Comment & opinion
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Comment & OpinionGraze sale is a smart step for Unilever. What’s next?
With Unilever focused on power brands, it’s clear, like Graze, that Marmite, Bovril and Colman’s would be better served by a new, more focused owner who can champion and get the best out of them
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Comment & OpinionWhy credible certification matters for farmers, forests and the future
After a recent category report in The Grocer raised important points about ethical trading certification, Rainforest Alliance CEO Santiago Gowland clarifies the importance of credible, independent certification
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Comment & OpinionWhat Prime and Pepsi AM tell us about the power of momentum
In a year when tens of thousands of new products launched but most failed to gain traction, the brands that grow are the ones that move. Kimberley Upton, head of effectiveness at Zeal, on why momentum will decide who wins in fmcg
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: The budget and retail workers’ Christmas nightmare
As everyone digests the implications of the budget, today has also seen Asda announce its latest results
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Comment & OpinionA Goldilocks budget? Instead of porridge this was thin gruel
On the business rates side, instead of a trade-off between big stores and small stores, somehow both have lost out
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Comment & OpinionIce queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor shows up for Tia Maria
Pop star Sophie gets the espresso martinis in on a chilly night out
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Comment & OpinionSouleymane’s Story: delivery app rider’s tale examines broken system
The story of a delivery app rider in Paris evokes Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You
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Comment & Opinion10 self-development books that aren’t a waste of your time
It is not worth wasting your time on 99% of these ‘self-development’ books. Here are some Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter says are worth committing to
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Comment & OpinionWhy fmcg challenger brands must avoid cookie-cutter media
Marketing strategy must always be tailored to each brand’s unique circumstances, says MNC director Joe Benn
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Comment & OpinionCan the UK Packaging Pact survive without its power players?
The issue lies not in the big names yet to have signed up, but in the reasons behind those absences
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Comment & OpinionInside Track’s defence is long on indignation, short on answers
The British farming and food industry doesn’t need well-meaning professionals pushing for government-co-ordinated market manipulation, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of SPQR
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Comment & OpinionThe healthy food standard is our best bet to tackle obesity
The government’s healthy food standard would introduce mandatory data reporting and health targets across the food industry, says Lauren Bowes Byatt, deputy director at Nesta
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Comment & OpinionCOP30 failed us but hope is not dead for sustainability
Although many world leaders have failed to deliver, civil society and forward-looking governments forging new pathways demonstrate that progress is possible, says Maddy Haughton-Boakes, senior campaigner at the Changing Markets Foundation
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Comment & OpinionLessons from Labubu: how to keep Gen Z engaged and excited
The Chinese toy maker Pop Mart has tailored Labubus to engage Gen Z and millennials to massive success, offering valuable insights on how to keep this young cohort excited and loyal, says Jolene Ng, associate principal at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionBudget 2025: How has food, drink and retail reacted to the news?
The budget was delivered in a manner that ‘falls short of standards that the House expects’, Rachel Reeves was told before she’d even started today
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Comment & OpinionFood and farming has the chance to choose a fairer future
It is clear the companies of the future must help build a food sector that is brighter, more inclusive and fundamentally fairer, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionCan Tony’s ethical price rises teach Cadbury a lesson?
Tony’s Chocolonely has been turning up the heat on supermarket copycats this week, as it called out Morrisons and M&S over their dupes of its chunky chocolate bars
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets and the NFU are united in calling for family farm tax u-turn
There is still time for the government to act at the budget, says NFU president Tom Bradshaw
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Comment & OpinionIs the COP model broken?
The overwhelming sense from campaigners is that the ‘COP of truth’ ended up as one of disappointment
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Comment & OpinionBehind the scenes: how Asda’s Christmas ad bought the Grinch to life
Cressida Holmes-Smith of Asda’s ad agency Lucky Generals on how it dealt with the pressure to come up with the campaign