All comment & opinion articles – Page 12
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Comment & OpinionFacial recognition needs human judgement
Retailers rushing to deploy facial recognition must understand that the technology is only as defensible as the decisions surrounding it, says Lauren Wills-Dixon, partner and head of privacy and data protection at Gordons
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Comment & OpinionAldi’s £50 giveaway won’t help sales, but it shows what’s going wrong
Without a loyalty scheme, Aldi lacks a way to connect with customers directly
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Comment & OpinionBest in class: what sets the best fmcg suppliers apart?
Companies including Warburtons, Heineken and Unilever Homecare have topped the highly respected Advantage Buyer Survey
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Comment & OpinionWhy has the government still not delivered its energy drinks ban?
Why have minsters failed to deliver on a promise made two years ago, asks Bite Back campaigner Alice
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Comment & OpinionThe Broken Plate isn’t a consumer problem – it’s a category strategy problem
Affordable healthy food isn’t a shopper failure – it’s a failure of pricing, promotion and ranging, says Vic Harper, CEO at The Bread and Butter Thing
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Comment & OpinionWhat will Starmer’s resignation mean for food, farming and retail?
Starmer’s pre-election promise that he would listen to business concerns and ensure ‘food security is national security’ came to very little when the already struggling food sector needed real help
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Comment & OpinionAdvantage Survey shows supplier shortfalls but retail misses too
There will doubtless be great interest in the list of category and competency winners, but it’s the assessment of supplier capabilities in the broader sense that is of most value
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Comment & OpinionWhy being data-driven can be dangerous
Being data-driven only helps if the data – and the analysis behind it – is actually good, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionWhat does olive oil’s packaging say about the brand selling it?
The squeeze bottle has transformed the olive oil aisle but for brands serious about quality, the science should give them pause for thought, says Sarah Vachon, founder of Citizens of Soil
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Diageo exodus, NPM standoff & sushi surge
Amid the World Cup, a social media ban for the under-16s and Andy Burnham winning the Makerfield by-election, it’s been a busy week in grocery
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Comment & Opinion‘Martini Man’ Jonathan Bailey mixes levity and sophistication
Martini’s new short film is glamorous and exotic – but Jonathan Bailey’s charming performance adds some laughs, too
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Comment & OpinionIMRG Takes On… fun podcast examines potential of World Cup damp squib
Andy Mulcahy and Tom Jacobs of UK e-commerce association IMRG manage to unearth some World Cup opportunities
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Comment & OpinionInside Rubies in the Rubble’s hot new sauces launch
After 12 years of building Rubies in the Rubble and many product launches along the way, CEO and founder Jenny Costa has learned successful innovation comes down to two essentials
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Comment & OpinionIf shrinkflation is such a great deal, why is Cadbury hiding it?
Speaking on the BBC’s Big Boss Interview podcast this week, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put defended Cadbury’s shrinkflation strategy
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Comment & OpinionThe World Cup won’t make American brands feel local
The 2026 World Cup will tempt US brands to go global – but visibility and adoption are not the same thing, says François Bazini, former CMO at Suntory Beverage & Food Europe
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Comment & OpinionMeal deals, membership, and the fight for the lunchtime £5
Yesterday Waitrose increased the price of its main meal deal by 10% to £5.50, making it the latest retailer to hike its pricing in one of grocery’s most keenly-fought battlegrounds
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Comment & OpinionWhy the government must not delay healthier food reforms
Delaying food health measures would be a false economy, says Beth Bradshaw, policy and advocacy lead at Obesity Health Alliance
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Comment & OpinionInflexibility is costing food manufacturers their next generation of leaders
Food manufacturers are losing their best female leaders because they won’t make senior roles flexible, argues Laura Ryan, founder and global chair at Meat Business Women
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Comment & OpinionMarketing Business Lunch: trends, threats and the big debate
Dan Holt opened The Grocer’s Marketing Business Lunch with a stark stat: 80% of brands in the UK could disappear and people would not care
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Comment & OpinionWhy did Poundstretcher need a restructure and what’s the plan to turn it around?
Two years after its 2024 takeover, Poundstretcher is still in choppy waters, only narrowly being saved from administration last week