Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 35
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Bad Gyal chills with a beer in Estrella Damm short film
Spanish pop star Bad Gyal eyes a boat party in Estrella Damm’s beautifully produced short
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Why Feedback is calling out supermarket greenwashing
Retailers are indulging in numerous green gimmicks which risk contravening new guidance on greenwashing from the CMA, says Jessica Sinclair Taylor, head of policy at Feedback
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Beer fear for brewers as new alcohol tax set to hinder innovation
The tax is aimed at driving moderation, but this shouldn’t come at the expense of innovation
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Suppliers should heed CMA’s hunt for cost of living villains
The supermarkets seem to have been the launchpad for further scrutiny in the sector, says Tom Smith, partner at Geradin Partners and former CMA legal director
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Tesco’s call for healthier suppliers sets the pace for a better food system
The Fit for Growth reset sends a powerful signal to the market, says Dominie Fearn, co-founder of Uproar
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When will Ocado translate its promise into performance?
Ocado is a remarkable idea but the future promises are wearing thin – even if its backers are resolute, says Richard Curry, head of retail at Rapleys
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Why Unilever’s bumper profits are not all they seem
The news of Unilever’s near-double digit first-half sales growth and improved margins raised some eyebrows yesterday amid regulatory scrutiny of food and drink suppliers
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Why marketing must be local up, not national down, in a cost of living crisis
A time of crisis is a good time to look at doing things differently, says Mike Fantis, managing partner at DAC Group
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Plant-based naysayers’ debate lacks nutritional value
Doubt cast on the nutritional benefits of plant-based dairy alternatives (or lack of)
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CMA ‘profiteering’ findings expose its flawed understanding of supermarkets
The latest outcome shows the CMA’s criticism of fuel pricing was incorrect, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Britain’s strawberries are at risk unless a fair price is paid
Britain’s berries are under threat as supermarkets fail to pass cost increases back down the line to them, the industry’s trade body has claimed
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Aspartame scare stories obscure the truth of its safety
The clear takeaway is that aspartame is safe, says Dr Susan Elmore, board-certified veterinary toxicological pathologist and observer in IARC aspartame meeting
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Coors’ pals keep fresh with help from the animals
Coors’ new ad wisely keeps its distinctive ‘mountain’ setting to remind us it does things differently
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As the CMA’s food price probe goes upstream, will it get lost in the weeds?
After the war of words over “rip-off” fuel prices, a more placatory tone was struck this week by the Competition & Markets Authority towards supermarkets
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Is It Cake Too? Minor tweaks, specific skills, easily guessed imitations
The object-or-cake trend was already old hat by the time the first one came out
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What habits stop us winning friends and influencing people?
Let’s start with stage one: not doing things that reduce our influencing power
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CMA turns attention to suppliers, but what will ‘profiteering’ probe achieve?
Timing, it seems, is everything these days, but especially when it comes to announcements from the competition watchdog
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Food waste: four game-changing strategies we can all adopt now
Progress on food waste so far is insufficient but where we need to focus action is clear, says Sebastian Munden, chair of Wrap
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The real health risks of the WHO’s aspartame research are poignant
The WHO’s findings into aspartame have come up with – to severely gloss over nuance in the report – nothing useful
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Local authorities can’t hope to enforce disposable vape ban
Try to report stores already flouting regulations and the response from Trading Standards is usually nothing, says ACS CEO James Lowman