All comment & opinion articles – Page 259
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Yes, food price inflation should ease – but we can’t afford to get complacent
It’s been a bruising 18 months for consumers since the Brexit vote sent sterling crashing
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More Change4Life junk
Could there can be a sadder case of terminally atrophied eating advice than Change4Life’s children’s snacks campaign?
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Can Dave Lewis really get suppliers to cut the price of healthier food?
Lewis accused suppliers in some cases of failing to do enough to tackle obesity by keeping their prices artificially high
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Profit is a problem at Pat's Mart
I can assure all of you now that there will be no warning from me of any profits whatsoever this year
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Not classy or glassy: burglarised bottle found
The world’s most expensive vodka bottle was pinched from a bar in Copenhagen last week
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Red Ed Sheeran picks a side in sauce struggle
Pop singer Ed Sheeran has built a chart-crushing empire on his gift for crowd-pleasing tedium and an everyman image
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Dance with your dinner at new cooking show
A music-dance-scran production by a company called Luca Silvestri’s Protein, is coming to a village hall near you next month
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Hairy messenger helps Bear deliver health message
As Adland tells us to look after our health, kids’ snack brand Bear is reminding us to think of the children
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New ways to reach those 'always-on' shoppers
I don’t think any of us could have predicted the level of media access society now enjoys as the norm
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Retailers have a crucial role to play in stopping detox season becoming toxic
Clear labelling and promotion of healthier choices is a positive step. But surely the food industry can push further to make sure customers make sensible, healthy decisions?
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Can you hold up the mirror and recognise your blind spots?
An athlete’s mindset is focused on mastering skills so each performance is better than the day before
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Predictions for 2018: sugar, veganism & food price inflation
We’ve loads of predictions this week. But before I offer a few of my own, I have a confession
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Poundland has entered the new year in good elf
What a Christmas it has been for Poundland
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2018 just got tougher
It’s no huge surprise to see that the Tesco-Booker deal has gone through
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It's crucial for food to increase its R&D spend
As Brexit looms, the UK food industry must increase its spend on research and development
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Brexit phase 1: encouraging, slightly
The agreement reached on 8 December on phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations has been met with a huge sigh of relief in many …
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Gove promises change – but there’s no getting away from those Brexit fault lines
While the environment secretary was again adamant that UK food and animal welfare standards would be a red line in negotiations, the fault lines are already clear to see
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It's all change in the reset era
Retailers would be crazy to ignore regionality and quirks in taste
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Know the rules of category success - and stick to them
As an industry, we like to talk and think about the next big thing…
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Could rum really rise up and steal gin’s crown?
Perception is everything and gin’s success comes largely on the back of three phenomenally powerful trends: cocktail culture, premiumisation and health and wellbeing