Comment & opinion – Page 398
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Comment & OpinionThe Elliott report response: so far, so good?
This week, bird flu and campylobacter were in the news again, but the horsemeat scandal still dominates the food safety de…
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Comment & OpinionP&F switches (off) the lights as Karoline angles for FCU job
Our glorious leader enters the office wearing shades, a trilby and a plus-size gabardine mac…
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Comment & OpinionTate gallery's orange exhibit's got Soul
The Tate Modern revealed a foodie installation last week: Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges)…
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Comment & OpinionAdaptive behaviour is the true key to employability today
When ‘Super Mario’ Balotelli was signed at Liverpool, his legacy preceded him…
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Comment & OpinionPutting Palestinian food and drink on the map
When Zaytoun was set up 10 years ago as a community interest company to develop a market for artisan Palestinian food…
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Comment & OpinionTime for a reality check on grocery shopping trends
Interviewed last week, former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King spoke about his legacy…
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Comment & OpinionCollaboration needed in food and drink's health drive
All the talk about nudging, not nannying, in the food and drink business has made me stop and think this week…
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Comment & OpinionHappy Xmas (War is over?)
Every year, Sainsbury’s waits until after Armistice Day before kicking off its Christmas marketing campaign
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Comment & OpinionThe ultimate lightbulb moment for grocery: Switch the Lights
For years we’ve been writing about refrigeration: should you put doors on the chillers and freezers?…
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Comment & OpinionNew ways of disseminating traditional values
The release of UK retailers’ Christmas TV adverts is now more hotly anticipated than the race for the Christmas No 1…
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Comment & OpinionScaremongering sugar debate does not help children
I write in response to a report on sugar (‘Action on Sugar claims a quarter of kids’ juice drinks have as much sugar as Co…
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s zeroes in on property, price and product
Sainsbury’s released its eagerly-awaited strategic update this morning
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Christmas TV ads give Titania and team useful 'learnings'
Karoline (with a K) gathers us in the meeting room to go through all of this year’s festive retailer TV ads…
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Comment & OpinionLost in Translation (wedi ei golli yn y cyfieithu)
News that Lidl had “banned” the Welsh language last week provoked outrage and threats of a boycott by disgruntled defenders
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Comment & OpinionA ‘reasonable’ judgement
In November 2013, Mike Coupe told journalists the chain had a “reasonable” chance of success in its fight against Tesco’s Price Promise
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Comment & OpinionHow branding can bring clarity and focus to mergers & acquisitions
With the Chiquita/Cutrale banana deal in the headlines, Vicky Bullen, CEO of Coley Porter Bell, looks at how branding can help turn mergers and acquisitions into a success.
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Comment & OpinionThe week ahead in finance - w/c 10 November
Next week’s financial calendar isn’t quite as packed as the week just past, but there will be two crucial updates for the grocery retail sector
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Comment & OpinionA case of mixed messages over Tesco's Portwood Extra store?
Schadenfreude is not an attractive character trait and I hope that I have avoided it…
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Comment & OpinionAs Jimmy's becomes debt-free, here's to living in the moment
Jimmy’s Iced Coffee just became debt free. That’s correct. We don’t owe anyone anything, not even a penny…
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Comment & OpinionFood sector needs to help in the fight against slavery
According to the latest figures from The Salvation Army, the number of modern slavery victims it helps in the UK has risen…