Comment & opinion – Page 272
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s-Asda merger shows 'Amazon effect' in action
Amazon has been a huge catalyst for change in UK grocery, says Natalie Berg of NBK Retail. And it’s been a key driver of the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger
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Comment & OpinionSubterranean Homesick Booze: Bob Dylan whips up a whiskey
Bands with their own beers are over. Whiskey’s where it’s at now
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Comment & OpinionDeliveroo sets a date to save the side salad
Salads were the fourth most ordered side just two years ago, but have fallen to 23rd
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Comment & OpinionMaltesers continues warm and witty streak
Maltesers won acclaim in 2016 for its ‘Look on the Light Side’ ads
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Comment & OpinionWill the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger create a new retailer fit for the 21st century customer?
One of the biggest challenges the merged business faces is understanding its new, combined customer base, argues Paul Hinds of IRI
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Comment & OpinionThe Sainsbury's-Asda merger will hurt suppliers
The comment that big food companies “make spectacular returns and are very, very profitable” is an ominous opening gambit, says Warren Ackerman of SocGen
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's and Asda merger: will we be living well for less?
Bryan Roberts of tcc global unpicks the 10% price ‘harmonisation’ promise made by Sainsbury’s and Asda following their merger announcement
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Comment & OpinionDonna lands a key role in the Sainsbury's-Asda probe
Ooooo Mikey! ‘Lil’ Deuce’ Coupe has certainly fired up his hot rod this time
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Comment & OpinionMinimum Unit Pricing: sensible strategy or temperance tantrum?
It’s a fiercely controversial bit of legislation – heralded by some as a pioneering move to save lives. But others see it as a sign of the temperance lobby’s steady creep towards power …
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Comment & OpinionBe rigorous with revenue growth management principles
While no one can argue with the basic premise of category management, the movement still floundered
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Comment & OpinionHow scared should suppliers be about the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger?
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said that Sainsbury’s had “good supplier relations and supported British producers extensively” but that hasn’t stopped the NFU from expressing its concerns vociferously …
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Comment & OpinionGrocery companies need to take action on food poverty
We’ve all heard about the increase in food bank usage and the rising reliance on food donations across the UK
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Comment & OpinionFundamentals of category management, 5: Invest in quality thinking
Fmcg is fully of sound and fury, but the constant buzz can stand in the way of long-term, strategic thinking. In the fifth of his series on category management, Insight Traction’s Jeremy Garlick explains how to make time and space for quality thinking
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Comment & OpinionPlastic: the industry must come together to find solutions
It’s brilliant news that nearly 50 of the UK’s biggest grocery players have signed up to the Plastic Pact
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Comment & OpinionOur petition has passed 10,000 signatures – let’s keep food waste on the agenda
Let’s not stop there. Quite rightly the plastic plague on our oceans has now shot up the political agenda, but food waste remains an issue in urgent need of attention, too
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Comment & OpinionBe rigorous with revenue growth management principles
While no one can argue with the basic premise of category management, the movement still floundered
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Comment & OpinionBritain's Fat Fight: Hugh F-W kicks off his obesity campaign
Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall got off to a sensationalist start
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Comment & OpinionPractical essentials to help businesses manage performance
Too frequently managers avoid what they see as difficult conversations about performance
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Comment & OpinionJoin up thinking to get results on gender diversity
The gender pay gap has opened an interesting can of worms in wholesale
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Comment & OpinionDeals aren't the problem; Nectar could be clearer
There must surely be some caution on a blanket ban