Comment & opinion – Page 9
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Comment & OpinionWe must look past the CV to see the potential in people
Retailers need to look past employment gaps and CVs to give long-term unemployed people a chance, says Stephanie Rogers, chief people officer at Lidl GB
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Comment & OpinionThe bowl of cereal that broke the nutritional algorithm
A 20-year-old agorithm is about to reclassify Bran Flakes as junk food – it’s time to fix it, says Adam Aljewicz, director at WeAreSPQR
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Comment & Opinion‘Non-alcoholic’ is the wrong way to sell one of drink’s biggest growth categories
Non-alcoholic sells the category short – it’s time to retire the term, says Steve Pearce, managing director at Love
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda chose Amazon to ‘transform’ its retail media game
Asda’s chief customer and digital officer tells The Grocer why the supermarket is partnering with Amazon to overhaul its retail media offer
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Comment & OpinionChasing food self-sufficiency is the wrong goal
The UK hasn’t been self-sufficient in food for almost 250 years and with all the benefits global trade brings, it doesn’t need to be, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionAs the heat rises, so does the risk to Britain's food supply
The UK’s definition of food security must catch up with the climate and health risks reshaping the food system, says Ali Morpeth, co-founder at the Planeatry Alliance
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Comment & OpinionFacial recognition needs human judgement
Retailers rushing to deploy facial recognition must understand that the technology is only as defensible as the decisions surrounding it, says Lauren Wills-Dixon, partner and head of privacy and data protection at Gordons
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Comment & OpinionAldi’s £50 giveaway won’t help sales, but it shows what’s going wrong
Without a loyalty scheme, Aldi lacks a way to connect with customers directly
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Comment & OpinionBest in class: what sets the best fmcg suppliers apart?
Companies including Warburtons, Heineken and Unilever Homecare have topped the highly respected Advantage Buyer Survey
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Comment & OpinionWhy has the government still not delivered its energy drinks ban?
Why have minsters failed to deliver on a promise made two years ago, asks Bite Back campaigner Alice
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Comment & OpinionThe Broken Plate isn’t a consumer problem – it’s a category strategy problem
Affordable healthy food isn’t a shopper failure – it’s a failure of pricing, promotion and ranging, says Vic Harper, CEO at The Bread and Butter Thing
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Comment & OpinionWhat will Starmer’s resignation mean for food, farming and retail?
Starmer’s pre-election promise that he would listen to business concerns and ensure ‘food security is national security’ came to very little when the already struggling food sector needed real help
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Comment & OpinionAdvantage Survey shows supplier shortfalls but retail misses too
There will doubtless be great interest in the list of category and competency winners, but it’s the assessment of supplier capabilities in the broader sense that is of most value
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Comment & OpinionWhy being data-driven can be dangerous
Being data-driven only helps if the data – and the analysis behind it – is actually good, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionWhat does olive oil’s packaging say about the brand selling it?
The squeeze bottle has transformed the olive oil aisle but for brands serious about quality, the science should give them pause for thought, says Sarah Vachon, founder of Citizens of Soil
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Diageo exodus, NPM standoff & sushi surge
Amid the World Cup, a social media ban for the under-16s and Andy Burnham winning the Makerfield by-election, it’s been a busy week in grocery
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Comment & Opinion‘Martini Man’ Jonathan Bailey mixes levity and sophistication
Martini’s new short film is glamorous and exotic – but Jonathan Bailey’s charming performance adds some laughs, too
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Comment & OpinionIMRG Takes On… fun podcast examines potential of World Cup damp squib
Andy Mulcahy and Tom Jacobs of UK e-commerce association IMRG manage to unearth some World Cup opportunities
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Comment & OpinionInside Rubies in the Rubble’s hot new sauces launch
After 12 years of building Rubies in the Rubble and many product launches along the way, CEO and founder Jenny Costa has learned successful innovation comes down to two essentials
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Comment & OpinionIf shrinkflation is such a great deal, why is Cadbury hiding it?
Speaking on the BBC’s Big Boss Interview podcast this week, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put defended Cadbury’s shrinkflation strategy