All Industry Insight articles
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Promotional FeaturesStay still, fall behind: Why food and drink must keep one eye on the future
The UK food and drink sector walks a continual tightrope between day-to-day operational demands and preparing for what the future holds. So, how can manufacturers and retailers balance their time strategically and successfully?
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Comment & OpinionYorkshire Tea addresses question of when to go for Gold
A new celeb-free pair of ads address a question Yorkshire Tea drinkers might have
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Comment & OpinionThe Chancellor’s Treasured Notes: can music make rum taste better?
The Chancellor’s Treasured Notes isn’t likely to trouble the charts. But can it improve the experience of drinking rum?
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Comment & OpinionPractical steps to improve confidence and stand out more
The people coached by Making Business Matter’s Darren A Smith can normally identify one of three things they can do to improve their confidence levels
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WhitepapersThe markets, categories and trends driving fmcg growth to 2029
Global fast-moving consumer goods sales are rising. So is private label. New data from Euromonitor sets out what that means for brands.
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Comment & OpinionTesco man lives through nightmare question session
Britain’s biggest retailer is weaponising a well-worn question
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Comment & OpinionThe Tasters: food-related war film offers dramatic dining at Hitler’s table
The film follows a young woman who is forced to taste meals for the paranoid Führer
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s leadership lessons (and other takeaways from Retail Week x The Grocer LIVE 2026)
Discussions at Retail Week x The Grocer LIVE 2026 have included Asda’s turnaround, the role of AI, retail media and the business of building hype
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WebinarsFuture of soft drinks: Unlocking the next decade of growth
With volumes under pressure, how do retailers and suppliers turn soft drinks innovation into lasting growth? Our panel of experts from Tesco, Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners GB, Kantar and the British Soft Drinks Association reveal all.
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Comment & OpinionImperilled Pringles pair play up power of sharing
If you thought it was tricky to politely prise the potato-ish snacks from a tube at a party, try doing it when you’re dangling off a skyscraper
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Comment & OpinionAs shelf space is squeezed, seek the hospitality opportunity
As an SME, having a diverse sales channel is essential, says Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble
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Comment & OpinionInsta sandwich stunts provide history lessons and monstrosities
Some creations border on criminal, quite frankly
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Comment & OpinionMorgan Freeman talks viewers through history of Warburtons
Freeman takes us back to the brand’s birth, providing an amusingly daft alternative history of a bread-obsessed family
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Comment & OpinionThe Hunger Game: Radio 4 series probes weight-loss jabs
Giles Yeo charts the early breakthroughs of the 1970s, before raising some pertinent questions
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Comment & OpinionTony’s Chocolonely wrestler helps it balance ethics and taste messaging
The brand wisely balances ethics and taste in its TV debut
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Comment & OpinionTrusted Advertising: treatise explores marketing’s future
Matt Bourn and James Best explore how brands should adapt to the age of the influencer and, even more topically, how they should be using artificial intelligence
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Comment & OpinionConflict at work: how to manage it and prevent the blowfish
One blowfish per conversation is bad enough, two is a disaster, says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter
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Comment & OpinionFrom sweet to savoury: the modern breakfast transformation
Shoppers are shifting away from sweet offerings toward savoury breakfasts with functional benefits such as energy, gut health and immunity support, says Ayisha Koyenikan, principal strategist at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionAbsolut and Tabasco break the rules to puff partnership
Absolut’s ad features no relatable human faces, nor dialogue. There isn’t even a voiceover
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Comment & OpinionUK Crisp Packets 1970-2000: dazzling look at lost era of packaging design
The 140-page book presents a pictorial history of crisp packets, allowing readers to salivate at the artwork and rustle in nostalgia