All comment & opinion articles – Page 285
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Comment & OpinionThe Office for National Statistics pays Pat a visit
I’m beginning to think that not every part of the Whitehall machine runs as smoothly as it might
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Comment & OpinionMads Mikkelsen... probably the best person for a Carlsberg ad
Carlsberg is playing up its Danish heritage, to give its brew a stronger identity
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Comment & OpinionThe ‘houmousgate’ affair: how secrecy gave the story unwanted mileage
By refusing to explain exactly what’s happened, retailers and suppliers have opened the door to hysteria
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Comment & OpinionFraud: never stop fighting it
It is essential that HMRC remains firm in dealing with applicants for BWS licences
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Comment & OpinionLabour puts welcome focus on looming skills crisis post-Brexit
The food and drink industry has to step up and keep stressing the huge ramifications not just for the current workforce but for the skills and people it needs in the future too
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Comment & OpinionCan the supermarkets really cook up a winner from recipe boxes?
The relatively new concept of having your dinner delivered to your door has got supermarkets running scared … why?
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Comment & OpinionBuyers must be free to do their jobs
Buyers are stifled by internal projects, short-term requests, unnecessary meetings and report writing
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Comment & OpinionIs plant-based always best?
‘Plant-based is best’ is a commonly held view among those choosing a healthy diet, but Joanna Blythman is not convinced
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Comment & OpinionAmid distraction, we must trade in the here and now
As if the nation hasn’t been asked its opinion enough in the past three years
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Comment & OpinionWhy the ‘Frankenfood’ factor is set to put a spanner in any special free-trade relationship
New exclusive research for The Grocer suggests British consumers aren’t keen on US meat
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Comment & OpinionYou must measure customers to manage them
What’s your top store? Which are your fastest growing categories? What’s the net profit on your in-store bakeries?
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Comment & OpinionStrip the taboo from home working
Why, in the majority of grocery employers, is working from home such a mute subject? asks Steve Simmance of The Simmance Partnership
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Comment & OpinionMake a social splash: the new world of relationship building
It can be easy to think that simply being a ‘connection’ or a ‘follower’ means you have a relationship, says career coach Joanna Jacobs
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Comment & OpinionPisner: let's get pissed on a wee drink from Denmark
As a rule, brewers tend to avoid any associations between beer and ‘piss’
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Comment & OpinionSpeed is increasingly expected in the bagging area
Few words strike frustration into the heart of the shopper quite like “unexpected item in bagging area”
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Comment & OpinionLucozade discovers the perils of reformulation
Rather than marvelling at how the drink could contain less sugar and still taste so good, shoppers have taken to Twitter to express their distaste
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Comment & OpinionThere's a huge opportunity for organic exports
Export. It’s a proven way to balance a country’s finances and since the Brexit vote there’s been a lot of talk about it
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Comment & OpinionWhy it's time to change the recipe of Classic Coke
Reformulating Coca-Cola sounds like heresy, but it can be done, while still meeting the brand’s flavour guidelines
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Comment & OpinionAmazon's algorithms are in control of UK grocery's margins
It’s not the discounters that are the biggest threat to traditional grocers. It’s Amazon
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Comment & OpinionFarm brand pros and cons: they may annoy origin purists, but they do deliver
An actual old lady called Aunt Bessie didn’t make that packet of frozen Yorkshire puddings. Don’t be so naïve – it’s just marketing.