All comment & opinion articles – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionPavement Overload: campaign film highlights delivery bot danger
The Living Streets film strips away the cutesy image of the bots, showing how dangerous they are to people with disabilities
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Comment & OpinionIt’s clear grocery is not doing enough to tackle modern slavery
Modern slavery is in our high streets, and the problem is worsening. The industry must redouble efforts to stamp it out
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Comment & OpinionWhy the anger over Diageo’s mid-strength push is misplaced
The spirits category’s leading player choosing to extend into mid-strength feels like a step-change
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Health Summit: who’s to blame for obesity crisis?
In the days leading up to the summit, the significance of the occasion was rammed home by a series of major announcements and calls on health
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Comment & OpinionWorld foods is where free-from was 20 years ago. It needs its trailblazers
World foods is a £1.8bn category with no agreed identity and no standout brands, says The Black Farmer’s Alex Emmanuel-Jones
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Comment & OpinionBeef’s future won’t be won by protein claims alone
Shoppers haven’t stopped buying beef, but the industry has to prove its relevance and environmental credentials, not just assume them, says Sean Deane, market specialist at Bord Bia
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Comment & OpinionCostco, costs & culture: how UK grocery can crack America
Here are a few areas food and drink brands should consider when weighing up a stateside launch
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Comment & OpinionThe Thorne deal and the avocado oil study point to the same problem
Ownership isn’t what makes a supplement trustworthy – verification is, says Smidge founder Dan Corrigan
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Comment & OpinionHow the government keeps getting grocery wrong
Three recent headlines promised tough action on grocery pricing, but all three collapsed on contact with reality, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Tesco tackles UPFs, Mounjaro mishap, inflation reprieve
As Tesco made a decisive move in the UPF debate, a Grocer reporter obtained Mounjaro and Christmas started to look less pricey for consumers
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Comment & OpinionAbsent Stanley Tucci still makes an impression for Birra Moretti
We get a glimpse behind Adland’s curtains, witnessing the set-up of the perfect shot. But where’s Stanley?
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Comment & OpinionLast Meals: talking food and death with Gillian Anderson
Crap jokes and intense questions abound as chef Josh Scherer’s YouTube hit interview series arrives on Netflix
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Comment & OpinionWhy taking the lead on transparency is a must for brands
Openness became one of our most powerful trust-builders, says Ellie Webb of Caleño Drinks
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Comment & OpinionGLP-what?! It should not have been this easy to buy Mounjaro
It was shockingly easy for our reporter to get hold of Mounjaro. The regulator is understandably concerned
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Comment & OpinionSME food innovators need more than R&D tax credits
We need better understanding of the nature of R&D for tax purposes among smaller food companies, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionCategory is important but occasion is key for shoppers
If you’re looking for ways to grow it’s important to think about usage occasions, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionWhy Trip is betting big on the Kendall Jenner effect
With 277 million Instagram followers and genuine skin in the game, could Kendall Jenner be the catalyst that takes Trip from UK success story to global drinks powerhouse?
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Comment & OpinionWill retail’s Opening Shift job scheme be enough for NEETs?
Retailers believe they are stepping up in the effort to support young people into work – but they want government support to do so
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: Huel, health consciousness and cost of living
After the CMA’s approval of Danone’s acquisition of Huel, the question now is whether Danone can grow the brand without making it less ‘Huel’
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Comment & OpinionStockpiling won’t solve the UK’s next food supply shock
The rapidly escalating El Niño climate pattern appears to have stimulated the government into thinking more seriously about resilience. Might it start listening to an industry which has been issuing warnings on the subject for some time?