All The Grocer articles in Blogs – Page 5
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Comment & OpinionThe patriotic approach
Waitrose MD Mark Price revealed yesterday he had consulted his own mum about the growth of the discounters.
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Comment & OpinionCo-op's True North heads east (London)
The Co-op’s True North project is experimenting with new format convenience stores - a strategy Steve Murrells says is paying off.
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Comment & OpinionWhere next for the high street?
Yesterday’s long overdue report by MPs highlights once more the government’s farcical handling of its high street rescue mission.
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Comment & OpinionThe £1 milk club
There are few things that agitate farmers quite as much as supermarkets messing with the white stuff. Milk prices are hot political currency, so Tesco’s announcement yesterday that it was slashing the price of four pints of milk by 39p – as part of a £200m investment in everyday low ...
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Comment & OpinionDrinks lobby coasts into battle
The Call Time on Duty campaign ramped up its activity against the duty escalator a notch on Wednesday night with the launch of a new ‘coaster campaign’ to raise public awareness…
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Comment & OpinionNot quite a price war
Phil Clarke stopped well short of launching a fully-fledged attack on the discounters snapping at Tesco’s heels this week…
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Comment & OpinionPastures new
In Justin King and Peter Kendall, the National Farmers’ Union conference yesterday served up two major industry figures on their way to pastures new.
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Comment & OpinionA bruising battle
The Fairtrade Foundation is making bananas the centrepiece of Fairtrade Fortnight. But will it make a difference to banana pricing?
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets taken to task
Which? has criticised supermarkets once again for their pricing tactics. But just how dramatic are its charges?
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Comment & OpinionBlue sky thinking
The BRC’s ideas on reforming business rates have certainly produced a few curveballs - but will they fly?
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Comment & OpinionA plea for help
Plea for help or PR stunt? The Co-op wants your views on its future.
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Comment & OpinionCASH’s smartphone app could be on the money
Last week, Professor Graham MacGregor, the scientist behind Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) – and the campaign for new targets on sugar reduction - accused prominent anti-sugar campaigners of being “nutters”.
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Comment & OpinionPods become hot (and cold) stuff
Nestlé could be forgiven for feeling a little bitter this week. For years, it had jealously – and successfully – kept its Nespresso coffee pod…
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Comment & OpinionIn for a penny
You wait ages for a pound shop to start selling online and then three come along at once…
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Comment & OpinionSochi missed opportunity
As the Winter Olympics opens, where are all the sponsoring brands?
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Comment & OpinionBagging order
Defra’s plan to impose a 5p charge on carrier bags in England has been labelled a “complete mess”. But it doesn’t have to be that way…
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Comment & OpinionPricing floored
The below-cost crackdown is not the same as minimum unit pricing - though you could be forgiven for being confused…
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Comment & OpinionOcado: Jam tomorrow
So after 14 years and a lot of ups and downs, Ocado still hasn’t turned a profit. But dig deeper and there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic…
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Comment & OpinionStitch up? Not so much
The Daily Mail has revealed ‘secret stitch up’ meetings between ministers and the food industry. But is the reality as sinister as it sounds?