This article first appeared in Natural & Organic Business magazine, April/May 2008 Simon Wright This years Biofach opening ceremony got off to a slow start when Keynote Speaker Gerard Depadieu’s train was delayed. The opening address from IFOAM President Gerald A. Herrmann also struck an odd note. He seemed to be saying “We were right [...]
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Organic & Natural Business
The Organic Consultancy An Interview with Alison Austin, Head of Brand Policy and Sustainability, Sainsburys Supermarkets Simon Wright, O&F Consulting What do you do at Sainsburys ? I head up a small team of experts who develop policy on issues such as animal welfare, farm assurance schemes, animal testing, genetic modification, sustainable product sourcing, ethical [...]
The Organic Consultancy Simon Wright The Organic Consultancy Trans – Essential Mediation! Simon Wright, O&F Consulting Kentucky Fried Chickens decision in October to stop using trans-fats has once again turned the media spotlight onto this Franken-fat. KFC are following in the footsteps of Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsburys who have all announced plans [...]
Feeding London This article originally appeared in Organic and Natural Business magazine for February/March 2006 The statistics quoted by Londons Mayor Ken Livingstone were impressive: London spends 1.6 billion on food every year, 31,000 people earn a living from working with food and 25% of all HGV miles in London are food-related. But as Ken [...]
Organic Pubs Town Pub, Country Pub Simon Wright O&F Consulting Finally in 2005 the ontrade is beginning to take organics seriously even the wine list of my local Wetherspoons pub now offers a couple of organic choices. However some pioneering London pubs are going a lot further, such as The Crown in Hackney, The Duke [...]
The Concerned Users Guide To Palm Oil Simon Wright The Organic Consultancy Twelve years ago I was part of the team at Whole Earth Foods who took the UK food manufacturing industry to task for their over-reliance on hydrogenated fat. By publicising the groundbreaking work done in the USA by Walter Willet I like to [...]
WHOLE FOODS – THREE MONTHS ON Simon Wright O&F Consulting Simon is an organic and Fairtrade consultant to a number of retailers including Planet Organic and Sainsbury’s The media circus around the Whole Foods Kensington opening party was quite extraordinary – I have never before seen paparazzi attend the opening of a healthfood store. Three [...]
The Organic Consultancy On Being Slightly Pregnant Simon Wright The Organic Consultancy This article originally appeared in the January 2004 edition of Organic Business. The Marketing Week organic conference had a good theme, strong speakers and thoughtful, lively debates. So where was everybody? Certainly a price ticket of over 700 was off-putting but the insights [...]
The Organic Consultancy Fudging The Issue Simon Wright The Organic Consultancy This article originally appeared in the November 2003 edition of Organic Business. There is currently much interest in bringing together the fairtrade and organic sectors. Key brands such as Clipper, Green & Black’s and Caf Direct already work successfully in both sectors. Consumers don’t [...]
The Organic Consultancy Clear Blue Water ? Simon Wright The Organic Consultancy This article originally appeared in the September 2003 edition of Organic Business. I have been watching with both amusement and amazement as Big Food wakes up to the fact that hydrogenated fat is actually the work of the devil and has no place [...]