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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: dry spells, cold treats & the RTD gold rush
From crop stress to rocketing ice cream sales and a £11m RTD funding round, here’s what caught our eye this week
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Comment & OpinionAfter Andy Burnham’s quick wins, the real challenge begins
Burnham’s 10-year plan for Britain needs to extend to the far more complex challenge of fixing business rates and employment costs
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Comment & OpinionMagnum is on point with further foray into fashion
Inside the ‘House of Magnum’, parallels between couture and ice cream are cleverly drawn
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Comment & OpinionThe Healthy Thinking Diet: Sharry Cramond pours thought into self-help
The M&S marketing director extols the virtues of applying the principles of healthy eating and a good diet to the way we think
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Comment & OpinionWater shortages cannot be allowed to threaten UK food security
Alarm bells have been ringing across the food industry after chicken giant 2 Sisters closed one of its factories due to food safety and animal welfare concerns
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Comment & OpinionWhy the war on UPFs has hit an evidence-based roadblock
Will Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper crack down on ultra-processed foods? That question is very much up for debate
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Comment & OpinionRegulation can give food businesses the level playing field they need
A year on from the Health and Social Care Committee’s promise of clearer food standards, it is the delay, not the regulation itself, that is costing businesses, says Katharine Jenner, executive director of the Obesity Health Alliance
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Comment & OpinionPlastic Free July has done its job, now it’s the industry’s turn
Fifteen years of asking shoppers to try harder to cut out plastic has taken us as far as it can – the baton must pass to brands, retailers and government, says Laura Harnett, founder of Seep
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Comment & OpinionThe junk food ‘clampdown’ isn’t failing, it’s working
Campaign called the ASA’s recent rulings proof that regulation had failed, but they actually prove the opposite, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR
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Comment & OpinionAre retail media sales teams just ‘gorillas with calculators’?
Just the mention of retail media to suppliers was met with eyerolls, frustrated sighs and sometimes colourful accounts of pressurised sales tactics
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Comment & OpinionThe Health Select Committee has listened to young people. Now Andy Burnham must act
Parliament has finally listened to young people on junk food marketing, now the new prime minister needs to follow through, says Alice, a campaigner at Bite Back
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Comment & OpinionWill Andy Burnham be the radical change our food system needs?
As we begin to hear who will be filling many of the top posts in this new government, we should quickly get a clearer picture of how the Burnham administration plans to tackle the many challenges currently facing the British food system
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: obesity policy, BNPL limits and low & no wines
Advertising has little to no causal effect on long-term childhood obesity or BMI. True public health drivers lie in addressing social inequality, food affordability and accessibility
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Comment & OpinionThe Blue Zones longevity diet is too good to be true
Countless books, documentaries, articles, diet plans, food products and lifestyle influencers have repeated the mantra that these magical zones hold the key to a better life – but the data behind them has been debunked, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionIncoming PM Andy Burnham must put food at heart of the agenda
As Andy Burnham prepares to become prime minister on Monday, food policy must finally get the priority it deserves, says Kath Dalmeny, CEO of Sustain
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Comment & OpinionWant to be customer-driven? Stop relying on data alone
Data can mislead as easily as it informs, real insight comes from watching and listening to consumers as people, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Energy drinks, Asda pricing & retail media
This week we examine Andy Burnham’s plans for food & drink, look at Asda’s evolution and see how the sector is feeling the heat from the recent weather
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Comment & OpinionIf Andy Burnham wants a fast win, the Good Food Cycle awaits
There is huge speculation about what former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham may do when it comes to food strategy and health
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Comment & OpinionOld Spice sniffs victory with last-gasp football spot
Old Spice’s football ad might have landed better had a certain semi-final result been different
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Comment & OpinionJameson scores with high-concept football fashion collection
There’s a clear football theme to the range, which strikes ‘a balance between nostalgia and newness, where Irish heritage meets New York energy’