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Comment & OpinionWhat’s causing the decline in customer service in our supermarkets? And should we be concerned?
The pandemic will rightly be remembered as the industry’s finest hour
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Our unhealthy, unsustainable food system needs intervention. Where is government?
Surely even the most die-hard free marketeers can’t believe we’ll tackle carbon emissions or childhood obesity without government intervention, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Is Mindful Chef’s move to offer dieting advice savvy or folly?
Mindful Chef’s customers are a demographic that can weather rising costs and inflation better than most
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National Food Strategy: government has failed us with its lack of commitment on health
This week’s government response echoes only a few of the proposals made by Henry Dimbleby, says Anna Taylor, executive director of The Food Foundation
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Don’t ignore TikTok: it’s time retailers engaged in short-form shoppable videos
Retailers have yet to integrate shoppable short-form video content into their e-commerce or in-store media estates, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Mandatory animal welfare labelling is a win for British farmers and consumers
My hope is that government continues to find ways to champion British farming at the heart of our food system, says James Bailey, executive director at Waitrose
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Clock is ticking for Ocado after another investor show of faith
Ocado has assured investors this will be the last time it seeks cash before turning profitable
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Mondelez’s Clif Bar move shows UK confectioners are taking nutrition seriously
As HFSS clampdowns loom, Mars and Ferrero have also made moves into healthy snacking
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A Northern Ireland ‘green lane’ isn’t perfect. But the current fudge is unsustainable
Right now we have a half-implemented Protocol that discriminates against small businesses and causes uncertainty and disruption, says Shane Brennan, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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Can new M&S Food MD Alex Freudmann fill Stuart Machin’s shoes?
Who exactly is the man entrusted with the task of taking the retailer’s strongest-performing category for years to the next level?
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Why is it grocers ‘match’ their prices to Aldi as opposed to Lidl?
In thought, word and deed, Tesco is passing itself off as a discounter. Or not
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No melting for Häagen-Dazs’ expressive sculptress
Summer’s here, and Häagen-Dazs is celebrating with an ice cream sculpture
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How retailers can reimagine the scarcity model for UK consumers
Scarcity will always pose an issue to retailers, grocers and fmcg brands, but businesses can turn a problem into an advantage, says Katie Thomas, lead of the Kearney Consumer Institute
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How we are working towards becoming a carbon neutral business
You can measure your footprint with differing degrees of accountability
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GSCOP compliance has plummeted. Retailers must change their priorities
The dichotomy we see between supplier cost increases and retailer price drops is not sustainable, says Ged Futter, director at The Retail Mind
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Why Philip Morris really does want to kill the cigarette (and not humans)
PMI reckons it has ‘made the biggest step to improve public health globally’
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GSCOP survey highlights inflationary pressures, not lack of co-operation
At first glance, this year’s survey appears to highlight a decline in co-operation – but it’s not that at all, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Food and pharma are jockeying to be on the right side of consumer health consolidation
Major consolidation is likely to take place as the giants bid for dominance, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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The Grocer Cup winner Jonathan Warburton: baking’s brilliant Bolton Wanderer
The recipient of this year’s Grocer Cup, Jonathan Warburton, has grown a small family bakery into the biggest UK-based grocery brand by miles
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Lidl is accusing Tesco of ‘riding on coat-tails’. Well, it would know about that
There is an element of poacher turned gamekeeper about Lidl’s legal move
