Comment & opinion – Page 6
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Comment & OpinionCarlsberg eyes perfection with ice cream campaign
The brand has brought back its famous ‘If Carlsberg did…’ slogan for a late summer push
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Comment & OpinionFood security is everyone’s business
The UK must turn its shared ambition around food and food security into action and build a food system fit for the future, says Stephen Morgan, minister for farming and food security
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Comment & OpinionBig Chicken: Mo Gilligan documentary checks out fast food ‘conspiracy’
The fried chicken loving comedian’s ‘experiment’ is largely pointless, but his deep dive into its production throws up some surprises
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Comment & OpinionHow drought and global conflict could drive UK food inflation this winter
The Chancellor’s real challenge isn’t price gouging, it’s drought, food security and inflation, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Comment & OpinionBrazil’s beef ban: the NFU picked a good fight but does it have a good case?
The NFU has timed its call for a Brazilian meat ban to coincide with the country’s biggest trade fair. But look past the politics and the case is weaker than it appears
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Comment & OpinionThe Turmeric Co ASA ruling illustrates the tightrope health brands must walk
The ruling feels harsh, but reflects strict marketing rules governing the advertising of food supplements
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Comment & OpinionLidl’s scan & shop system works perfectly… I can’t believe it!
This is a discounter, with tighter margins to protect than Tesco, Sainsbury’s or Waitrose – and that’s what makes the experience so incongruous
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Comment & OpinionFrom social media to sports stars: why Brits can’t get enough of pickles
Whether it’s relieving muscle cramps or aiding digestion, health claims – and celebs from Dua Lipa to Kieran Trippier – are helping prolong the pickle boom
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Comment & OpinionBeefeater’s Jamiroquai collab sees Jay Kay reach for a gin
It’s not only a coup for Beefeater to recreate the vid with Jay Kay in situ, it’s quite the technical challenge
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Comment & OpinionHotel Chocolat Unwrapped: the latest low-stakes outing
The episode plodded some low-stakes subjects, like a rain-soaked recent outing of the brand’s Chocmobile
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s Picks: Sainsbury’s split from Argos, Asda growth and food security
No one was expecting this morning’s surprise announcement when we reported that Sainsbury’s has agreed to sell Argos
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Comment & OpinionIs food finally going to be treated as a national priority?
The question is not whether the UK’s food system is vulnerable to these changes, it is whether our government is serious about protecting it
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Comment & OpinionWhy negotiations get escalated, and how to solve those problems
Making Business Matter’s Darren A Smith has spent 35 years negotiating and training on negotiations using the PEPSI system. Here are four reasons why negotiations get escalated
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Comment & OpinionPackaging is the media budget brands forgot they had
With an under-16s ad ban starting to take shape, the desire brands used to buy on a social media feed now has to be earned on shelf, says Equator’s Howard Wright
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Comment & OpinionThis summer’s heatwaves should be a wake-up call for fmcg
As cost pressures push sustainability down the agenda, Essity’s Nicola Conway argues that climate resilience is a business imperative, not a nice to have
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Comment & OpinionWhy the energy drinks ban is the wake-up call the category needs
Legislation is forcing energy drinks to grow up. Good news, says Nicholas Horowitz, co-founder at Founders Makers
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Comment & OpinionTampons to trail bars: women’s health is getting creative
Cramps, headaches, feelings of indiscrimate rage – when period symptoms strike, most people are likely to reach for ibuprofen. But now there’s a new option
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Comment & OpinionPrivilege should be acknowledged. Hiding it helps no one
The column I write for this magazine is a form of privilege. That’s a microphone not everyone is handed, and I’m grateful for it. But I’ve often avoided writing about my own privilege, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionChanel No.5 turned scent into shorthand for desirability. Can food & drink do the same?
Perfumes from Jo Malone and Korean fragrance brand Borntostandout show food & drink can play more in the scents space, says Alex Beckett of Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionIs the government going soft in its war on plastic?
It’s been yet another turbulent period for Defra and the industry’s war on plastic