Comment & opinion – Page 77
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Comment & OpinionIs the CMA’s 94-page profiteering report just smoke and mirrors?
The authority has found the vast majority of businesses have seen profit margins squeezed rather than inflated
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Comment & OpinionWorking with Ireland is the best way for UK exports to thrive
For food and drink the Republic of Ireland is our most important interlocutor, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionCould down under about-turn on tobacco happen here?
New Zealand’s ‘eccentric idea’ and ‘unworkable pipe dream’ was always ‘doomed to failure’, claims thinktank
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Comment & OpinionThe surprising truth about Halloween 2023 and HFSS
The impressive performance of sweets was driven by efficient promotions, says Alex Lawrence, senior strategic insight director at Circana
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Comment & OpinionPost-Brexit policies massively disadvantage UK cheese exporters
We were told Brexit would support British business but the current plans give importers a massive competitive advantage, says Bill Mathieson, Long Clawson MD
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Comment & OpinionWhy we need a universal refill scheme to tackle plastic
Our single-use society, enabled by plastic, is inherently destructive, says Siân Sutherland, co-founder, A Plastic Planet & PlasticFree
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Comment & OpinionOffloading Milk & More to Freshways is a game-changing move
Freshways has made a bold move with its Milk & More acquisition, but why now and why this business?
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Comment & OpinionThe surprising link between beer, climate change, and future farming
How beer and associated farming affects the environment requires attention from the growing and brewing industries, argues Diageo head of sustainable procurement Andy Griffiths
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Comment & OpinionFood apocalypse? How climate events will drive food price hikes
The climate crisis’s impact on global food production has hit dozens of fmcg categories throughout the year. It’s getting worse
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Comment & OpinionWe can’t all be grocery leaders, but ‘first followers’ are just as crucial
Those companies who make the second move, who follow the lead of the first, are vastly underrated, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionQuality Street’s John Barnes wrapping ad is a game-changer for advertising
Retailers and suppliers have gone in several new directions this year, with ‘sadvertising’ notably absent while humour and quirkiness has been dialled up
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s Christmas ad provides bizarre body horror
A dad becomes part Christmas tree, like a Jack-in-the-Green, while his wife turns into a snow-mum
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Comment & OpinionThe Great Climate Fight: formidable Channel 4 stars thunder over ‘gaslighting’ government
Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas, Kevin McCloud and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pulled no punches in The Great Climate Fight
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Comment & OpinionWill Cadbury’s new Creme Egg chocolate bar be successful?
Cadbury unveiled its latest Creme Egg spin-off last week, however, this isn’t the UK’s first Creme Egg chocolate bar
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Comment & OpinionAlcohol duty freeze is too little too late for British booze
The government’s autumn budget is no blessing for UK spirits producers or even retailers, argues Mangrove Global co-founder and MD Nick Gillett
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Comment & OpinionCGF food waste report shows why transparency is critical
The disclosure of these food waste figures marks an important commitment to transparency and accountability, says Sharon Bligh, The Consumer Goods Forum’s director of sustainability and health
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Comment & OpinionHow the autumn statement will impact retail and fmcg
A ‘final nail in the coffin for the high street’ was the grim description from a leading property consultancy of today’s autumn statement
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Comment & OpinionGlobal Food Security Summit neglects the role of trade rules
The UK-hosted summit rarely touched on the role of trade rules, says Hannah Conway, policy adviser trade & agriculture at Transform Trade
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Comment & OpinionCOP28: We must change our diets to save the planet
Shifting diets needs to be front and centre of commitments, says Ali Morpeth, registered public health nutritionist
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Comment & OpinionBabybel breaks the mould with bold move set to thrill generation TikTok
It is the biggest cheese category launch of the week – possibly even the year – and that’s not speaking figuratively