Comment & opinion – Page 145
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Comment & OpinionHow B Corps operate differently and drive positive change
In May last year we became a certified B Corporation. This felt a long time in the making as our purpose is to end food waste
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Comment & OpinionWhat else might Morrisons earn a ‘badge of honour’ for?
Morrisons is on a winning run. What will it (and its rivals) do next?
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Comment & OpinionThe government should listen to industry concerns over HFSS proposals
The timeframe for introduction is too short, but proper consultation could iron out these issues
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Comment & OpinionHow butchers have innovated and adapted to grow sales during the pandemic
Meat eaters are now prepared to spend more on better cuts – and they want to support local businesses
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Comment & OpinionAction on human rights should amount to more than compliance
Some of the most powerful impacts supermarkets can have are the least tangible, says Anna Triponel, founder of Triponel Consulting
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Comment & OpinionToday we should celebrate women in grocery – and acknowledge we have further to go
Grocery is full of innovative, brilliant women blazing trails in fmcg. But there remains a majority of men in senior roles and a pay gap between genders
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Comment & OpinionSupplier sales teams lack the expertise to thrive in an omnichannel world
Account managers need to learn how to drive comprehensive strategies that make them indispensable, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionHow women can challenge themselves this International Women’s Day
Mars Pet Nutrition UK general manager Helen Warren-Piper wants to encourage women to ‘back themselves at 60%’ to level the playing field
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Comment & OpinionThere’s a new digital divide in online grocery retail
There are two distinct and diverging camps now in the battle for the big weekly shop
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Comment & OpinionDina Asher-Smith has a ball with Müller
This more grown-up ad sees the sprinter frolicking around with a load of balls
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Comment & OpinionHow grocery can unite to take meaningful action on food waste
The Consumer Goods Forum has brought together 21 of the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers, says its director of sustainability Ignacio Gavilán
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Comment & OpinionPeople management: hear the music to support your team
Managing people is hard. They are all different, with different motivations, different wants, and different expectations
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Comment & OpinionIs Boris Johnson’s ‘incentives scheme’ to fight obesity worthwhile, or simply a gimmick?
The PM has turned to Sir Keith Mills to come up with a scheme which will incentivise healthy behaviours with the prospect of financial rewards
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Comment & OpinionWhy British sugar production is facing the greatest threat in its history
Source: Getty Sugar beet has gone from offering a sustainable return, to a crop that’s too risky to plant I believe the home-grown sugar industry is facing the greatest threat in its 100-year history, and that threat is complacency. Our industry has already had its fair share ...
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Comment & OpinionThe Budget is welcome for food and drink – but does it go far enough?
Sunak’s Budget contained few surprises but food and drink leaders have cautiously welcomed new measures of support
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Comment & OpinionWhen did UK retail lose the plot and run out of ideas?
Food retailing done well brings excitement and sparks discussion, says Ged Futter, director of The Retail Mind
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Comment & OpinionBurger King is setting a good example on plastic reduction and food waste
BK has signed up to Wrap’s waste reduction roadmap, and pledged to remove all single-use plastic by 2025
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Comment & OpinionLet’s hope lockdown scratch cooking does away with the UK’s ultra-processed diet
Consumers have had more time to cook over the past year – and now there should be no going back, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & OpinionTrue insight is about understanding customers, not data
Companies know the importance of shopper insight but boil it all down to sales metrics, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionRetailers must address their own food waste before preaching to the public
Food Waste Action Week begins today – but retailers, suppliers and the hospitality sector have a long way to go