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Comment & OpinionThe best of NPD from Natural Products Expo West
Claire Nuttall reviews the best innnovation from this year’s expo, including plant milks - and skinless popcorn
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Comment & OpinionUK food & drink is staring down the barrel of Brexit
Article 50 will be triggered next Wednesday. Time to get serious about negotiating the right deal for UK food & drink
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Comment & OpinionTime for a new approach to recruiting young grocery talent
An Vermeulen of CCEP explains why her company increasingly uses apprenticeships to recruit new starters
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Comment & OpinionAn innovation drought is about to hit fmcg
Brand manufacturers are finding it harder to square retailer and consumer needs
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Comment & OpinionLabour shortages post Brexit challenge self-sufficiency notion
Uncertainty about labour supply throws into serious doubt the idea we can become more self-sufficient in the wake of Brexit
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Comment & OpinionWaste must be cut out at every stage of food production
Increased control of production methods can help to minimise waste
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Comment & OpinionA call to action on childhood obesity strategies
We believe it is time to start exploring a wider range of potential measures to reduce obesity, including regulation
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Comment & OpinionAdvice on culture: Have you 'married' the wrong company?
A career change can bring unexpected consequences, warns executive coach Jennifer Baker
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Analysis & FeaturesLabour shortage fears need to be taken seriously
Labour shortages in the agricultural industry are a very real threat to the food industry already, warned Alison Capper
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Comment & OpinionTricks of the coffee trade
The turnover of branded coffee chains in the UK has grown by over 500% in the last 15 years. How have they done it?
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Comment & OpinionThe Best of British Takeaways: tasty history of fish & chips
“Fast food doesn’t have to mean bad food,” said Tom Kerridge on The Best of British Takeaways
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Comment & OpinionFairtrade shocks shoppers with Farley & Bell entrapment
‘Don’t feed exploitation’ reads the stern strapline at the end of the Fairtrade Foundation’s ad
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Comment & OpinionFood bank wins following libel ruling
Professional troll Katie Hopkins was last week ordered to pay £24,000 to food blogger Jack Monroe
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Comment & OpinionPat mulls the nature of democracy and expertise
I have to be a little careful about what I say, seeing as how my little emporium is situated just a stone’s throw from the Mother of Parliaments
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Comment & OpinionLessons in experiential retail from around the globe - video
Rich Ford of Sherlock Studio picks four examples of experiential retail done well
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Comment & OpinionBreathe new life into bricks & mortar stores
Bricks & mortar retailing is dead. Or that’s what we read. But in the food sector, that’s far from the truth.
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Comment & OpinionPushing Britain’s buttons: online grocery goes patriotic
A ‘buy British’ button would be fantastic news for British producers. It’s not that far-fetched, either
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Analysis & FeaturesTips for winning business from The Grocer’s Own Label Conference
Expert speakers spill the beans on how to turn own labels into winning brands
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Analysis & FeaturesA letter to Tesco’s ‘endangered white male’ chairman John Allan
John Allan’s recent comments were intended to be humorous, but as the Tesco chair found to his cost, no one was really laughing and some even called for a boycott of the supermarket
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Comment & OpinionThe Top 50 is a fantastic advertisement for entrepreneurship
How can Iceland not be independent, with Malcolm Walker at the wheel?