All comment & opinion articles – Page 5
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Comment & OpinionLast Meals: talking food and death with Gillian Anderson
Crap jokes and intense questions abound as chef Josh Scherer’s YouTube hit interview series arrives on Netflix
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Comment & OpinionWhy taking the lead on transparency is a must for brands
Openness became one of our most powerful trust-builders, says Ellie Webb of Caleño Drinks
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Comment & OpinionGLP-what?! It should not have been this easy to buy Mounjaro
It was shockingly easy for our reporter to get hold of Mounjaro. The regulator is understandably concerned
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Comment & OpinionSME food innovators need more than R&D tax credits
We need better understanding of the nature of R&D for tax purposes among smaller food companies, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionCategory is important but occasion is key for shoppers
If you’re looking for ways to grow it’s important to think about usage occasions, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionWhy Trip is betting big on the Kendall Jenner effect
With 277 million Instagram followers and genuine skin in the game, could Kendall Jenner be the catalyst that takes Trip from UK success story to global drinks powerhouse?
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Comment & OpinionWill retail’s Opening Shift job scheme be enough for NEETs?
Retailers believe they are stepping up in the effort to support young people into work – but they want government support to do so
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: Huel, health consciousness and cost of living
After the CMA’s approval of Danone’s acquisition of Huel, the question now is whether Danone can grow the brand without making it less ‘Huel’
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Comment & OpinionStockpiling won’t solve the UK’s next food supply shock
The rapidly escalating El Niño climate pattern appears to have stimulated the government into thinking more seriously about resilience. Might it start listening to an industry which has been issuing warnings on the subject for some time?
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Comment & OpinionLove lambs? Let’s build a food system that protects animals and tackles climate change
Most lambs in the UK undergo routine, painful mutilations that the government’s own advisors say can no longer be justified, says Waveney Valley MP Adrian Ramsay
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Comment & OpinionWhen the weather stops playing by the rules
Drought, El Niño, Hormuz disruption and fertiliser costs are converging at once and relying on good weather elsewhere is not a strategy, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Comment & OpinionGrocery’s biggest losses are hiding in plain sight
One retailer blamed its stores for stock losses, until independent checks found 64% of the problem was happening upstream all along, says Faisal Ashfaq, director of supply chain integrity at RAS
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Comment & OpinionThe high-growth category no one talks about
One in three people will experience incontinence, yet stigma – not distribution or innovation – remains the category’s biggest barrier to growth, says Jenna Duguid, senior sales director at Procter & Gamble UK
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: School food failures & Defra’s food security warning
Three in four secondary schools are serving food that’s banned, but publishing menus won’t be enough – plus this week’s picks including a stinging Defra warning on food security and the ‘chaos’ of the packaging tax system
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Comment & OpinionBecks opts for Stella in confusing Gentlemen campaign
The ad lacks the requisite wit to carry off its bizarre narrative
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Comment & OpinionTesco Kitchen sets high bar for supermarket-backed lifestyle shows
Hosts Greg James and Seema Pankhania provide a balance of loose chat and serious foodie business, but always allow their guest to shine brightest
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Comment & OpinionA price premium without fandom is just price
Own label has caught up on innovation, price and even taste, but the one thing it still can’t fast-follow is fandom
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Comment & OpinionHas severe weather pushed UK farming resilience to its limit?
While things are clearly tough for all farmers right now, some are feeling the strain worse than others
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Comment & OpinionBrewDog Liquid Visions fails to address craft beer’s haze fatigue
Liquid Visions promises to brring ‘excitement back to the beer aisle’, but offers little in the way of diversity
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Comment & OpinionBritain’s diet is at a tipping point but changing diets means changing the system too
The UK is falling well short of the Planetary Health Diet’s targets. Retailers, not shoppers, hold the keys to fixing it, says Richard Bourns, chief commercial officer at Lidl GB