Comment & opinion – Page 144
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Comment & OpinionWhy the Costa Coffee and M&S tie-up is a match made in heaven
Under the none-more-literal banner Costa Coffee Now Serving M&S Food, Brits will “be able to choose from over 30 delicious, great-quality M&S products”
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Comment & OpinionRetailers must stop demanding 12 weeks’ notice on cost price increases
While they may claim the lengthy notice period is necessary, retailers have no legal right to it, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionWhat we can learn from contrasting ASA decisions on ‘green’ almond milk ads
ASA inquiries into ads from Alpro and Plenish offer a guideline on how to avoid being rapped for unsubstantiated green claims, says Brinsley Dresden, partner and head of the advertising & marketing team at law firm Lewis Silkin
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons must ensure McColl’s availability woes are a blip if it is to succeed as a supplier
Morrisons is clearly looking to court more independent retailers to switch to its wholesale supply arm
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Comment & OpinionAmazon may be overly optimistic on stores rollout, but not its end goal
The online giant’s target of 100 store openings per year may seem overly ambitious – but it doesn’t need to rush
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Comment & OpinionTesco can afford to ignore vaccinated Santa controversy
Santa flashing his QR code at border control in its Christmas ad has, predictably, caused outrage on Twitter
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Comment & OpinionSugar could become the next tobacco in the eyes of regulators
The UK is the latest in a series of countries around the world introducing restrictions and health warnings for high-sugar foods, says Ignacio Vazquez, senior manager for healthy markets at ShareAction
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Comment & OpinionHow to avoid samey, boring Christmas ads
Advertising is a multibillion-pound industry that’s still running on a broken business model, says Jon Williams, CEO of The Liberty Guild
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Comment & OpinionPukka plays up flavour in comradely trio
‘Baker of the people’s pie’ shows us what hard-working comrades deserve
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Comment & OpinionUK suppliers are at an inflexion point after Covid and cost price hikes are not optional
Supermarkets have a duty to keep inflation in check but also need to accept that suppliers must remain profitable
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Comment & OpinionWhat Moneyball can teach us about those difficult conversations
The film about a baseball club struggling to compete can teach us a lot about conflict resolution
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Comment & OpinionHow to prevent fractured messaging and create a single ‘brand truth’
Consumers are increasingly taken aback by weird, inconsistent and confusing marketing messages from their favourite brands, says Sid McGrath of Wunderman Thompson
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Comment & OpinionClimatarian could be the new diet that shapes supermarket shelves
Climatarianism may seem like a pricey faff. But eco-friendly eating is becoming much easier
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Comment & OpinionWhy brands should heed the rise of social media live shopping
It’s clear major industry players are placing a big bet on what the future of shopping will look like, says Christina Miller, group connections director at VMLY&R
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Comment & OpinionOnly regulation can solve failures of voluntary action in climate policies
Voluntary business pledges have proven to not be enough to drive meaningful change, says Jessica Sinclair Taylor, head of policy and media at Feedback
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Comment & OpinionGopuff is out to prove it has the stamina – and the funds – to win the rapid grocery race
Having switched on UK operations yesterday, US player Gopuff is confident it can outpace rivals
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Comment & OpinionWhat Kantar data tells us about Christmas 2021 shopping
With 45 shopping days to go until the big event, there has been an uptick in sales of turkeys and Christmas puddings
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Comment & OpinionMarketing teams must have the right skills to avoid ‘greenwashing’
Communicating green credentials takes skill and collaboration, says Mark Dodds, chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink & Agriculture Group
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Comment & OpinionGrocery can’t pretend the rise of disrupting channels isn’t happening
The data needed to truly understand these new channels isn’t there – but industry can’t bury its head in the sand, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets can’t save the planet on their own. The politics of food must change
Pity the politician who stands at the next election saying food prices are too low – but that’s where we must go