All The Grocer articles in Blogs – Page 10
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Comment and Opinion
Click & collect must stand & deliver
Waitrose is reportedly thinking about using GPS technology to beef up its click & collect service. But have consumers taken click & collect to heart?
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Comment and Opinion
Herring wars
And so the herring wars begin. After months of threats against the Faroe Islands, the EU has finally put its money where its mouth is…
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco's walled garden
Tesco is keeping mum over reports this week it will launch its own tablet computer in time for Christmas. But such a move would make a lot of sense…
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Comment and Opinion
Cracked decision
Chefs at the House of Commons have been told to use pasteurised liquid egg (as opposed to fresh eggs) when making dishes such as scrambled egg…
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Comment and Opinion
Don't whine about low-alcohol wine
Recent headlines have been screaming that the government is planning to “water down wine” to put a stop to “middle class drinking”. But lower-ABV wine has come a long way…
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Hail real ale
News that more women are drinking beer, in the week of the Great British Beer Festival, doesn’t come as a huge surprise…
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Burnt fingers
Labour shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant has been contorting all over the shop in the last two days…
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The new new potato
New potatoes are not what they used to be. Which is why the Potato Council has come up with a new standard defintion…
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Comment and Opinion
Destination Watford
A passerby was overheard this morning giving directions to one of the small army of journalists and retail experts heading to the revamped Tesco Extra in Watford…
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Comment and Opinion
Chilling news
What does your fridge say about you? A lot, according to fridge maker Sharp…
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Comment and Opinion
An acquired taste
Marmite’s new TV ad has divided opinion, proving once again that sense of humour is a very personal thing. Do you love it or hate it?
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Comment and Opinion
Shelf wars
Both The Co-op and Tesco have taken a stand on the issue of displaying lads’ mags - but which approach is more likely to pay off?
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Comment and Opinion
Tyrrells goes for a packet
Tyrrells has proved a tasty investment for Langholm Capital, having bought it for £30m and sold it for £100m…
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Comment and Opinion
All's fair in love and 'phoney war'
Sometimes in this job it’s hard to sit back, take time out and enjoy the great things happening in the industry.
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Comment and Opinion
Meat dreams
What are the prospects for the world’s first in-vitro burger, developed at a cost of €250,000 and unveiled at an event in London?
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Comment and Opinion
Responsibility adrift
The storm clouds gathering over the government’s Responsibility Deal grew ever more menacing today as the Association of Directors of Public Health became the latest body to walk out…
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Comment and Opinion
Soft drinks fizz
After last year’s non-starter of a summer, the recent hot spell is welcome news for soft drinks companies…
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Comment and Opinion
A baby is born
Did you hear the news? A baby was born yesterday – and the nation has gone into meltdown…
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Comment and Opinion
Clarke's new era - or not
Tesco boss Philip Clarke supposedly signalled the end of an era for cheap supermarket produce this weekend…
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Comment and Opinion
A cracking idea
Bananas, fags, booze and eggs. They’re the grocery categories that never fail to capture the public’s imagination…