All comment & opinion articles – Page 349
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Comment & OpinionPromotion planning: make them relevant to shopper needs
Selling in grocery is not just selling a product or a promotion – it includes selling a plan and sometimes a vision
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Comment & OpinionCraft beer faces a potential identity crisis
Meantime’s embarrassing episode with the outsourcing of its London Lager to Holland neatly illustrates a craft issue
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda's current strategy isn't cutting it
Did the media smell blood? Or was it just silly season, with under-employed hacks going along for the ride?
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Comment & OpinionTrust is vital for the future of the food and drink industry
There is an emerging demand for products that are ‘LATTE’: Local, Authentic, Traceable, Transparent and Ethical
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Comment & OpinionLetters: Short-termism in milk, pop-up gimmicks, digital coupon standards
Milk farmers are not alone. The situation of milk pricing looks very similar to that of bananas
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Comment & OpinionAs drinkers cut back, booze brands must look to push posh
Brits are eager to cut down on the booze, new research from Mintel shows
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Comment & OpinionFood's in vogue in the fashion world
Food and fashion can make for a powerful in-store experience, argues Gregor Jackson at gpstudio
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Comment & OpinionChanging Nature of our Shopping Habits: shift underlined
The combative tones of John Humphrys and his co-presenters on Radio 4’s Today programme are part of the morning ritual…
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Comment & OpinionVloggers get a taste of the regulatory stick
The ASA has got its teeth into the previously unregulated world of vlogger brand endorsement
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Comment & OpinionPlain tobacco packs: a worrying precedent?
A new Australian study is the latest ammunition used by the UK government as it wages war on tobacco brands
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Comment & OpinionFood and drink innovation: four key questions
”Most food innovation fails in the market. And it is an expensive business.”
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Comment & OpinionCould monk fruit be key to solving the obesity crisis?
”It could be key to both helping to solve the obesity crisis and stemming the haemorrhage of juice-drink sales”
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons Milk for Farmers is test case for shopper support
”The move by Morrisons will enable us to see if British consumers are willing to support British farmers”
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Comment & OpinionM Local sale is a sad end for a great concept
Our news editor reminisces over one of the best convenience stores he ever visited - the first ever M Local
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons shoppers won't appreciate the milk guilt trip
Morrisons has moved at breakneck speed. That much was obvious this week
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Comment & OpinionBrands should reformulate quietly to keep intuitive shoppers
Sugar is the new salt. Which was the new fat. Since the dawn of nutrition there has always been a demonised ingredient…
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Comment & OpinionAwards give you shelf credibility
It has been a whirlwind of awards judging for me over the past two weeks, including The Grocer New Product Awards
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Comment & OpinionHave you got talent? Get your entry in for Top New Talent 2015
Top New Talent is The Grocer magazine’s celebration of dynamic individuals operating in fmcg under the age of 35
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Comment & OpinionThe convenience store is back with a vengeance
The mults have made a play for convenience shopping but c-stores are upping their game
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Comment & OpinionMy Week... by F Giles (as told to Bill Tush)
Now, look ‘ere. All we dairy faarmers be aaskin’ for is that they posh supermarkets like Oiceland an’ Aasda…