Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 355
-
Comment & Opinion
McBride suffers from furious promoting on household goods
Is it a price war or just a skirmish? In personal care and household there is little doubt about the answer to that question.
-
Comment & Opinion
Time for action on Thai prawn trade slavery
Supermarkets and fish importers can claim to be shocked by the Thai tiger prawn trade slavery, but not surprised…
-
Comment & Opinion
Energy drinks' success shows way forward for health messages
The issue of unhealthy drinks remains high on the news agenda, with sugar in particular proving a major hot potato…
-
Comment & Opinion
How to bring 'zombie brands' back to life
In the past few weeks, the press has been full of news regarding failing companies and failing brands…
-
Comment & Opinion
How to assemble a World Cup-winning formation at work
The England boys may be out of the running, but I’m staying glued to the world stage with just one question…
-
Comment & Opinion
Sarah Jessica Parker's Viennese whirl with Spar
Spar Austria has landed a Hollywood face, in a Lost in Translation-style bit of celebrity advertising…
-
Comment & Opinion
Tesco's gold initiative
The intense debate surrounding sugar and artificial ingredients remains at the very top of the national media’s agenda…
-
Comment & Opinion
Shopgirls had a tad too much of the red light slur about it
BBC2’s Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter had a tad too much of the red light slur about it…
-
-
Comment & Opinion
High streets minister Brandon Lewis defends government action
Sir: Your recent article (‘High street contest a gimmick says Labour,’ The Grocer, 21 June, p8) is as cynical as it is mis…
-
Comment & Opinion
Morrisons' cuts excite Today listeners as Karoline adds sugar
You would be forgiven for thinking there wasn’t much news around…
-
Comment & Opinion
SACN sugar bombshell must be dealt with collaboratively
Rarely can a report seven years in the making have lived up to the hype…
-
Comment & Opinion
Light grilling for Tesco’s board as they stick to their guns
It turned out the roasting of the Tesco board at today’s AGM was more of a light grilling
-
Comment & Opinion
(Not-so) plain sailing
With the headlines full of stories about sugar, the government chose an interesting moment to publish draft legislation on plain packaging for tobacco.
-
Comment & Opinion
Common sense on food waste
Developing the right technological solutions to help tackle food waste is just the first step…
-
Comment & Opinion
Sugar Thursday
Traffic-light labelling appears to have fizzled out. Will we ever achieve a universal system?
-
Comment & Opinion
Tacon's challenge
A surprising number of suppliers have little knowledge of GSCOP, a new survey has revealed.
-
Comment & Opinion
Why producers need to be ready for the new labelling legislation
The changes to food labelling that come into force in December are to be welcomed if they improve customer confidence…
-
Comment & Opinion
Front-line staff are precious assets
Next week BBC2 airs its new documentary Shopgirls, charting the rise of women in retail…
-
Comment & Opinion
Aldi and Lidl are major opportunity for brands
In the Valleys what the lads mean for the props may be a discussion about forwards and backs…