All comment & opinion articles – Page 5
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Comment & OpinionSpirits and hospitality can’t afford a gut punch in spring statement
The sectors took a quadruple hit at the last statement – it’s someone else’s turn, says Nick Gillett, MD at Mangrove Global
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Comment & OpinionDid ‘Morrisons Magic’ really just mean job cuts and closures?
When Morrisons announced last week it was unleashing some much-needed ‘Morrisons Magic’ on Market Street, few expected the closure of dozens of fresh meat and fish counters, florists and pharmacies, and more than 50 cafés
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Comment & OpinionThe snacking industry causes harm and needs regulating
Our current voluntary approach towards reformulation has proven inadequate, says Sonia Pombo, head of impact & research for Action on Salt
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Comment & OpinionAllan Leighton will need time as well as money to turn Asda around
Allan Leighton is ‘putting the band back together’ but it’s going to take a lot of practice to get the Asda show well and truly back on the road
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Comment & OpinionConfusion reigns in KFC’s folk horror-style advert
KFC’s ad provides folk horror shock factor – but what does it all mean?
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Comment & OpinionSeven techniques to help you solve the big problems at work
Soft skills like problem solving are becoming increasingly important, says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter
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Comment & OpinionPeriod pain: Why are Aldi’s free tampons such big news?
Earlier this week, Aldi became the first UK supermarket to offer free period products in store – but why has it taken so long?
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Comment & OpinionMarketing in 2025 will be about where, not how much
Nailing the right mix of old and new media will continue to give marketers a headache
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Comment & OpinionLow-quality challenger pitches bring the movement down
Every time a challenger brand overpromises and underdelivers, or submits a time-wasting application, it makes buyers that bit more cautious about newness, says Thea Alexander, CEO at YF
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Comment & OpinionSue Perkins livens up bafflingly-still-going Waitrose Dish podcast
Perkins tells the tale of winning the 2006 World’s Biggest Liar competition in Cumbria
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Comment & OpinionFood security must be an urgent priority in turbulent times
Government, business and the public must work together to drive progress, says Matthew Stoughton-Harris, resilience lead at the IGD
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Comment & OpinionCharlie Bigham’s doesn’t make UPFs – or ready meals
I am proud we have spent the past 28 years making food consistent with our founding philosophy, says Charlie Bigham, founder of Charlie Bigham’s
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Comment & OpinionFor the future of petfood, look to Gen Alpha’s eating habits
Emerging health trends will be pivotal for the petfood industry, says Kate Vlietstra, Mintel senior food and drink research director
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Comment & OpinionRed tape and bureaucracy: do we need PackUK to run the EPR?
Questions are being raised over the future of PackUK, the new quango set up to run EPR. With a £150k year CEO and separate bureaucracy, could this be run by the industry instead?
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Comment & OpinionFarming disinformation is rife with idyllic imagery on packs
‘Humane-washing’ uses deceptive labels and imagery to sell animal-derived products, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionCould reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the next 10 years?
Will reuse and refill replace single-use packaging in the UK? Dr Paul Davidson, director of UKRI’s Smart Plastic Packaging Challenge, believes the reuse revolution is closer than we might think
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Comment & OpinionWhat does Lidl’s TikTok Shop mean for the future of grocery?
Does Lidl’s TikTok Shop mean consumers will be placing orders for their entire weekly supermarket shops on social media?
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Comment & OpinionWhy Unilever’s CEO is betting big on social media marketing
In a fireside chat, Fernando Fernandez indicated his intention to move to a ‘social first’ marketing strategy, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment & OpinionWithout dietary change, net zero is impossible
Dietary shifts are a crucial, but challenging, part of the UK’s decarbonisation pathway, say Ali Morpeth & Mike Barry, co-founders of Planetary Alliance
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Comment & OpinionWhat Yeo Valley buying The Collective means for UK yoghurt
Yoghurt giant Yeo Valley bought rival brand The Collective in a surprise move last week – but why did it happen in the first place?