Comment & opinion – Page 266
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Comment & OpinionChinese supermarket designs pink parking spaces for ladies
Is there anything more annoying than when solo drivers park in the parent-and-child spaces at the supermarket?
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Comment & OpinionProngles looks to hog global snacks market
Prongles now has an official website – and it’s a master-satire of aggressive 1990s-style marketing
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Comment & OpinionCadbury moppet pulls at the heartstrings
Christmas is over but Cadbury is upholding the festive tactic of tugging at the heartstrings
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Comment & OpinionWrap needs government support to achieve anything on waste or plastic
Wrap could, and can, do more for the environment, but first it has to fight for its own survival
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Comment & OpinionNever mind Robomart and Bodega - think local to grasp the future
Silicon Valley has a way of making a headline. Amazon grabbed consumer attention with drone delivery and no-checkout store
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Comment & OpinionSeismic fmcg portfolio shifts loom in 2018
The speed of change in fmcg is forcing companies to try to ascertain where they will still have competitive advantages…
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Comment & OpinionIt's time for Britain to get serious about plant-based innovation
The odd falafel wrap won’t do anymore. It’s time for suppliers and retailers to up their game, says Tesco’s Derek Sarno
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Comment & OpinionResolving our food differences with the US could be nearly as tricky as Brexit
As the chlorinated chicken row rumbles on, resolving differences with our friends across the pond could become as challenging as the Brexit negotiations
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Comment & OpinionWhy isn't food part of Theresa May's reduced-waste future?
Food is nowhere to be seen in Mrs May’s vision of a less wasteful future
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Comment & OpinionWe forget the lessons of Horsegate at our peril
It has become the reference point for anyone concerned about the integrity of our food supply chains and the integrity of the food business more broadly, so what’s changed?
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Comment & OpinionDoes Marks & Spencer need a Plan B?
The tale of the cauliflower steak is another reason for suggesting it does
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Comment & OpinionHow can we bring more young people into entry-level roles?
Last month, I highlighted the fact that many sixth form students have little idea what they want to do career-wise
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Comment & OpinionRotten: glossy Netflix series raises uncomfortable questions
The US series opens by looking at the US honey industry, beset by dying or absent bees and adulterated imports from China
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s conversion to the cause means DRS now has credibility
Whether it is the government, or Tesco, that gets there first, some form of DRS is on its way. What else may follow in the war on plastic in the next 25 years, who can say?
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Comment & OpinionVoice is loud at CES, but be wary
Hey Google’ proclaim posters across the Las Vegas monorail and convention centre as the Consumer Electronics Show opens…
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Comment & OpinionResurgent Tesco is Christmas victor
On the surface, 2017 was a good Christmas for food retail. Nielsen data shows this was the best for at least six years
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Comment & OpinionKevin Hawkins is less optimistic about 2018
Anticipated fall in consumer spending and confidence means a bleaker outlook than the ‘movers and shakers’ predicted…
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Comment & OpinionYes, food price inflation should ease – but we can’t afford to get complacent
It’s been a bruising 18 months for consumers since the Brexit vote sent sterling crashing
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Comment & OpinionMore Change4Life junk
Could there can be a sadder case of terminally atrophied eating advice than Change4Life’s children’s snacks campaign?
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Comment & OpinionCan Dave Lewis really get suppliers to cut the price of healthier food?
Lewis accused suppliers in some cases of failing to do enough to tackle obesity by keeping their prices artificially high