All comment & opinion articles – Page 150
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Comment & OpinionHow the cleaning industry can become cleaner in the fight against climate change
In addition to the global pandemic, climate change is the other threat we all need to face up to, says Charlie Beevor, VP of home care for Unilever UK & Ireland
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Comment & OpinionHow CCEP is helping to build a circular economy on plastic
Our sustainability goals are more important than ever, says Julian Hunt, VP of public affairs and communications (GB) at Coca-Cola European Partners
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Comment & OpinionAsda EG Group combo will reverberate through the grocery sector
With combined sales of £40bn, it will be the UK’s second-biggest retailer (by sales)
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Comment & OpinionAlbert Bartlett brings beautiful ballet to the spud shed
A storybook opens and a breathy voiceover tells us AB’s newly harvested Jersey Royals will now “be going off to sleep in the dark”
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Comment & OpinionHow to deal with the email monster and make your working life easier
Some 320 billion emails are sent every day. Were you ever shown how to use them?
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Comment & OpinionIceland’s plastic footprint call highlights worryingly inconsistent reporting in retail
Iceland was right to call on businesses to publish their plastic footprints. But the issue here is one of consistency, rather than transparency
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Comment & OpinionBiodiversity and climate change go hand in hand – the food industry must step up
The food industry has kept quiet on the agricultural monocultures that wreck biodiversity, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment & OpinionCan click & collect solve the online grocery profitability dilemma?
Surging demand does nothing to offset the online grocery challenge of profitability – but click & collect can help, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s ‘tricks’ and the ‘joy of six’: what we learned from Aldi chief’s results presentation
Aldi may have taken a blow to its market share, but UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley is confident it can weather the Tesco price war and threat of Covid restrictions at Christmas
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Comment & OpinionJamie Oliver’s intervention could be a game-changer for food standards
A celebrity chef with a talent for prime-time campaigning documentaries could make a real difference
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Comment & OpinionGovernment’s 10pm curfew is laughably random – and deeply damaging to wholesalers
BoJo is under pressure from all corners to reverse this unhelpful and damaging coronavirus measure
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Comment & OpinionHow data sharing can rescue UK supply chains from a post-Brexit collapse
It will become crucial for companies to have the right data to make informed decisions in order to adapt
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Comment & OpinionSaddling Asda with piles of debt won’t help it through a recession
It’s clear that Tesco’s change of strategy over the summer, and the impact of Tesco’s Aldi Price Match, is rattling Asda almost as much as Aldi
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Comment & OpinionTony’s Chocolonely details chocolatey injustice in online film
It would be hard to buy and eat a bar of Tony’s Chocolonely chocolate without picking up on the brand’s strong ethical message
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Comment & OpinionRoadmap report shows transparency is key in the fight against food waste
It’s been heartening to see the magnificent response by the industry to feeding the hungry and cutting waste, but many companies are lagging behind
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Comment & OpinionLords revolt on Agriculture Bill is a positive step for British food standards
Ministers must now reconsider the lack of appetite for imports of lower-standard food products
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Comment & OpinionRetailers need to remember who they really rely on: suppliers
Retailers need to work collaboratively and give suppliers a consistent message, says Ged Futter, director of The Retail Mind
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Comment & OpinionIf we can’t get an EU trade deal, it’s going to be a bumpy – and expensive – ride
Without a comprehensive EU-UK trade deal, we can expect to see our food imports go up in price, says Walter Anzer, director general at the British Food Importers & Distributors Association
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Comment & OpinionHas the debate on gene editing missed the question?
The new consultation must take into account the narrative of the past 20 years, says Andrew Swift, CEO of Fera Science
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Comment & OpinionWholesalers may not survive curfew without government help
The wholesale sector should surely be entitled to business rates relief