Comment & opinion – Page 12
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Five PowerPoint tips to help end the cycle of boring presentations
Use these five tips to move from ‘instantly forgettable’ to ‘wonderfully memorable’
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A step closer to lab-grown meat for humans?
Meatly’s chicken is manufactured by taking cells from a single chicken egg
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Off Menu: Michelle de Swarte talks vaping and ‘fluffy raisins’ in silly podcast
The 12th series of Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster kicked off last week
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Pernod Ricard’s wine disposal will diminish its UK presence
Selling the likes of Jacob’s Creek and Campo Viejo makes sense, but it will make Pernod Ricard much less of a UK powerhouse
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Tesco’s Finest hour is still to come – a £1bn festive blowout could occur
Ken Murphy could be forgiven for cracking open a nice bottle of red, given barnstorming results of late from the expanded Tesco Finest collection
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To make healthy food sexy, go where the young people are
The absence of economic infrastructure for the arts has created a space for junk food companies to swoop in and become the heroes of culture, says Christina Adane, food equity campaigner and editor
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Why we need more food & drink targeted at gen alpha
The number of global food and drink launches targeting children has dropped by 66% in the decade to May 2024, says Alex Beckett, director at Mintel Food & Drink
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Three key actions the new government must take on sustainability
Government must hone the details of the deposit return scheme and clarify extended producer responsibility, says Richard Lloyd, MD of Encirc Beverages
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Giving chickens more space is only half the job. We need breed change
The BCC demands the use of healthier, more robust, slower-growing breeds for good reason, says The Humane League UK’s MD Sean Gifford
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Why Yorkshire Tea isn’t messing around with its latest NPD
Even with its modest portfolio of just nine lines, Yorkshire Tea is brewing to maintain its seat as the strongest in its set
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We cannot expect consumers to drive the change grocery needs
The UK urgently needs new impetus and leadership on sustainability
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Sophie Turner’s star power turns drinkers on to St-Germain
Turner turns a barman’s head in her search for something ‘different, fresh, fun’
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Barbecue Showdown: all-American meat-fest broadens its horizons
If the idea of the show’s tweaked name is to open it up to more global cuisines, it’s not immediately obvious
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Jump on big cultural moments to get your brand noticed
Low budgets and an increasingly saturated media landscape, is making it tougher for brands to cut through
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What could the latest US bird flu findings mean for our food industry?
The threat of bird flu has largely been avoided in the UK over the past year. But will that continue?
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How sizzling and slurping are dividing food marketing
Hands up. Who likes the sound of others chewing? Food ads can’t escape the trend
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Refill can work at scale if we fail fast and learn quickly
Many businesses are making great strides in the transition to a circular economy for packaging, says Catherine Conway, reuse lead at GoUnpackaged
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How manufacturers can plan for unpredictable UK weather
Retailers and manufacturers can’t control the weather but they can plan for it, says Alex Lawrence, senior strategic insight director at Circana
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Asda’s move to scrap refills a sign of the crisis facing the industry’s war on plastic
Asda was always something of an unlikely poster child for the war on plastic
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How premium brands can survive the bargain-hunting era
The rise of budget supermarkets, copycat products, price deals, own brands, bulk offers, and loyalty prices have all further embedded price-savvy consumer behaviour, says Natasha Murray, chief client officer at media agency UM