All Opinion articles
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Comment & OpinionDispatches: The Secrets of Amazon barely lifts the lid
An undercover reporter spent four weeks at an Amazon warehouse, but the online behemoth’s supposed evils were skipped over at rapid rate
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What are the big brands doing about black plastic?
Supermarkets have made strides on black plastic removal. Suppliers must catch up
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Burger King’s Vegetarian Butcher deal is a massive coup for Unilever
The unfancied brand will now have a presence in 2,500 fast food outlets in Europe
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SAWS extension is as helpful to growers as Boris Johnson’s mopping
Poor weather and a lack of labour is devastating potato and cereal crops
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Five reasons why M&S’s food turnaround is working
The figures show M&S’s food business is doing something right. What is it?
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The golden quarter is here, but shoppers aren’t ready to splurge
New grocery market share data suggests this Christmas period will be tougher than most
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Harsher sugar taxes won’t mean a healthier Britain
The soft drinks levy has pushed manufacturers to introduce new chemicals into our diet, says Jon Shayler, COO of Erudus
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Good storytelling is crucial for suppliers hoping to engage retailers
Making change happen in stores is easier when suppliers present a problem, an idea and a solution, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Grocery’s ‘dream shoppers’ are going cheap after Mothercare’s collapse
The highly profitable babycare category can attract young parents to grocers, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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It’s election time, but immigration policies are hardly ‘oven-ready’
Boris Johnson doesn’t know how a microwave works, but worse still, his party still isn’t committing to the necessary EU labour for the farming sector
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Start small, scale fast: why DTC brands are growing thanks to data
Brand building is now at the top of Gousto’s priorities, says Tom Wallis, chief marketing officer at Gousto
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What Q3 results tell us about the state of consumer staples companies
Premium categories are continuing to drive most of the growth in the sector, says Barclays’ Warren Ackerman
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It’s hugely frustrating that food waste reduction efforts are being hindered
The Grocer has campaigned for years now to help move the dial on food waste in the industry
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How The Very Hungry Caterpillar provides business inspiration
Our business has done its feasting, and now it’s time to enter a ‘chrysalis’
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Is Hong Kong bake furore a cake-spiracy?
Cake competitions aren’t normally the most fraught events
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Chocolate chip cookie time for ‘scientific’ spacemen
It seems the inhabitants of the ISS are running out of ideas for experiments
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Morrisons gives vegans a longer sausage roll
Greggs’ vegan sausage roll is arguably now its most iconic product
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Mariah Carey delivers shattering performance for Walkers
Mariah Carey is indelibly associated with Christmas, and famously picky about snacks
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Waitrose food trends report reflects a major shift to thoughtful shopping
People are, arguably, paying closer and better attention than ever before to the wellbeing of their bodies, brains and planet
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Positive news for M&S at last, but its turnaround is far from over
As M&S unveiled its half-year results today, there was a sense of optimism that had been absent for some time
