Comment & opinion – Page 266
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Comment & OpinionFeedlots raise the wider question about imports
The debate surrounding feedlots and recently published pictures of flooded corrals has raised an interesting discussion
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Comment & OpinionMisguided beliefs must be challenged to reach gender equality
Having read some remarks made by CEOs and powerful business figures in recent weeks, I felt compelled to write a response
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Comment & OpinionWhat the Carrefour deal tells us about Google's grocery ambitions
Unlike Amazon, Google’s play in the grocery scene is one of digital-enablement partner, not distribution supplier or direct competitor, argues Gracie Page of Y&R
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Comment & OpinionWetherspoon’s ditching of champagne and other EU booze is canny
Tim Martin’s move has all the subtlety of an axe to the face, but it could also be a very savvy decision for his business, says senior drinks reporter Daniel Woolfson
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Comment & OpinionLucozade Zero is the Love Island hero
Lucozade Zero is getting in on the hot and steamy action
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Comment & OpinionFlurry of deals in petfood reflects category gentrification
Deals like Mars’ acquisition of AniCura show the gentrification of the petcare category has truly begun in earnest, says food & drink editor Daniel Selwood
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Comment & OpinionTenderstem broccoli inspires seven-inch song of praise
The lure of the advertising dollar puts pressure on musicians
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Comment & OpinionSalad sorrow for emoji eggs
If an emoji exists for the product you make, it’s basically free advertising to millennials
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Comment & OpinionPig out on Morrisons' monster in-store café meals
Morrisons is pumping up the portions at its in-store cafés
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Comment & OpinionWhat the new Premier League deal means for Amazon’s grocery ambitions
Amazon’s football deal will help it achieve its goal of becoming the ‘everything store’, says Guy Elliott of Publicis.Sapient
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Comment & OpinionColin Graves: ‘legend’ will be vital in steering Co-op through an uncertain future
It was always inevitable the Costcutter founder would be back, says news editor Ronan Hegarty
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Comment & OpinionOcado's fulfilment vision points way to a faster future
After a thought-provoking visit to Ocado’s fulfilment centre in Andover, Google’s industry head for grocery retail, Harry Walker, is convinced all retailers need a clear vision for the development of fulfilment services
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Comment & OpinionA secure, sustainable global food system is increasingly urgent
The recent Global Food Integrity summit has convinced Professor Chris Elliott the current way we produce and distribute food needs to be re-thought
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Comment & OpinionThe 'Ultra Urban' convenience concept is changing retail
Innovative new retail concepts like Ancoats General Store and Clayton Park Deli are using food to go to appeal to a young, ultra urban crowd, says Steve Parfett
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Comment & OpinionCredit to Kraft Heinz for whipping up a Salad Cream storm
Apparently millennials don’t know what Salad Cream is for
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Comment & OpinionCould a unified company vision save WH Smith from the high street scrapheap?
The retailer needs to align the whole organisation with one consistent vision, tell one story and speak with one voice, argues Chris West of Verbal Identity
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Comment & OpinionPM must take decisive action on HFSS products
While we welcome PHE’s first assessment of progress on the government’s sugar reduction programme, much more must be done…
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Comment & OpinionInside Cadbury: an unsatisfying look under the purple wrapper
Those looking for investigative journalists to lift the lid on secrets lurking in vats of Dairy Milk would have been disappointed with Inside Cadbury
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Comment & OpinionWhat's going to change the dynamics in UK online grocery?
The IGD’s bullish 48% UK online sales growth prediction was unexpected, says The Grocer’s editor Adam Leyland
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Comment & OpinionMeat, fish and dairy companies must invest in innovation - or risk being disrupted
A new index for investors finds meat, fish and dairy companies are not doing enough to respond to disruption from alternative proteins. FAIRR’s Aarti Ramachandran explains why.