Comment & opinion – Page 353
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Comment & OpinionBrands should tap commercial power of making people happy
If brands made people feel happy about their potential purchase, it could stimulate that ‘must have it now’ feeling
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Comment & OpinionIf you can keep your motivation, you'll find work rewarding
Much research has been undertaken into how to motivate people at work
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Comment & OpinionThis Farming Life: no easy days, but farmers stick with it
We’ve all thought about swapping the eight hours a day staring at a computer screen for the outdoor life
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Comment & OpinionLessons from Brazil's crusade against processed food
I’m not recommending another bikini body diet, but the latest Brazilian Ministry of Health’s dietary guidelines
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Comment & OpinionKraft did something smart with reformulation - did you notice?
There’s nothing quite like a recipe change to upset some people
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Comment & OpinionMy Week… by Sir Peter Kendall (as told to Bill Tush)
When I retired from the NFU I made the solemn promise that I would take it easy and never take on any useful work again
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Comment & OpinionPigeon problems for Italian chef
Even in the animal-loving UK, you’d struggle to attract much opprobrium for eating pigeon
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Comment & Opinion'Whole Foods' Market oranges lack a-peel
Ironic that the retailer selling peeled oranges last week was… Whole Foods Market
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Comment & OpinionAlbert: a quail-ity find in a Dutch supermarket
Fortunately for Albert the quail, shopper Alwyn Wils was curious enough to stick 12 eggs into an incubator
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Comment & OpinionNational living wage will cost – but there will also be positives
It’s all too easy to crunch the numbers prior to 1 April and reel off figures that leave industry in despair
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Comment & OpinionPublic Health England’s patronising One You campaign is a switch-off
PHE’s new campaign is patronising, over-complicated and, sadly, likely to be forgotten in six months
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Comment & OpinionRecipe box schemes raise uncomfortable questions about packaging waste
There’s no getting away from the fact packaging is potentially a serious reputational challenge to this emerging new sector
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons is playing dangerously. But it has a lot to gain
Morrisons is playing a dangerous game. But if Amazon is successful it has a lot to gain at very little cost
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Comment & OpinionReproductive cake you probably won't want to eat
The treats – made for a charity bake sale – were inspired by reproduction
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Comment & OpinionMy Week… by David Potts (as told to Bill Tush)
We’ve smashed the German-led competition and delighted the City!
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Comment & OpinionWho's the Boss: novel employment experiment feels a bit flat
The only people unaware of what was going on were the three shortlisted applicants
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Comment & OpinionStand up for Fairtrade farmers but spare us the sympathy
“The Fairtrade mark ensures decent payment for hard work at least; and at best true empowerment”
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Comment & OpinionWine market can gain strength from low abvs and counterintuitive thinking
Every corner of the wine industry should be celebrating the success of the fruit and light wine segment
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Comment & OpinionVaping on prescription sets extraordinary precedent
The rise and development of the ‘vaping’ market is surely one that will be studied frequently at business schools
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Comment & OpinionDiscounter misconceptions that need clearing up
The food discount concept Aldi and Lidl espouse remains little understood by competitors and pundits