All comment & opinion articles – Page 14
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Comment & OpinionThe food industry needs to be shock-proofed
The Middle East conflict highlights the UK food system’s exposure to global shocks, and the importance of strengthening resilience, says Naomi Kissman, social impact director, at IGD
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Comment & OpinionPrivate label is now leading the innovation charge
To avoid the private label transition from challenger to ruler, brands must sharpen their innovation game, says Jonny Forsyth, principal strategist, Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionBusiness rates are pushing independent food businesses to breaking point
As a small business owner I genuinely struggle to understand how rates can rise to levels approaching the actual annual rent itself, says Kateryna Leclerc, director at EuropaFoodXB
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Comment & OpinionWhy is no one talking about The European Partnership Bill?
Amid all the political in-fighting, no-one seems to be talking about the European Partnership Bill
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: political chaos, pricing and loyalty schemes
This week The Grocer’s coverage, as I’m sure in many other places, has been dominated by the extraordinary political implosion we are witnessing in Westminster
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Comment & OpinionAnchor lover gets blissfully buttered amid canal chaos
A blissed-out butter lover ignores a canal boat disaster in this unsophisticated but effective ad
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Comment & OpinionNobu: restaurateur documentary puts commerce over cuisine
This largely uncritical film is as interested in brand building as food – to the point it starts to resemble a corporate video shown to new Nobu employees
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Comment & OpinionOur politicians are clueless about food prices. The next PM needs to do better
It always amazes me that politicians of all parties pay so little heed to food prices, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Comment & OpinionWhy is salt still missing from the healthy food conversation?
The sandwich aisle exposes the failure of voluntary salt reduction, says Sonia Pombo, head of research and impact at Action on Salt & Sugar
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Comment & OpinionCan Plaid Cymru deliver the goods for Welsh food and farming?
There are signals that Plaid’s approach on a range of issues could significantly differ from its predecessors
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Comment & OpinionIf Flora really is up for sale, who’s going to buy it?
KKR has reportedly put Flora Food Group up for sale, just eight years after it won a hotly contested auction to buy the spreads group from Unilever
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Comment & OpinionWill Greggs ever be a destination store for salads?
Greggs’ new lineup of salads is following shopper trends, but some might say the high street stalwart is more flaky pastry than fresh leaves
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: food waste, vape regulation and resilience
Business leaders know what gets measured gets managed, says Chelsea Kerr, managing director at Too Good To Go UK & Ireland
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Comment & OpinionHow significant is John Lewis’s battle over online sales in rent?
And how are landlords and retailers dealing with the sticky issue of online sales in more recent turnover-linked leases?
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Comment & OpinionWe’ve been having the wrong argument about meat
The nutrional and environmental conversation around meat often sits without wider context, says Wallace Currie, member of UK Youth Food and Farming Forum
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: big votes, Gold shortlists and the own-label surge
This week’s issue includes the latest on Southern Co-op’s merger, insight into the government’s support (or lack of) for the food industry and analysis of the growth of own label
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Comment & OpinionNever underestimate Amazon, even in grocery
Far from giving up on grocery, with the distraction and demands of physical Amazon Fresh retail stores behind it, the online giant appears revitalised
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Comment & OpinionBudweiser lets it rain in World Cup beer campaign
Apparently unable to play up its US roots, Bud has come up with an enjoyable if disjointed ad
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Comment & OpinionAI slop YouTube accounts take unwatchable aim at UK grocery
Clickbait headlines and hysterical tone, most of these unconvincing accounts’ views come from bots
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Comment & OpinionThe ‘working while ill’ badge of honour and how to end it
Workplaces should embrace the army method of ‘restricted duties’ for ill people who are more likely to make mistakes, says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter