demise?
A two-year consultation into its future, rife with hand-wringing and soul-searching, has come to a close with the decision not to widen its remit to include all beer and cider drinkers
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Comment & OpinionData will be crucial for lower-calorie reformulation
Fighting Britain’s obesity crisis moved up a gear this month when Public Health England’s sugar tax came into force
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Comment & OpinionAs takeover gets go-ahead, Co-op will need swift success to satisfy Nisa members
The Co-op will have to quickly get to grips with dealing with thousands of individual and fiercely independent business owners
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Comment & OpinionStacey Solomon to host The Grocer Own Label Awards
She will co-host The Grocer’s awards ceremony on Friday 11 May alongside The Grocer’s editor, Adam Leyland
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Comment & OpinionWean shoppers off plastic; GroceryAid: get involved
The headline of your article ‘More Brits worry about plastic than Brexit’ was certainly attention-grabbing…