All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 40
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Duval-Leroy debuts champagne ‘easy stopper’
Revellers need no longer be in danger from flying corks thanks to a new ‘easy stopper’ that aims to make opening champagne a risk-free affair.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Sir Alan's cereal killers
Great jingles are memorable - they penetrate your psyche like a nailgun through the knackers and won't shift until you buy the product, several spares in case you're mugged on the way home and a few more as presents for people you don't even like....
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Critical Eye... on Great White and the infernal canteen
Hell is other people, it was famously observed by Jean-Paul Sartre. As a miserablist, drug-using Frenchman, he probably had a point. Hell's Kitchen (ITV, weeknights), meanwhile, is reserved for those pseudo-celebrities so crushingly inane that...
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NewsDairy Crest tightens focus with Yoplait sell-off as Lydon boosts Country Life
Dairy Crest has completed the sale of its stake in yoghurt brand Yoplait as the dairy giant tightens its focus on its stable of core products.
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Dismay as FSA confirms profiling protein cap is here to stay
Industry figures have reacted with dismay to the news that the Food Standards Agency is retaining the so-called ‘protein cap’ used by Ofcom to restrict food advertising targeting children.
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Condom ads can appear before TV watershed
Restrictions on television advertising for condoms are set to be eased under new Government proposals aiming to cut teenage pregnancy.
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NewsSainsbury’s celebrates strong fourth quarter
A strong final quarter has helped Sainsbury’s to report a rise in like-for-like sales of 4.5% for the past 12 months, the supermarket announced today.
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Whyte & Mackay toasts capture of Bacardi man Beard
Whyte & Mackay has named Bacardi UK boss John Beard as its new chief executive.
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Rent D-day for retailers as BRC renews monthly payment call
Today is rent day for thousands of UK retailers, as the British Retail Consortium continues its campaign for landlords to allow tenants to pay in monthly instalments.
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NewsInflation hits 0% in 50-year low but food costs rise
Inflation has hit its lowest level in almost 50 years but has not slipped into negative territory, surprise figures from the Government show, while the cost of food continues to climb.
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Cut charges on card transactions, BRC tells banks
The British Retail Consortium has again called for banks to lower the charges applied to card transactions – costing UK consumers £800m a year.
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NewsFSA defies review to keep NPM protein cap
The Food Standards Agency will this week defy the recommendations of an independent review of its controversial nutrient profiling model and retain the protein cap, thegrocer.co.uk understands.
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Critical Eye... on freaky french fries and pixie nutritionists
It's hard to know what's more insidious - documentaries that exploit people just about weird enough to be interesting , or those shows' attempts to position themselves as anything more constructive than a chance to point and laugh. Despite...
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Ad of the Week: All Rhodes lead to London for Flora's flawed fauna
There's a danger for any company touting its socially responsible cuddliness that more or less anything it does will come off as a cynical PR stunt rather than altruistic act of ethical enterprise. After all, companies exist to make cash -...
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UK alcohol consumption ‘falls in 2008’
As pressure continues to mount on the drinks industry to tackle excessive drinking, new Government figures show alcohol consumption in the UK fell by more than 3% last year.
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Whitehall wary of medical chief’s alcohol pricing plan
The Government has backed away from plans to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol, despite renewed calls from its chief medical advisor to act to reduce excessive drinking.
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Critical Eye... on amateur apothecaries and home-brew Lemsip
The explosion of TV shows with exposition-heavy titles such as The Boy Whose Skin Ate His Head or World's Deadliest Elvis Impersonators has often been attributed to the need to grab viewers' attention in on-screen TV guides. After all, who has the...
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Ad of the Week: Oops. Walkers does it again
A few weeks ago this column noted Walkers' use of men dressed as chillis to promote its Do Us A Flavour campaign - and the crisp king is at it again in the ad for its revamped Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli crisps. Nothing screams premium as...
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NewsDel Monte takes on own-label with frozen fruit launch
Del Monte has begun its assault on the own-label dominated frozen fruit sector with the launch of branded frozen lines.