All comment & opinion articles – Page 4
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Comment & Opinion‘Get out of the way’: why industry won the EPR power play
Not everyone is happy, but minds are now increasingly focused on how EPR can actually provide the £10bn-plus investment to revive flatlining council recycling rates and lead to the circular economy it was all supposed to be about in the first place
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Comment & OpinionCollaborative forecasting is a myth. Retailers must own the numbers
Collaboration in forecasting sounds appealing but it’s just a gentle name for trying to get the retailer to do their job properly, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionShoppers and staff are key for in-store retail tech success
For retailers to fully capitalise on investments and ensure long-term success, they must prioritise onboarding shoppers and store associates, says Toby Pickard, retail futures senior partner at IGD
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Comment & OpinionNestlé’s new CEO is moving fast to drive its recovery
New CEO Philipp Navratil said at the Q3 results that ‘the world is changing and Nestlé needs to change faster’, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment & OpinionHow Waitrose’s good intentions became a PR disaster
Waitrose this morning awoke to a flurry of headlines decrying its decision to ‘sack’ Tom Boyd, 28, who had been stacking shelves at the retailer for four years
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Comment & OpinionWhy nostalgia isn’t enough to save Pizza Hut’s dine-in dream
It’s been a challenging year for the whole Pizza Hut brand, which has struggled having not ‘picked a lane’
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Comment & OpinionOne-off or not, B&M’s accounting error could stall return to growth
Investors are exasperated and analysts are questioning B&M’s financial controls
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Comment & OpinionYou can’t spreadsheet a sandwich: lessons from the Kraft Heinz split
Kraft Heinz’s split shows the limits of cost-cutting. In a market where private label is surging, emotion – not efficiency – keeps grocery brands valuable, says Aaron Shields, executive director of experience strategy at Landor
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Comment & OpinionJoe Wicks’ UPF crusade: well-meaning but woefully misguided
Joe Wicks and Dr Chris van Tulleken are spreading confusion and fear, rather than helping consumers make informed choices, says Mike Coppen-Gardner of SPQR
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Comment & OpinionCan supermarkets help menopause become ‘the new vegan’?
Women in menopause are one of the most powerful consumer spenders – and are the primary decision-makers of household spend, says Heather Jackson, CEO and co-founder of GenM
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: the fourth tier frontier and Roberts Bakery’s saviour
It’s also cheering to be able to report that Roberts Bakery has been saved
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Comment & OpinionCo-op faces many questions over its commercial and logistics restructure
Offering suppliers a single point of contact in which it can simultaneously close deals with 8,000 outlets across multiple routes to market is very attractive, but the plans have got off to a shaky start
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Comment & Opinion‘No.1 and only’ Chesney Hawkes makes some noise for Waitrose
The evergreen Hawkes lip-syncs along to a remix of his 1991 hit The One and Only because… well, Waitrose has an own label called No.1
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Comment & OpinionArt of the Espresso Café: dancing brainwaves in Breville coffee experiment
Artist Caroline Hobkinson’s ‘immersive experience’ at Gallery Different in Fitzrovia, London worked to translate the mental awakening of a caffeine hit into visual form
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Comment & OpinionUse the festive season to give back and reflect your brand’s values
With the festive season fast approaching, budgets to set, plans to sign off, and personal commitments stacking up, it’s easy to race through these last months without taking the time to end the year well
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Comment & OpinionThe real problem with UPFs isn’t the ingredients, it’s the incentives
As the man behind Joe Wicks’ headline-grabbing Killer protein bar, Amir Mousavi, founder and food consultant, Good Food Studio, gets real about food development, UPFs and what needs to change
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Comment & OpinionGet out of your business bubble and spot the baby elephants
Identify the biggest issues and ignore the hype. Then put a plan in place, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers can help close the sustainability ‘say-do’ gap
Consumers want to make greener choices in principle, but are stopped by cost, convenience and limited knowledge, says Andrew Opie, director of food & sustainability at the BRC
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Comment & OpinionWhy grocery is failing working-class talent (except Co-op)
Guess how many fmcg companies were on ‘the definitive list of employers championing social mobility in the workplace’
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Comment & OpinionWhat the UPF? Why there are so few dissenting voices on the topic
The reaction to Joe Wicks and Chris van Tulleken’s shockumentary shows how bizarre the UPF debate has become, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation