All Comment & Opinion articles – Page 8
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Comment & OpinionSuppliers, steer clear of Sainsbury’s talks over Lloyds Pharmacy space
This approach to commercialising the space is at best strategically haphazard, and at worst a false promise for suppliers’ cash, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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How ChatGPT could change the game in food and drink marketing
Generative AI could have implications for marketing, recipe generation, accessibility and more, says Garry Williams, head of MAD business at Unit9
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Food manufacturing can – and should – attract the top engineering talent
Engineers play a fundamental role in food – without them, the sector would lack vital skills to ensure it can maintain production, says Ben Cooper, UK head of engineering at Bakkavor
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Rated: the food and drink April Fools’ day pranks for 2023
The best and worst of grocery’s April fool’s pranks. From peri peri gum to, err, fruity flavoured water
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Is DTC dead? No, like much of online grocery, it’s just regrouping
DTC is past its pandemic heyday, but some brands are still making it work
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Galaxy plays up its charitable credentials
The Mars brand, formerly focused on indulgence and the value of “me time”, is these days playing up its charitable credentials
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Live Italian: watch if you like Jack Whitehall, not if you like Italian food
You know what you’re getting with the posh comedian, but foodies should proceed with caution
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Seasonal workers are at risk of abuse. Regulation needs to catch up
As the net has been cast wider, the supply chain has become longer and more vulnerable to abuse
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Don’t go mad: Boots’s Seb James gives seven rules for tough times
The Boots UK & ROI MD set out his secrets to success at the Retail Week Live conference
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Sharon White’s secret three-point plan for John Lewis Partnership
The board must sell the department store business and retain Waitrose, says James Perry, co-chairman of Cook
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We must take a stand against the sordid farmed salmon industry
Proposals to site salmon tanks on land are a step too far, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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As Sunak readies ‘Green Day’, food industry initiatives are a basket case
DRS is in danger of going down the drain, while EPR has been described as a ‘fiasco’
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Don’t leave consumer insight to the marketing team
There’s no point in spending money on insight if your organisation doesn’t take full advantage of it, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Why we need emotional brand strategies for an emotional crisis
Several key strategies will help brands offer positive emotions in the cost of living squeeze, says Leigh Caldwell, founder at Irrational Agency
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The emotional and financial reaction to JLP employee ownership plans
Proposals to rip up JLP’s long-standing 100% employee ownership model have whipped up a media storm
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Stagnation, innovation and Britain’s Biggest Brands
Inflationary pressures have led to many businesses maintaining, rather than growing, their portfolios
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Just how desperate is the situation at the John Lewis Partnership?
The leak about sales discussions has blindsided many partners, not to mention rivals and City sources
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There’s still room for growth despite grocery’s plant-based purge
As competition has intensified, share has diluted, shoppers have been sated, and many products have under-delivered
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Irn-Bru takes it to the wire with latest film parody
Irn-Bru’s movie-inspired ads keep coming. This one takes us into thriller territory
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Ravenous: Henry Dimbleby pulls no punches about policy in food tsar tell-all
Henry Dimbleby’s latest book must be one of the most exhaustively researched works of all time
