All comment & opinion articles – Page 288
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Comment & OpinionOur food environment needs protecting from the dead zone
New concerns about factory farming have been flagged up by Philip Lymbery’s book Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
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Comment & OpinionSimon Amstell's Carnage: a witty and provocative look at meat
The year is 2067. Meat and dairy are outlawed
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Comment & OpinionApproach the new financial year with a mindset for growth
It’s Q1, a new financial year and a new performance year. An ideal time to consider your mindset
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Comment & OpinionMake offers and promotions hyper-personal
In days gone by, getting customers into stores revolved around blunderbuss techniques like cut-price essentials
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Comment & OpinionWhy some brands might benefit from 'foster care'
Mergers and acquisitions pose the question of how to maximise the value and growth potential of a portfolio of brands
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Comment & OpinionGet ready for the smart home revolution
Smart home tech was all the rage at the Shoptalk conference in Las Vegas this week
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Comment & OpinionBrand value must go into the mix at Morrisons
It’s not unheard of for supermarkets to focus on non-food departments to boost sales and footfall
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Comment & OpinionCadbury confuses with 'celebrity' confectionery lovers
We’re all familiar with the marriage of Cadbury Dairy Milk and Oreo by now
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Comment & OpinionSmutty cereal: a sexy way to start the day?
London startup Cereal Motel has come up with a quartet of what it calls ‘deliciously inappropriate cereals’
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Comment & OpinionPat's niece supplies a lesson in economics
I had a bit of a eureka moment in the bath the other night
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Comment & OpinionPrincess Anne lines up a royal rumble with GM comments
It’s always fun when the Royal Family weighs in on matters of national importance
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Comment & OpinionThe best of NPD from Natural Products Expo West
Claire Nuttall reviews the best innnovation from this year’s expo, including plant milks - and skinless popcorn
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Comment & OpinionUK food & drink is staring down the barrel of Brexit
Article 50 will be triggered next Wednesday. Time to get serious about negotiating the right deal for UK food & drink
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Comment & OpinionTime for a new approach to recruiting young grocery talent
An Vermeulen of CCEP explains why her company increasingly uses apprenticeships to recruit new starters
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Comment & OpinionAn innovation drought is about to hit fmcg
Brand manufacturers are finding it harder to square retailer and consumer needs
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Comment & OpinionLabour shortages post Brexit challenge self-sufficiency notion
Uncertainty about labour supply throws into serious doubt the idea we can become more self-sufficient in the wake of Brexit
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Comment & OpinionWaste must be cut out at every stage of food production
Increased control of production methods can help to minimise waste
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Comment & OpinionA call to action on childhood obesity strategies
We believe it is time to start exploring a wider range of potential measures to reduce obesity, including regulation
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Comment & OpinionAdvice on culture: Have you 'married' the wrong company?
A career change can bring unexpected consequences, warns executive coach Jennifer Baker
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Comment & OpinionTricks of the coffee trade
The turnover of branded coffee chains in the UK has grown by over 500% in the last 15 years. How have they done it?