All Daily Bread articles – Page 8
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Comment and Opinion
Deadly supermarket AI recipe suggestion serves up cautionary tale
Flawed and exploitable, New Zealand’s Savey Meal-Bot recommended a deadly drink
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Comment and Opinion
Egg producers may be over the worst but they’re not out of the woods
Egg producers have recieved much-needed support, but the category isn’t out of the woods yet
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Comment and Opinion
Beyond Meat’s plunging results are not the final blow for plant-based
Beyond Meat revealed plunging second-quarter sales of almost a third, driven by shoppers’ diminishing appetite for the plant-based meat
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Analysis and Features
How ‘loved’ high street discount retailer Wilko came to trouble
Wilko is in a struggle for survival, having last week filed a notice of intention to appointment administrators
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Comment and Opinion
Can fmcg brands raise a glass to paper packaging?
There have been huge advances in paper packaging, but concerns remain about its recyclability and environmental impact
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Comment and Opinion
How high street baker Greggs has managed a stellar sales performance
Greggs’ first-half results show a thriving business, but CEO Roisin Currie remains cautious
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Comment and Opinion
It’s time to end crime spree against shopworkers
Criminal acts at Co-op stores jumped to over 175,000 recorded incidents since the start of the year. That’s almost 1,000 each day
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Comment and Opinion
Defra won’t get far without mandatory food waste reporting
The last remnants of Defra’s “world-leading” environmental policies spilled out on Friday, when a whole series of documents were dumped on its website
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Comment and Opinion
Beer fear for brewers as new alcohol tax set to hinder innovation
The tax is aimed at driving moderation, but this shouldn’t come at the expense of innovation
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Comment and Opinion
Why Unilever’s bumper profits are not all they seem
The news of Unilever’s near-double digit first-half sales growth and improved margins raised some eyebrows yesterday amid regulatory scrutiny of food and drink suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
Plant-based naysayers’ debate lacks nutritional value
Doubt cast on the nutritional benefits of plant-based dairy alternatives (or lack of)
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Comment and Opinion
Britain’s strawberries are at risk unless a fair price is paid
Britain’s berries are under threat as supermarkets fail to pass cost increases back down the line to them, the industry’s trade body has claimed
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Comment and Opinion
CMA turns attention to suppliers, but what will ‘profiteering’ probe achieve?
Timing, it seems, is everything these days, but especially when it comes to announcements from the competition watchdog
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Comment and Opinion
The real health risks of the WHO’s aspartame research are poignant
The WHO’s findings into aspartame have come up with – to severely gloss over nuance in the report – nothing useful
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury’s Nectar Prices expansion is a strategy that works
Sainsbury’s has bolstered the number of products in its scheme to 3,500 – a huge sum for an initiative launched just this April
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Comment and Opinion
Vape sector will bear the blame for disposables ban
The vaping sector simply isn’t doing enough to reduce the number of single-use vapes that get binned
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Comment and Opinion
Heinz’s ambient tomato expansion makes perfect sense – unlike Houmouz
Heinz’s tinned tomatoes and cooking sauces will appeal to consumers looking to prepare cheaper meals in bulk
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Comment and Opinion
What more would mandatory calorie labelling on alcohol packaging do?
Health groups demand alcohol labelling information that is already there for most
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Comment and Opinion
Waitrose’s Uber Eats partnership – about time or too late?
Nowadays such deals seemingly come as often as takeaway drivers did during the pandemic lockdowns
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Comment and Opinion
Sustainable beer raring to inspire a green food and drink future
Pubgoers increasingly complain a pint of beer is costing the earth. And they’re right, but in more ways than one