Comment & opinion – Page 6
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Comment & OpinionWe must stop treating trade and public health as separate agendas
Approaches that link trade, sustainability, and health can create better outcomes, says economist Sahana Suraj
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Comment & OpinionCarling Black Label: Can posh new lager help revive ailing beer brand?
Carling Black Label has gone posh, as the brand looks to make up ground lost to continental rivals
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers must address the high cost of low morale
Evidence shows engagement thrives when staff feel valued, supported and able to contribute
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Comment & OpinionBrewDog fire sale: how did it come to this?
Scottish beer business BrewDog has been put up for sale and could be split up following five years of consecutive losses
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: EPR, sustainability and AI voice assistants
At present, it is difficult to conclude that the business impact of EPR has been properly understood by Defra or PackUK
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s Picks: EPR, Co-op chaos and Valentine’s Day
They say breaking up is hard to do, and it seems that love is in the air over at Kraft Heinz as well, as the fmcg giant made the decision to call off its break-up in a pre-Valentine’s Day update.
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Comment & OpinionCo-op crisis about governance as much as strategy or execution
Hopes the situation would calm down, as issues with the plan were ironed out, do not seem to have materialised
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Comment & OpinionTony’s Chocolonely wrestler helps it balance ethics and taste messaging
The brand wisely balances ethics and taste in its TV debut
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Comment & OpinionTrusted Advertising: treatise explores marketing’s future
Matt Bourn and James Best explore how brands should adapt to the age of the influencer and, even more topically, how they should be using artificial intelligence
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Comment & OpinionConflict at work: how to manage it and prevent the blowfish
One blowfish per conversation is bad enough, two is a disaster, says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter
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Comment & OpinionEvery retailer should care about protein diversification
Protein diversification is not a niche sustainability metric; it is quickly becoming a core indicator of retail climate credibility and strategic leadership, says Joanna Trewern, director of partnerships at ProVeg International
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Comment & OpinionIs UHT finally shrugging off its ‘poor man’s milk’ image?
UK consumers are waking up to the host of benefits UHT offers and realising it doesn’t have to mean a compromise on taste, says Niko Vuorenmaa, CEO at Oddlygood Group
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Comment & OpinionApprenticeships are essential to retail and social mobility
We believe defunding leadership apprenticeships would be a clear step backwards, says James Goodman, chief people officer at Asda
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Comment & OpinionFantasy food hook-ups: grocery’s ultimate Valentine’s Day duos
Strap yourself in for The Grocer’s ultimate fantasy food collaborations – the kind that could be genius, could be awful, but would definitely get people talking
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Comment & OpinionOur pension funds own businesses. We can be their stewards
Ownership isn’t just about profit – it’s about stewardship, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionFrom sweet to savoury: the modern breakfast transformation
Shoppers are shifting away from sweet offerings toward savoury breakfasts with functional benefits such as energy, gut health and immunity support, says Ayisha Koyenikan, principal strategist at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionVeganuary used to feel unstoppable. What happened?
Veganuary is quieter because the category has matured, says Toni Ehrnreich of Bol Foods. Plant-based is now part of everyday life
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Comment & OpinionLessons from a startup founder: navigating an unpredictable world
No one warns you that entire continents can shut down or that global politics might suddenly sit in your supply chain, says Joe Woolf, founder of Tasty Mates and head of retail at HomeCooks
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Comment & OpinionDisasters don’t come much bigger than PackUK’s £1.4bn surprise
Anger has reached new levels since PackUK’s shock admission that a major shortfall in money raised for year-end invoices may force it to reissue bills
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Comment & OpinionTikTok’s ‘Japanese cheesecake’ trend is a missed opportunity
‘Japanese cheesecake’ has been a smash on TikTok – but you wouldn’t know it from the response of most brands and retailers