Comment & opinion – Page 72
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Comment & OpinionHeineken celebrates 150 years of wrongness
Heineken is 150! And it has seemingly only just noticed that its name is tricky to spell
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Comment & OpinionDish: insufferable bantz continues to blight Waitrose’s podcast
The first episode of Dish was hard to enjoy. What’s it like now?
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Comment & OpinionUK retail sector is one of the most competitive and innovative in the world
Customers have the final say by voting with their feet, says The Grocer’s guest editor Kris Comerford
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Comment & OpinionWant to maximise your time? Learn to be less helpful
It might sound selfish, but it’s a vital time management hack
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Comment & OpinionBritain’s meat supply chains remain vulnerable to antibiotic failure
Back in 2015, we were waking up to a world facing an impending ’antibiotic apocalypse’ due to the overuse of critical antibiotics in animals and people. Have we come far enough?
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Comment & OpinionIn an ever-changing fmcg world, staying still can be the best strategy
Constant ‘pivots’ won’t benefit your brand as much as holding steady in turbulent times, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionAs an ex-Defra minister, I know UPFs are only one factor in obesity
The argument is far more complex than campaign groups may have you believe, says George Eustice, MP and former Defra minister
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Comment & OpinionNutritious, less processed options can reinvigorate the meat-free market
Brands that offer genuinely natural, nutritious meat-free options have the advantage, says Elin Roberts, co-founder and CMO at Better Nature Tempeh
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Comment & OpinionHow rising costs are forcing brewers to make tough decisions
The critics have moved onto ‘drinkflation’ and of course, beer brewers are the demons for not passing their abv reduction tax savings onto the consumer
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Comment & OpinionAre Coca-Cola’s alcohol acquisitions a brand stretch too far?
Coca-Cola HBC’s acquisition of Finlandia is a further sign of Coca-Cola’s long-term goal to be a ‘total beverage company’
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Comment & OpinionForcing green targets on farmers could devastate our food system
Any policy that destabilises our food production infrastructure imperils our food security, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & OpinionWhat next for the obesity strategy now Sunak's bogof ban's in the gutter?
It’s fortunate for Rishi Sunak that the government can’t be held to account for deliberately misleading MPs – and the public – about its obesity strategy
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Comment & OpinionWhat is the Adjudicator doing about all those supplier complaints?
As retailer relations sour with suppliers what is the GCA doing about all their complaints?
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Comment & OpinionRekorderlig does cider differently with ‘Refreshingly Swedish’ ad
Summer is here, bringing with it the usual cluster of cider ads
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Comment & OpinionCawston Press leans into comedy cult status thanks to James Acaster
Cawston’s comedy and cocktails evening was an entertaining night for a good cause
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Comment & OpinionIndustry can’t hide from the truth about artificial sweeteners
It’s official: artificial sweeteners are bad for us, says Alex Wright, CEO & co-founder of Dash Water
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Comment & OpinionIn graphs: Aldi and Tesco's freefall down the Groceries Code table
From the ‘worst score ever’ for Amazon to the demise of the GCA’s golden child, the survey begs several questions. Here are some of the key ones
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Comment & OpinionThe DRS debacle is a wake-up call: industry, not government, must lead the way
Industry has been warning for years the scheme was rushed and likely to be immensely costly, says Ewan MacDonald-Russell, deputy head of the Scottish Retail Consortium
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Comment & OpinionFood price caps should be resisted by ministers at all costs
The lessons of failed market interventions in the 1960s and 1970s are clear, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionHow UPFs can become a relic of the past in a world that craves affordable convenience
Increasing evidence points to the harmful effects of the chemicals, additives and industrialised processes used in UPFs, says Jonathan Petrides, CEO and co-founder of Allplants