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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Asda cuts, Morrisons u-turn & regen crossroads
As we recovered from the heatwave, the pressure was still on at Asda, Morrisons and Co-op, while regenerative agriculture was facing a credibility test
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Comment & OpinionSide-by-Side: Fuller’s-backed series offers a new way to talk it out
A new initiative between Fuller’s London Pride and its long-standing charity partner Brave Mind encourages people to talk in a less ‘confrontational’ way
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Comment & OpinionWild campaign gets nun too provocative
The ad purports to show a meeting in which members of the Wild team are brainstorming the best way to describe how dry its product leaves pits
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Comment & OpinionHow marginal gains can reduce meetings and recover some time
Meetings are frequently unproductive and inefficient. Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter has a six-point plan to reduce them
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Comment & OpinionOur children’s poor health is a manufactured crisis
We are living in a manufactured health crisis driven by industry profit lines – and it’s wrecking the health of a generation, says Alice Mazon, member of the UK Youth Food and Farming Forum
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Comment & Opinion‘Made in Britain’ labels are no substitute for farming policy
In a return to the old political battleground of food labels, more than 40 MPs have called for the government to require clearer country-of-origin labelling on a wider range of meat products
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Comment & OpinionWhy food and drink brands need to invest in tackling litter
Recyclable packaging alone won’t solve litter – a Yorkshire pilot shows behaviour change can work, says Alison Ogden- Newton, CEO of Keep Britain Tidy
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Comment & OpinionIf the Oxo mum was on a GLP-1, would she still want to cook?
As GLP-1 medications reduce appetite for millions of primary household cooks, food brands face a new challenge, says Ayisha Koyenikan, principal strategist at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionWhy livestock feed is the next frontier for Scope 3 reduction
As Scope 3 targets tighten, the carbon hidden in livestock feed can no longer be ignored, says Dr Andrew Pine, business manager at UFAC
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Comment & OpinionGreenwashing at Groundswell: has regen-ag been hijacked?
No longer the preserve of idealistic farmers, regenerative agriculture is now firmly on the agenda in boardrooms across the food chain
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Comment & OpinionHow social media is helping pickle juice mania go mainstream
Pickle products are in high demand, with the first pickle juice drink set to hit UK supermarket shelves next month
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Comment & OpinionShopworkers deserve better than a law with no teeth
Tougher laws have failed to prevent an increase in assaults on shopworkers in Scotland. What’s going on?
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Comment & OpinionThe cold chain blind spot in global food systems
A new global index reveals the infrastructure gap between farm and fork isn’t just a logistics problem – it’s a systemic problem threatening food security, says Pratima Singh, principal of policy and insights and head of The Food Imperative at Economist Enterprise
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: booze brands, Brexit and a Co-op bombshell
As grocery felt the strain of this week’s heatwave, we covered key stories about booze, bread and Brexit, among (much) more
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Comment & OpinionThe regulatory reckoning coming to the period aisle
New regulation is coming to period care – and retailers carry more risk than they think, says St.John Pearce-Burke, co-founder & CEO at TOTM
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Comment & OpinionMr Somersby rescues pair of Brits in sweary campaign
Mr Somersby is a genial American who helps a couple of shut-ins enjoy nature - and a cider, of course
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Comment & OpinionBuzzBallz hype hides importance of RTDs to booze category
BuzzBallz success is exceptional but there are lessons to be learned for all in the alcoholic drinks category
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Comment & OpinionGood Health by Good Food: refreshingly angle-free podcast
The new podcast, hosted by Dr Alex George and Dr Chintal Patel, is a much-needed palate cleanser for the trash-filled feeds of doomscrollers
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Comment & OpinionThe Treasury can’t mark its own homework on alcohol duty reform
As we approach the three-year anniversary of the first major reform of the UK’s alcohol excise regime in over 50 years, Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association, shares his hopes and fears of the government’s evaluation of the new system
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Comment & OpinionWe must look past the CV to see the potential in people
Retailers need to look past employment gaps and CVs to give long-term unemployed people a chance, says Stephanie Rogers, chief people officer at Lidl GB