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Comment & OpinionIceland’s push to dominate retail media will be a challenge
The success of Iceland’s ambitious retail media rollout will depend on its ‘long tail strategy’ and how well it can monetise its retail media data
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Comment & OpinionAmazon ruins GSCOP’s reputation. Why is the GCA allowing it?
Amazon entered the GCA’s jurisdiction as a serial code offender and has been allowed to get worse, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionBeware the perils of jumping on the UPF bandwagon
It is worrying how many food industry players are attempting to grab the UPF tiger by the tail, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionHas Pepsi jumped the retail media shark with its Morrisons tunnel experience?
Retail media is becoming ever harder, if not impossible, for shoppers to avoid, says The Grocer’s technology editor George Nott
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Comment & OpinionEven Poundland is struggling. What now for the UK high street?
It’s been a big week for the high street, with a WH Smith selloff and a ‘potential’ Poundland sale dominating the retail headlines
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Comment & OpinionWill a Grinch-like ASA steal our Christmas supermarket ads?
Blockbuster supermarket ads are as much of a fixture of Christmas as mince pies
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Comment & OpinionChocolate Naive advert takes the arthouse approach
The ad is an unhurried half-glance at the manufacturing process, shot in gauzy black and white
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Comment & OpinionWith Love, Meghan: an insubstantial look at ‘the joy of hostessing’
The show carries with it a sense the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been casting about for ways to fulfil their Netflix contract
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Comment & OpinionBecoming a B Corp helped us drive change and excited our team
B Corp sets a collective standard that is already served by existing demand, says Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble
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Comment & OpinionWill bright blue Takis sell in a nation worried about UPF?
Takis’ latest NPD contains palm fat, maltodextrin and the controversial colouring Brilliant Blue FCF
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Comment & OpinionFor facts sake: proof that UK supermarket shelves aren’t going empty
Work is being done on the UK’s food security: scaremongering in the national press isn’t helpful
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Comment & OpinionIs retail’s perfect shoplifting storm coming to an end?
The Crime & Policing Bill has finally entered parliament, putting the industry a step closer to the shoplifting protections it has fought for
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Comment & OpinionLidl’s TikTok Shop success is a bellwether for fmcg brands
TikTok Shop requires the perfect mix of creative, community and commerce, says Alex Walker, MD at Havas Market UK
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Comment & OpinionForget the Eatwell Guide: Nourishment Table is far superior
This refreshing model leaves the UK Eatwell Guide and the US Healthy Eating Pyramid looking as relevant as yesterday’s discarded sweetie wrappers, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & OpinionThree ways suppliers can influence the retailer tribe
Work to become a trusted advisor but be prepared to show some edge when it comes to dealing with buyers, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket swaps: who’s to blame when online substitutions go wrong?
Supermarket substitutions and online swaps: who needs a bouquet of flowers when there’s a perfectly decent bunch of leeks to enjoy instead?
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Comment & OpinionBiased UPF survey could usher in reactionary legislation
Once again, food manufacturers are nowhere to be seen among stakeholders in this national survey, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, MD of SPQR
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Comment & OpinionWhy Tesco Clubcard is a 30-year legacy of supermarket loyalty
Tesco’s Clubcard is more than just a rewards programme: it’s a blueprint for how loyalty can drive business success, says MediaLink’s David Muldoon
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Comment & OpinionPeckish and Scoot could be a gamechanger for rapid delivery
The Co-op’s Peckish and Booker’s Scoot are the first rapid delivery solutions to be developed by wholesalers
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Comment & OpinionPink Lady lady finds her fizz at dog show
It’s not just Magnum that can play up what its product sounds like when bitten into