All comment & opinion articles – Page 3
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Comment & OpinionCost of living tariffs ‘blitz’ will save shoppers 4p per week if all goes to plan
The underwhelming cost of living’ blitz’ will likely be treated with contempt
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Comment & OpinionSeabrook spud encourages park football hero
A giant talking potato gives a park crisp-muncher his support in this amusing ad
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Comment & OpinionWorld’s Biggest Curry Restaurant: engaging look at Stockport mega-eatery
Some 10,000 customers a week who visit Pakistani Indian restaurant Royal Nawaab in Stockport. This documentary shows how
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Comment & OpinionThe CMA means business – and grocers are in its sights
Drip pricing, fake reviews and a £4.2m fine: the CMA’s first year is a warning for all grocers, says Duncan Reed, partner in Birketts’ regulatory and corporate defence team
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Comment & OpinionFood manufacturing’s gender problem starts in the middle
Middle managers have the power to make or break women’s careers – most aren’t using it well, says Laura Ryan, global chair of Meat Business Women
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Comment & OpinionWhy Waitrose, not Asda, is flourishing in tough times
As consumers are hammered by the high cost of living, why is Waitrose flourishing while Asda finds trading tough?
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Comment & OpinionWhy consumer giants are shedding their conglomerate structure
From McCormick-Unilever to ABF’s Primark split, a wave of corporate refocusing is reshaping the consumer goods landscape, says Akeel Sachak, global head of consumer at Rothschild & Co, who is advising on both transactions
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Comment & OpinionGen Z drinking habits: what the hedonism revival means for grocery ranging
New data shows Gen Z is drinking more as it hits its 20s – but the rules of indulgence have changed, says Ed Hayes, chief strategy officer at Bloom
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Comment & OpinionLidl has overtaken Morrisons – now can it catch Aldi?
Aldi knows what the trouble is, but what is it going to do about it?
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Comment & OpinionWhat should we expect from James Watt’s post-BrewDog beer venture?
Unsurprisingly – given BrewDog’s spectacular collapse and subsequent sale – Watt’s return has provoked an immediate and emotional response
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Comment & OpinionFrom ‘dial a fiddle’ to déjà vu: why price controls don’t work
The government’s exploration of a price cap plan this week was run back down the flagpole even faster than it was unfurled
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: price caps, politics and retail resets
This week’s issue features extensive coverage of the fallout to political suggestions of price caps, plus a big interview with the chief of UK Packaging PRO, and Focus Ons own label and butter – and much more
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Comment & OpinionPeta’s duellists play up veganism’s bedroom benefits
Peta’s latest pro-vegan campaign is targeted squarely at men – specifically the sort of man who equates meat-eating with masculinity
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Comment & OpinionThe natural food movement could be making Britain less healthy
The obsession with natural ingredients is stopping us from fortifying food that millions of Britons need, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionYouTuber Sandro Ford’s boozy diary is fun… and worrying
‘What I drink in a day’ documents the YouTuber’s punishing itinerary of alcohol consumption in various locations
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Comment & OpinionIs your organisation telling you the truth?
When bad news is unavoidable, how you hear it matters as much as how you share it, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionIf you think it’s hard to establish a brand, try establishing a category!
There’s another cost in setting up a brand in a new category: educating buyers and consumers, says Ellie Webb of Caleño Drinks
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Comment & OpinionHow the cost of living crisis accidentally saved organic
Inflation, social media and the glyphosate debate are finally bringing organic to the mainstream, says Siddhi Mehta, CEO & founder at Rhythm 108
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Comment & OpinionWhy supplier confidence is the GCA’s most important metric
Headline compliance figures tell only part of the story of how well the Groceries Code is working, says adjudicator Mark White
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Comment & OpinionAsda wants a second chance, but must show shoppers it has changed
Asda’s Take a Fresh Look campaign hopes to remind thousands of formerly loyal customers who have had their heads turned that no, really, it’s definitely changed this time