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Comment & OpinionWhy nostalgia isn’t enough to save Pizza Hut’s dine-in dream
It’s been a challenging year for the whole Pizza Hut brand, which has struggled having not ‘picked a lane’
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Comment & OpinionOne-off or not, B&M’s accounting error could stall return to growth
Investors are exasperated and analysts are questioning B&M’s financial controls
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Comment & OpinionYou can’t spreadsheet a sandwich: lessons from the Kraft Heinz split
Kraft Heinz’s split shows the limits of cost-cutting. In a market where private label is surging, emotion – not efficiency – keeps grocery brands valuable, says Aaron Shields, executive director of experience strategy at Landor
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Comment & OpinionJoe Wicks’ UPF crusade: well-meaning but woefully misguided
Joe Wicks and Dr Chris van Tulleken are spreading confusion and fear, rather than helping consumers make informed choices, says Mike Coppen-Gardner of SPQR
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Comment & OpinionCan supermarkets help menopause become ‘the new vegan’?
Women in menopause are one of the most powerful consumer spenders – and are the primary decision-makers of household spend, says Heather Jackson, CEO and co-founder of GenM
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: the fourth tier frontier and Roberts Bakery’s saviour
It’s also cheering to be able to report that Roberts Bakery has been saved
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Comment & OpinionCo-op faces many questions over its commercial and logistics restructure
Offering suppliers a single point of contact in which it can simultaneously close deals with 8,000 outlets across multiple routes to market is very attractive, but the plans have got off to a shaky start
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Comment & Opinion‘No.1 and only’ Chesney Hawkes makes some noise for Waitrose
The evergreen Hawkes lip-syncs along to a remix of his 1991 hit The One and Only because… well, Waitrose has an own label called No.1
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Comment & OpinionArt of the Espresso Café: dancing brainwaves in Breville coffee experiment
Artist Caroline Hobkinson’s ‘immersive experience’ at Gallery Different in Fitzrovia, London worked to translate the mental awakening of a caffeine hit into visual form
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Comment & OpinionUse the festive season to give back and reflect your brand’s values
With the festive season fast approaching, budgets to set, plans to sign off, and personal commitments stacking up, it’s easy to race through these last months without taking the time to end the year well
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Comment & OpinionThe real problem with UPFs isn’t the ingredients, it’s the incentives
As the man behind Joe Wicks’ headline-grabbing Killer protein bar, Amir Mousavi, founder and food consultant, Good Food Studio, gets real about food development, UPFs and what needs to change
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Comment & OpinionGet out of your business bubble and spot the baby elephants
Identify the biggest issues and ignore the hype. Then put a plan in place, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers can help close the sustainability ‘say-do’ gap
Consumers want to make greener choices in principle, but are stopped by cost, convenience and limited knowledge, says Andrew Opie, director of food & sustainability at the BRC
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Comment & OpinionWhy grocery is failing working-class talent (except Co-op)
Guess how many fmcg companies were on ‘the definitive list of employers championing social mobility in the workplace’
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Comment & OpinionWhat the UPF? Why there are so few dissenting voices on the topic
The reaction to Joe Wicks and Chris van Tulleken’s shockumentary shows how bizarre the UPF debate has become, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionWhat next for rescued Roberts Bakery following Boparan deal?
Why on earth does the ‘Chicken King’ want a struggling factory selling traditional and out-of-fashion sliced bread? No one seems to know
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Comment & OpinionA step to the right: why the EU’s veggie burger ban is bull
MEPs have voted to ban the use of key ‘meaty’ words when describing plant-based versions of certain foods – leading to no little clapback from meat-free brands
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Comment & OpinionWill an Inheritance Tax u-turn be too little, too late for UK’s farmers?
Almost a year after Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ controversial budget announcement on changes to Inheritance Tax relief for farming businesses, could we now be on the cusp of at least a partial u-turn?
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Comment & OpinionStop fighting EPR: the obvious solution is reuse
EPR is having exactly the effect it should, says Catherine Conway of UnPackaged
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Joe Wicks, the TikTok table and Roberts Bakery
The Joe Wicks mockumentary on Monday caused a huge brouhaha, while the next day brought news of Roberts Bakery going into administration