All Daily Bread articles – Page 81
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Comment & Opinion
Celebrity vegans will boost diet popularity – but beware the whitewash
News that racing driver Lewis Hamilton has converted to veganism may have met with ridicule in some quarters, but he is part of a growing trend that appeals to those seeking a more healthy lifestyle
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Comment & Opinion
Freddo fury shows just how much Brits are in the dark about food price increases
Most shoppers are still blissfully unaware of what is coming … now it’s up to the industry to set the record straight
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Analysis & Features
Deposit return has its headaches. But there is a chance it could repeat the plastic bag success
There is no doubt there are huge technical issues to sort out with regards to how such a system for bottles work in practice
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s squash star critics aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Commentators are vexed that Tesco is encouraging food waste and that cutting veg into cutesy shapes undermines efforts to educate kids on food and healthy eating
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Comment & Opinion
Why ketchup needs craft more than it needs Kraft
Ketchup’s biggest brand is to thank for most of mayo’s £10m growth
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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer Own Label Awards: how a winner is born
There are quips, sighs, giggles, and a fair amount of bickering
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Comment & Opinion
Asda needs to follow Tesco’s example to keep in the GCA’s good books
So why has Asda escaped, and is the Adjudicator’s decision to hold back from the ultimate deterrent justified? Yesterday’s revelation that Asda had demanded millions from suppliers to finance its Project Renewal strategy – or face having their products stripped from its shelves – made for yet ...
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Comment & Opinion
Be inspired by Top New Talent - and maybe even enter yourself!
Free to enter and open to rising stars (35 and under), the awards celebrate the best and brightest in fmcg
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Comment & Opinion
Can Hellmann’s ‘emergency’ recipes really beat takeaways?
On the face of it, the initiative taps all the right trends. People are demanding everything quicker, and at minimal effort.
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Comment & Opinion
New pay measures lack teeth - but they'll get people talking
Executive pay will come under more scrutiny, even if government proposals are watered down
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Comment & Opinion
‘Foodvenience’ sounds naff, but it’s a big opportunity for c-store retailers
The term was coined last week by Simply Fresh creative director Davinder Jheeta Foodvenience. As a grocery term it’s up there with ‘tummy touch points’ in its naffness, but as a concept it could just be the answer to one of the industry’s burning questions: How can ...
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Comment & Opinion
‘Supermarket x’ and the ethics of food risk disclosure
Food safety recalls are always either too early or too late so how should regulators approach public comms during such scares?
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Comment & Opinion
Leckford festival presents Waitrose more as lifestyle brand than supermarket
Appealing to ‘foodies and families’, the Waitrose faithful came out in numbers, boosting the supermarket’s well-heeled image
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Comment & Opinion
Dairy needs to fight harder against vegan extremism
A constant stream of anti-dairy rhetoric on social media and now a ’World Plant Milk Day’ is keeping the vegan agenda firmly in the spotlight
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Comment & Opinion
The CMA should not allow retailers to be vague and dismissive about code breaches
News that supplier complaints about possible breaches by Asda have shot up in the past year, doesn’t tell the whole story, at least it took the reporting process seriously … unlike some supermarkets
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Comment & Opinion
The time has come to commit to UK supply for processing eggs
Research for The Grocer reveals a third of UK consumers have pledged to buy only British eggs and products made with British eggs
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Comment & Opinion
We should be wary of the constant mixed signals over booze
August ‘silly season’ is upon us
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Comment & Opinion
Five big questions for food & drink from today’s post-Brexit customs plan
From food safety to the Irish border, we take a look at the key issues raised by today’s customs proposals
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Comment & Opinion
Is Amazon’s one-year shelf life ready meal a credible proposition?
The technology purports to keep the food’s natural flavour, texture and nutrients for up to a year, with no need for refrigeration. Tasty!
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Comment & Opinion
Do consumers actually care about ‘fake farm’ brands?
The move by Morrisons could be seen as a cute PR ploy on a special day of promoting British agriculture … but it looks like it worked as the national media lapped it up