All comment & opinion articles – Page 7
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Comment & OpinionMandatory health targets are a game-changer for M&A strategy
Food businesses are facing pressure to get healthier from government and major investors
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Comment & OpinionIrn-Bru brings back girders – and silliness – in convenience store campaign
A bolshy red-headed kid takes issue with Irn-Bru being labelled as a soft drink
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Comment & OpinionAsda turnaround showing ‘green shoots’ but remains a very leafy plant
Asda has finally completed its mammoth Project Future IT overhaul, but the pressure is on Allan Leighton to show his turnaround plan has legs
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Comment & OpinionHolland & Barrett’s tie-up with Co-op is a healthy win-win
Health and wellness specialist Holland & Barrett has launched branded concessions in 125 Co-op stores
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Comment & OpinionAs Coca-Cola mulls Costa Coffee sale, what's gone wrong?
Costa Coffee was acquired for £3.9bn from Whitbread in 2018 but it's not worked out for the soft drinks giant. Here's why
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Comment & OpinionLetter: FDF is committed to supporting healthy diets
We pride ourselves on following established nutrition science, says Kate Halliwell, chief scientific officer at the FDF
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Comment & OpinionBournville puts flavour first in dark chocolate campaign
In its first major ad push since 1982, the brand is wisely making a virtue of its approachability
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Comment & OpinionWhy the HFSS promotions ban was never going to work
It’s easy to carp from the sidelines when well-intentioned folk try to effect important change – but the HFSS promotions ban was never going to work.
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Comment & OpinionThe Cinema Chefs: podcast duo examine Pulp Fiction’s menu
Chefs Clara Park and Jenn de la Vega slice and dice the food of famous films
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Comment & OpinionA year in the US shows why we mustn’t let food standards slip
Having spent the past year in California, Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble has had a front-row seat to just how different the system looks across the Atlantic
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Comment & OpinionThe Guinness boom may be over, but its remarkable resurgence is still worth toasting
After a remarkable post-Covid growth tear, Guinness’ year-on-year growth figures in the past six and three months make for far less positive reading. But the long term trend is clear
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Comment & OpinionChristmas chaos: volatility in supply chains is worse than ever
While global supply chains are still recovering from the disruptions of the past decade, new pressures are mounting rapidly, says Chris Clowes, executive director at Scala
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Comment & OpinionFood innovation teams face an uphill, but vital, battle
Without our food designers we’d still be eating boiled mince and potato and drinking mead, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionUPF and convenience foods are not the enemy of weight loss
It would appear that weight loss is still achievable with nutritionally balanced UPFs, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionNature knows best: ultra-processed food is bad for weight loss
Nature knows best: minimally processed foods are better for your health and – surprise, surprise – processed food is bad for your diet, says Rob Percival, head of policy, food and health at Soil Association
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Comment & OpinionWhat makes Poundland MD Barry Williams think the £1 concept can still work?
A pound today equates to 40p when Poundland first opened in 1990. So why is Williams still chasing the price point?
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Comment & OpinionTalking to politicians is hassle. But we must use our voice
For most of the industry there has rarely been a time when policy formulation or the response to geopolitical events has been so potentially important, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Comment & OpinionActivists must work with industry for animal welfare action
What exactly does Animal Justice Project want to achieve with its actions targeting Cranswick?
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Comment & OpinionWhy food hygiene checks should remain independent and public
It has become quite clear that rather a lot of stores are falling below the legal food hygiene standards
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Comment & OpinionWhy restraint is the new edge in noisy fmcg marketing
True minimalism isn’t about what you leave out – it’s about what you leave space for, says Tarek Sioufi, chief strategy officer at Grey London