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Comment & OpinionUnilever wants out of food. But it’s a tricky road ahead
The direction of travel for Unilever towards homecare, beauty and personal care has only accelerated since former CFO Fernando Fernandez took the reins in early 2025
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Comment & OpinionCleaning as content: why homecare is the new self-care
The shift from cleaning as functional to emotional, sensorial and personal is opening up a new growth space for homecare, says Andrew Wardlaw, chief ideas officer at MMR Research
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Comment & OpinionIt’s time for an honest debate about artificial sweeteners
Retailers and brands need to have a more honest debate about artificial sweeteners, says Hamish Renton, CEO at HRA Global
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Comment & OpinionHow Strait of Hormuz closure will impact global food & drink
If the Strait is closed for more than a few weeks, the world will see much higher oil, gas and fertiliser prices, and resultant systemic food and crop shortages, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Comment & OpinionAdopting AI and building a people-centric future for fmcg
In a short space of time AI has gone from something people were curious about to something many teams feel they are expected to understand and use, says Emma Thompson, head of agency, consumer brand division at Golley Slater
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Comment & OpinionMythos ‘Greek-style’ lager is a tipping point – UK beer drinkers deserve better
The Grocer has launched its own Lager Authenticity Index to help consumers find genuine European lagers on their next shop
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Comment & OpinionJoybuy’s ‘Double 11’ means days of sluggish delivery are numbered
Joybuy has launched with a clear and catchy delivery proposition. Consumers will respond to its simplicity
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Comment & OpinionRestoring authentic honey supply globally could take decades
Engineered syrups are used to imitate or dilute honey, and as a result many honest beekeepers have been pushed out of the market, says honey producer Peeter Matson
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Comment & OpinionThe buzz about honey and the bias we don’t want to admit
The UK can’t make all its own honey – so Brits need to get over an unconscious bias over Chinese produce
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Petrol wars, food security and honey fraud
Clearly the biggest story out there is the US-Iran war, and while we all want to keep calm and carry on, the repercussions are starting to be felt.
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Comment & OpinionCould Iran war prompt a supermarket to introduce national fuel pricing?
High fuel prices and huge variances in the same town don’t add up
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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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Comment & OpinionWe should all have beef with the EU plant-based labelling decision
We have all been deemed too daft to differentiate between a plant-based ‘steak’ or ‘drumstick’ and one that was cut from the carcass of a cow or chicken, says Karen Spinner, sales & marketing manager at The Vegan Trademark
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Comment & OpinionWhy Nesta’s ‘sinister’ junk food ads panic doesn’t stack up
Having been hit with a raft of restrictions, brands are reasonably shifting spend to channels not covered by the legislation. It’s less sinister, more perfectly sensible
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Comment & OpinionIs ‘the UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ pie in the sky?
It posed questions for supermarkets, but two years on the most pressing question seems to be whether it will actually happen
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Comment & OpinionAs chocolate prices soar, cocoa alternatives are on the rise
Advances in food technology are enabling the creation of cocoa alternatives that closely mimic the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional chocolate, says Emma Schofield, associate director for global food science at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionBeyond matcha: the green stuff that really keeps Britain healthy
When most people picture the food filling UK supermarkets, very few think of grass – yet it quietly drives some of the most important outcomes our food system relies on, says Jack Munro, farmer and part of the UK Youth Food and Farming Forum
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Comment & OpinionOur food system needs a future-proofed protective shield
The disruption of the pandemic demonstrated just how essential our food networks are to national life, says Daniel Zeichner, former minister for food security & rural affairs