Comment & opinion – Page 12
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Comment & OpinionFor the future of petfood, look to Gen Alpha’s eating habits
Emerging health trends will be pivotal for the petfood industry, says Kate Vlietstra, Mintel senior food and drink research director
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Comment & OpinionRed tape and bureaucracy: do we need PackUK to run the EPR?
Questions are being raised over the future of PackUK, the new quango set up to run EPR. With a £150k year CEO and separate bureaucracy, could this be run by the industry instead?
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Comment & OpinionFarming disinformation is rife with idyllic imagery on packs
‘Humane-washing’ uses deceptive labels and imagery to sell animal-derived products, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionCould reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the next 10 years?
Will reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the UK? Dr Paul Davidson, director of UKRI’s Smart Plastic Packaging Challenge, believes the reuse revolution is closer than we might think
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Comment & OpinionWhat does Lidl’s TikTok Shop mean for the future of grocery?
Does Lidl’s TikTok Shop mean consumers will be placing orders for their entire weekly supermarket shops on social media?
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Comment & OpinionWhy Unilever’s CEO is betting big on social media marketing
In a fireside chat, Fernando Fernandez indicated his intention to move to a ‘social first’ marketing strategy, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment & OpinionWithout dietary change, net zero is impossible
Dietary shifts are a crucial, but challenging, part of the UK’s decarbonisation pathway, say Ali Morpeth & Mike Barry, co-founders of Planetary Alliance
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Comment & OpinionWhat Yeo Valley buying The Collective means for UK yoghurt
Yoghurt giant Yeo Valley bought rival brand The Collective in a surprise move last week – but why did it happen in the first place?
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Comment & OpinionOut-of-home chains can’t afford to ignore health mandate
Chains such as McDonald’s, KFC, Domino’s and Burger King are rapidly expanding into almost every corner of the world, says Georgie Cowell, senior research officer at ShareAction
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Comment & OpinionLabour must double down and make reusable packaging mainstream
Labour promised a zero-waste economy - reuse and refill is a sure-fire way of cutting plastic pollution at source, says City to Sea CEO Jane Martin
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Comment & OpinionOld Spice buccaneer outwits stinky pirates
The golden age of piracy has provided fodder for many films and TV shows. But most ignore an unpalatable truth: pirates stunk
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Comment & OpinionDefra’s abrupt termination of the SFI is reprehensible
For farmers not to receive payment after opting under the terms of SFI to reduce productivity or forego income is morally repugnant
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Comment & OpinionChris Spargo: YouTube documentarian solves mundane mysteries
YouTuber Chris Spargo discovers why UK crisp packets changed their colourways – swapping salt & vinegar’s blue for green, and vice versa for cheese & onion
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Comment & OpinionMy Dragons’ Den experience: was it worth it?
We went into full project management mode a few months before filming: overhauling our website, refining messaging, and preparing for every scenario, says Laura Harnett, Seep founder
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Comment & OpinionAre M&S’s one-ingredient corn flakes really any healthier?
M&S took simplification of food to the next level earlier this week, with its one-ingredient corn flakes – but are consumers missing out?
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Comment & OpinionWill Plenish’s ‘immunity’ ad trigger a health marketing clampdown?
The ASA says it can only act on an ad if a complaint is made, but there are compelling reasons for a proactive investigation into health marketing claims
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Comment & OpinionIceland’s push to dominate retail media will be a challenge
The success of Iceland’s ambitious retail media rollout will depend on its ‘long tail strategy’ and how well it can monetise its retail media data
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Comment & OpinionAmazon ruins GSCOP’s reputation. Why is the GCA allowing it?
Amazon entered the GCA’s jurisdiction as a serial code offender and has been allowed to get worse, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionBeware the perils of jumping on the UPF bandwagon
It is worrying how many food industry players are attempting to grab the UPF tiger by the tail, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionHas Pepsi jumped the retail media shark with its Morrisons tunnel experience?
Retail media is becoming ever harder, if not impossible, for shoppers to avoid, says The Grocer’s technology editor George Nott