All comment & opinion articles – Page 308
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Comment & OpinionSugar tax sets a dangerous precedent
Manufacturers and retailers have been taking action for several years to reduce sugar and calorie intake from soft drinks
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Comment & OpinionPat supports the government's plan for his flabby customers
At least three-quarters of my customers are clinically obese, slightly psychopathic and frankly somewhat shabby-looking
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Comment & OpinionRise of contactless puts pressure on grocers to keep pace with the tap & go revolution
Shoppers spent £9.27bn on a total of 1.1 billion contactless payments in the first half of this year, overtaking the £7.75bn spent last year in total
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Comment & OpinionDunsyre Blue cheese case: Who polices the food police?
Artisans throughout the UK are following with horror the unfolding case of Dunsyre Blue
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Comment & OpinionFresh produce must consolidate to thrive
A perfect storm of pressures is on the horizon for the fresh produce sector
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Comment & OpinionReading between the lines of the latest FSA campylobacter report
The FSA says it doesn’t plan to change targets, but industry worries there’s a subtext to its latest research
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Comment & OpinionAre you adding value? Take control of how you contribute
How valuable are you to your organisation? You must add some value, right?
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Comment & OpinionMunchies' film takes an affectionate look at pie and mash
Pie and mash was “one of the first fast foods”
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Comment & OpinionAldi impresses with counter-intuitive Team GB campaign
It’s notable to me how little the industry has been doing to capitalise on the Olympics
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Comment & OpinionChildhood Obesity Plan: or COP-out for short
It is quite some achievement to have spent the best part of two years drawing up a strategy only to produce a document that leaves all sides in the debate feeling almost equally underwhelmed
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Comment & OpinionSupplier councils can help wholesalers cut costs
It is inevitable that the uncertainties generated by the Brexit vote are going to make life very tough for the foreseeable
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Comment & OpinionTime for clarity on zero-hour employment
We need to clarify exactly what we expect from employers. And we need to do it fast
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Comment & OpinionWhat do Instagram’s new Business Tools and Stories features mean for brands?
Both launches have created new and easier ways for businesses to interact with customers, so what do they mean for fmcg?
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Comment & OpinionDessert bandits strike in the US and Canada
In Canada, thieves have made off with £15,000 worth of maple syrup from a depot in Montreal
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Comment & OpinionWilliam the worm turns at Tesco
What do you do if you find a worm in your supermarket cucumber?
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Comment & OpinionPat reveals his economic plan for 'the bigger pound'
Although I’ve been running a shop for nigh on 40 years I don’t know much about economics
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Comment & OpinionRecalls don't have to mean waste
In the last year alone there have been more than 100 product recalls as a result of food not being correctly labelled
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Comment & OpinionPost-Brexit, we need a gutsy plan for rebuilding the UK
We policy to improve, for once, the supply-side productivity, capability and capacity of the UK
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Comment & OpinionGet ready for gender pay gap scrutiny
Paving a clearer and more accessible path towards the top for women in the workplace is still a very real problem, says Shirley Hall of Eversheds
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Comment & OpinionGrocers are right to play the long game with new payment apps
In today’s smartphone-obsessed society, it’s hard to find a grocery retailer that doesn’t have an app