Comment & opinion – Page 204
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Comment & OpinionWhy chocolate has emerged as the biggest winner in grocery
Chocolate took the title of fastest-growing category in this year’s Top Products Survey. That’s thanks to some savvy, well-timed innovation
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Comment & OpinionThe only certainty about grocery’s next decade is that nothing stays the same
The task, as ever, is to respond to whatever rules and regulations, local conditions and new dynamics are in play
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Comment & OpinionGin brand Aviation gives new life to ‘Peloton Wife’
US exercise brand Peloton blundered into a Kendall Jenner/Pepsi-sized advertising mishap last week
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Comment & OpinionPosh Pigs add golden touch to Christmas dinner
Pigs in blankets are particularly ‘in’ this Christmas
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Comment & OpinionTaped-up ‘art’ is completely banana
Banana prices are going up. One sold for £120k last week!
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Comment & OpinionCosta will need more than Bol soups and salads to improve its fortunes
The chain pledged to improve its food proposition back in 2018
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Comment & OpinionEdinburgh Gin takes viewers to the home of Hogmanay
Edinburgh Gin is leading on flavour with its first TV ad
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Comment & OpinionExercise calorie labelling: another silly idea to tackle obesity
Calorie content information is helpful, but it isn’t a strong indication of whether food is healthy or not
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Comment & OpinionInside Aldi at Christmas: how the discounter mastered festivity in the UK
This year Aldi expects to take more than £1bn over the festive period: and it’s got the hugely successful formula to do it
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Comment & OpinionWhy Veganuary might not be around for much longer
Thousands of Brits will embrace a plant-based diet next month to celebrate Veganuary, says Chris Blythe, director at The Brand Nursery
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Comment & OpinionIf Poundland is looking to build trust and sell more food, are finger ‘jokes’ really the way to go?
Poundland is good at generating headlines, but vulgarity won’t help it compete with Aldi and Lidl
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Comment & OpinionIt’s retailer crunch time: who are this year’s Christmas crackers?
For grocers, courting the Christmas shopper through the festival of attractive promises is never easy, but getting it wrong is now the biggest own goal, says David Sables
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Comment & OpinionFour key challenges for suppliers seeking retailer traction
To get investment and support requires complex thinking across four dimensions, but very simple communication, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionA Boris Johnson majority will be bad news for Northern Irish food and drink
Two leaked documents show Johnson is willing to throw Northern Ireland under the bus to ‘get Brexit done’
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Comment & OpinionHard seltzers encourage underage drinking? Don’t be so dramatic
Hard seltzers are lightly flavoured, don’t contain sugar and come in grown-up packaging
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Comment & OpinionFmcg sector is making progress on plastic
The statistics are damning – there are 100 million tonnes of plastics in the oceans, says Barclays’ Warren Ackerman
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Comment & OpinionWe need to talk about Kevin: how Aldi’s carrot became a symbol of its success
Aldi has turned the humble carrot into a cultural icon
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Comment & OpinionSanta’s Little Dunker offers pizza lovers a slice of seasonal fun
The enormity of the ‘Christmas dinner pizza’ concept means any new iteration is worth a moment’s reflection
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Comment & OpinionSuper-sized stollen surprises Dresdeners
It’s nicer than Christmas cake, and eating it makes you look sophisticated
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Comment & OpinionVegan advice: offer carnivores the gift of peace (until Boxing Day)
Veganuary’s light-hearted seasonal guide suggests animal avoiders be ‘gracious’ about non-vegan gifts