All comment & opinion articles – Page 158
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Comment & OpinionPandemic does not mean we have to scale back positive work on plastic
Public safety must remain a priority, but it doesn’t have to come at the cost of our planet, says Jo Morley, head of campaigns at City to Sea
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Comment & OpinionSales won’t recover until social distancing is eased – supermarkets must make a choice
The major supermarkets are reviewing their two-metre social distancing measures after the latest round of lockdown easing
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Comment & OpinionTo be employers of choice, firms must seize working from home as the new norm
Organisations will need to accommodate new conditions of employment for office and home-based employees, says Steve Simmance, founder of The Simmance Partnership
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Comment & OpinionE-commerce growth has been impressive, but don’t leave stores behind
Don’t forget the foundations of grocery shopping and the human attraction to physical experiences, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Comment & OpinionComedian Jason Manford delivers more than punchlines for Iceland
Lockdown has seen many actors, musicians and comedians return to ‘normal’ work
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Comment & OpinionCyber-Colonel opens new KFC site in Animal Crossing
Fast food fans have struggled during lockdown, having to resort to make-your-own recipes
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Comment & OpinionLynx-Marmite link-up likely to prove divisive
Lynx Africa, Alan Partridge’s favourite body spray, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets need to sharpen their pencils on price
Allowing prices to rise as they effectively have will damage the reputations of the supermarkets if they’re not careful
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Comment & OpinionBelton packs a lot in to Red Fox animated cheese ad
One consequence of the pandemic has been that TV spots have got cheaper
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Comment & OpinionA global pandemic is the wrong time for tough US tariffs
The industry is already contending with Brexit, Covid-19 and an impending recession. Now the US wants to remind us things could get worse
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Comment & OpinionBritish farming has more to worry about than cheap US imports
With public debate focused on protecting our own food standards, we risk losing sight of the urgent environmental improvements British production needs to make
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Comment & OpinionOmnichannel will be key to sustaining supermarkets’ lockdown success
Consumer behaviour has shifted hugely and supermarkets have scope to take advantage, says Tim Mason, CEO of Eagle Eye
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Comment & OpinionWho will win and lose as a result of Tesco’s new price war?
There is no shielding the supply chain from the economic impact of the crisis
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Comment & OpinionThe pandemic is the right time for a refreshing debate on meat
The drop in anti-red meat sentiment provides perfect timing for the launch of US book Sacred Cow, which makes the case for well-raised meat
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Comment & OpinionAs consumer choice returns, brand values will remain important
In such unusual times, businesses have been forced to make quick decisions
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Comment & OpinionFood factory coronavirus cases reflect fudged government response
The outbreaks at 2 Sisters and Oscar Mayer come after senior industry figures accused the government of an “inexplicable” lack of guidance on face masks and social distancing
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Comment & OpinionTrade deals: we need to be able to ‘follow the science’ on food standards
Framing a potential US trade deal purely in terms of chicken does a disservice to the complexity of trade deals
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Comment & OpinionCaptain America’s Marvel-ous conspiracy debunked by pasta detective
So an Instagram user has posted a theory that 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger “predicted” the coronavirus outbreak
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Comment & OpinionLockdown cheese is happy accident for Vosges fromager
The passing of time does interesting things to food
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Comment & OpinionIncubated Waitrose eggs are all they quacked up to be
Furloughed? Bored? Why not stick some supermarket eggs in an incubator?