All comment & opinion articles – Page 7
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Comment & OpinionScaremongering about sugar is pushing out the actual science
Healthy eating is important – but it must be backed up by good-quality, well-conducted, well-communicated science, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & Opinion‘Price gouging’? Grocery retailers hardly have the chance
Grocery retailing is fiercely competitive – if retailers get anywhere near being comfortable, they pay, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionThe CMA cleared loyalty pricing. So why is Aldi reopening the debate?
Surprise, surprise: a change of prime minister, another pledge to tackle the cost of living crisis, and the loyalty pricing debate is back
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: CMA rules on Aldi & Lidl, drought pressures mount
Aldi and Lidl have spent years insisting they stock fewer than 3,000 lines each. The CMA has now shown otherwise
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Comment & OpinionJaffa Cakes rap: duo Pete & Bas add fuel to treat debate
Rap duo Peter Bowditch and Basil Bellgrave – both of whom are in their mid-70s - produce a fun effort for McVitie’s
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Comment & OpinionSustained growth for Diageo is the real test for Dave Lewis
Nine months into the CEO job at Diageo, ‘Drastic’ Dave Lewis has applied a familiar strategy
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Comment & OpinionExtreme weather cannot be dismissed as a one-off, it is a warning
While this summer has brought some of the worst drought conditions farmers and growers have experienced, it cannot be dismissed as a one-off. It is a warning of what the future could hold.
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Comment & OpinionDairylea’s adventures are all in the mind
A Dairylea-fuelled kid demonstrates the power of imagination – but doesn’t get to have any real fun
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Comment & OpinionYour new product is out there. Congratulations! Now the work begins
says Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble
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Comment & OpinionWhy climate risk is a foreign policy problem
As drought grips England and low water levels disrupt the Rhine, trade policy needs to treat climate risk as a standing economic threat, not a one-off shock, says Marco Forgione, DG of The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
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Comment & OpinionHFSS regulations prompt a switch from discount promos to hybrid advertising – and it’s working
New rules have required brands to create a compliant mix of brand and product adverts, the data suggests it’s working, says James Dunaj, partner success director at Circana
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Comment & OpinionWinners of new EU anti-greenwashing legislation will have proof behind their claims
As the ECGT Directive comes into effect in September, brands that can prove their environmental claims will pull ahead, says Jaclyn McCarthy, director of brand strategy at 1% for the Planet
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Comment & OpinionDetox denied: Why the UK is still hooked on plastic packaging
Defra’s packaging reforms are driving producers towards plastic and away from infinitely recyclable glass, says Jenni Richards, environment and circularity director, British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation
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Comment & OpinionFrom TikTok to takeaway: why KFC and Doritos are loading up the bag
KFC and Doritos are taking the viral social media ‘bring your own bag’ trend from TikTok to 27 European markets
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Comment & OpinionRetailers are sleepwalking into the ‘Club Ozempic’ era
As 8.25 million Britons take or consider GLP-1 medications, retailers from Boots to Ocado are racing to work out what ‘Club Ozempic’ shoppers actually want, says Amy Stobie, co-founder and commercial director at AgencyUK
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Comment & OpinionThe value lever your competitors can’t copy
Culturally relevant brands are valued nearly three times higher than those that aren’t and grocery has barely started competing on it, says Jed Hallam, founder of CultureLab
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Comment & OpinionWhy Andy Burnham is wrong to suggest vape shops are the villains
The prime minister has branded the vaping sector as ‘dodgy’, but it’s wrong to tar the entire industry with the same brush
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Comment & OpinionWhy Nichols’ VitHit acquisition is a smart way to buy into wellness
The functional wellness brand sits exactly where Vimto can’t reach, according to Nichols CEO Andrew Milne
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Comment & OpinionConvenience food isn’t the problem. Bad convenience food is
Shoppers aren’t rejecting convenience, they’re rejecting convenience they don’t trust, says Bella Acland, founder of Soul Kitchen
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Comment & OpinionTomorrow’s luxury booze is already in the barrel
Discounting should be the last resort for premium alcohol brands, unless they want to damage long-term equity, says Simon Massey, founder of Neverland