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Comment & OpinionRibena gets heavy with rainy memories of mum
Two siblings dance in the ‘rain’ as Ribena’s evokes childhood memories
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Comment & OpinionRetail Media Therapy: experts dissect ‘symbiotic relationship’
Hosts Colin Lewis and Viv Craske discuss the top three stories of the moment from the ever-fattening marketing channel
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Comment & OpinionPlay chess, not draughts, with these top negotiation tips
Negotiating is harder to do than haggling, taking more time, effort, and skill. Here’s Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter’s guide
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Comment & OpinionGrocer Gold Awards celebrates industry’s inspiration and hard work
The awards recognise the big hitters, as well as the efforts of the hidden heroes who work tirelessly behind the scenes
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Comment & OpinionNHS 10-year plan ignores the UK’s alcohol ‘health emergency’
The long-awaited 10-year Health Plan was the first big test of the new government’s commitment to tackling alcohol harm
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Comment & OpinionWill the government really scrap the junk food bogof ban?
What The Sun newspaper called the “bonkers ban on buy one get one free offers” was cast into the wilderness
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Comment & OpinionNo joke: time for fake marketing stunts to rest in peace
The ASA has said the “light-hearted April Fool’s joke” which said Lipton Ice Tea’s core peach variant was being discontinued was misleading. What now for hilarious marketing jokes?
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Comment & OpinionClimate change needs more sophisticated risk management
Traditional risk management, based on historical data, is no longer fit for purpose in this era of unprecedented volatility, says Scott Kelly, SVP model development, Risilience
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s the true cost of convenience food?
Beyond health and the planet, there’s something deeply human at stake in the rise of convenience eating, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionThe food colour crackdown is here. How can brands adapt?
As the US bans certain artificial food dyes, brands with iconic colours may need to evolve, says Ryan Spence, senior creative at Born Ugly
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Comment & OpinionLessons from a startup founder: the power of pallet builds
Certainly not the most glamorous topic but one I wish I had delved into more during the early stages of launching a product, says Joe Woolf, founder of Tasty Mates and head of retail at HomeCooks
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Comment & OpinionAs ’brain rot’ rises, food & drink can offer calm and clarity
‘Brain rot’ was named the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2024, highlighting the mental and intellectual decline caused by overconsuming digital content, says Jonny Forsyth, senior director of Mintel Food & Drink Research
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Comment & OpinionAs AI assumes what shoppers want, prepare for a post-screen world
Screenless commerce is becoming the default, and brands need to be ready, says Donna Buckingham, head of client management at Cheil UK
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Comment & OpinionWhy millennial men are the next big health & beauty consumers
According to our new research the audience most likely to increase their spending in health & beauty is millennial men, says Pauline McGowan, head of strategy, The Nursery Research & Planning
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Comment & OpinionWhy we need a debate about food and drink packaging
Consumers want to know more about what their packaging is made of, says Sean Murphy, MD at Encirc. Could ‘chemical’ symbols be the answer?
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: winning ain’t easy – and nor should it be
Entering awards should be about more than simple point scoring, because – when they’re done properly – there is an emotional side to winning that goes far beyond profit and loss calculations
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Comment & OpinionWhy desire is the most underrated asset in grocery
Grocery brands don’t have a loyalty problem – they have a desire problem, says Helen Firth, executive director of brand strategy at Landor
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Comment & OpinionRevolutionary health plans will trigger anxiety for supermarkets
Proposals have been met with a mixture of derision and grace from the industry
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Comment & OpinionDash does different with polyamory-based campaign
Dash’s drinks might have short ingredient lists, but this ad focuses on what it has packed inside
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Comment & OpinionHyper-unreal AI food video trends tap into human brain’s dark side
Two foodie trends in AI-generated short-form content are emerging: cutting glass fruit and feeding food to itself