All Daily Bread articles – Page 29
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Comment & OpinionNational Food Strategy flop was always on the cards, but Dimbleby isn’t done yet
It’s easy to envisage Dimbleby’s proposals being revived in more favourable economic conditions
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Comment & OpinionSupplier relationships are souring, GCA activity shows. Do the supermarkets care?
Supermarkets and suppliers are locked in a series of disputes over negotiations on passing on inflation, which has given rise to a raft of short-notice delistings across a range of sectors
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Comment & OpinionASA’s Tesco ruling shows the complexity of promoting plant-based environmental credentials
The ASA said it would expect to see evidence that switching to products in the Plant Chef range would positively affect the environment
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Comment & OpinionIs criticism of supermarket bosses’ exorbitant bonuses amid cost of living crisis justified?
Because profits (and other more complex metrics) have exploded in the past year, performance compensations tied to those financial metrics ultimately grew at a higher rate too
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Comment & OpinionJubilee weekend was a boost for high streets. But can it last as budgets are squeezed?
BRC data showed total UK footfall for the jubilee weekend rose by 6.9% compared to the average for May 2022
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have a battle on their hands to protect consumers from inflation
As Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts has conceded, things are going to get worse before they get better
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Comment & OpinionWhy on earth would grocers want to self-sabotage with a change to imperial measures?
UK grocers have been quiet on the matter – probably because they have so much else to think about
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Comment & OpinionPackaging shortages and strikes will hit smaller British drinks brands harder
Small booze brands are already closing at a rate of knots. Now they have to queue behind the major players for bottles and cans
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Comment & OpinionAn industry-wide eco-label for food and drink has potential, but getting there may be anything but harmonious
One source told The Grocer they believed it was vital for any eco label to be seen by consumers to be independent of the industry
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Comment & OpinionHygiene poverty is fast becoming a hidden crisis, but retailer initiatives can help
As prices rise, some shoppers may have no choice but to remove items from trolleys – and they’ll likely start with toiletries
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Comment & OpinionThe long-term changes needed to make the world’s food system function successfully
A $6bn cash injection from the likes of Elon Musk would only address world hunger for a year. What else needs to be done?
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Comment & OpinionImpossible has hit the UK. But with inflation soaring, is it right product, wrong time?
Has the pioneering fake meat brand already missed the boat in the UK?
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Comment & OpinionCan Mars persuade shoppers to pay more for ‘healthy confectionery’?
The confectionery giant is resisting HFSS tinkering by launching an alternative range mostly made of date paste and nuts
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s belated support package for pig farmers is welcome. But is it enough to rescue the sector?
Tesco clarified that £3.4m had already been passed on to farmers since March
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Comment & OpinionThe HFSS climbdown puts Boris Johnson on a collision course with Henry Dimbleby
The government is due to publish its white paper response to Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy next month
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Comment & OpinionAs brands Hun and Babe struggle, is there a future for canned wine in the UK?
Hun said an “extremely tough” festival season in 2021 had led to it calling in the administrators
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Comment & OpinionFinally, consensus on HFSS laws: no one has any idea what’s going on
There is a total lack of transparency and clarity over what a backtrack – if indeed there was one – would entail
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Comment & OpinionAnother Queen’s Speech, another pledge to scrap the NI protocol. What next for UK food & drink?
Fishing and agriculture, two industries supposed to benefit more than most from Brexit, were not mentioned in today’s speech
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Comment & OpinionMcColl’s has been saved, but the real work starts now for Morrisons
The Morrisons deal appears to secure the immediate future of McColl’s stores, the jobs of its 16,000 employees and its pension fund, but business as usual is not an option if it wants to make it work long term
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Comment & OpinionRising takeaway prices could prove an opportunity for supermarket pizza brands
We’ve already seen some premium chilled brands cashing in by recreating the restaurant experience on the cheap