Comment & opinion – Page 407
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Comment & OpinionQuality will be the next big trend in food and drink
There’s been so much talk about value-driving. Now I think we will start to see a serious counter-move back to quality…
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Comment & OpinionRed meat assurance is more vital as ever
It seems barely a month goes by without some alleged crisis in the red meat industry hitting the headlines…
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Comment & Opinion'Selling' roles: there is a place for creativity in hiring
Working in sales recruitment, I face the challenge of selling a sales career to less-than-willing graduates…
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Comment & OpinionPeter Andre takes Iceland back to the future
Iceland has announced the new face of its ad campaign will be none other than “TV presenter, songwriter and chart-topping singer” Peter Andre, of Mysterious Girl fame
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Comment & OpinionDiscounter disillusion: Aldi and Lidl have a long way to go
I have not been carried away by the current wave of enthusiasm for the German discounters…
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Comment & OpinionMichael Mosley's blood pressure teaches us a valuable lesson
Guess what, bacon fans? Two rashers a day will knock two years off your life, according to Should I Eat Meat?…
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Comment & OpinionHudl security issues? Karoline has it covered
I would have left a treasure trove of personal information on my Hudl before throwing it away…
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Comment & OpinionSmallest-ever Waitrose betrays big plans for convenience
Waitrose’s new store in London’s King’s Cross - its smallest yet - is its first move into travel convenience.
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Comment & OpinionHudl headache is price of success for Tesco
Tesco’s Hudl tablet made headlines with the news that a security flaw meant that users’ sensitive data could retrieved even after performing a factory reset on the device.
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Comment & OpinionPlacement problems: the trouble with the misunderstood range
In the first of a new blog, Jimmy Cregan looks at the predicament of a misunderstood range…
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Comment & OpinionTesco UK must be top priority for Dave Lewis
The announcement of Philip Clarke’s pending departure from Tesco was melancholy for all concerned…
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Comment & OpinionTitania sings the praises of the brands below the top tier
Nobody would consciously choose Galaxy when they can have Dairy Milk, would they?…
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Comment & OpinionHow do we solve the ‘junk food’ problem? And what is it anyway?
What are the right policy tools to help people cut down on so-called ‘junk foods’?
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Comment & OpinionPortman Group says voluntary action is tackling alcohol abuse
From this week’s headlines, you wouldn’t think the overwhelming majority of adults in the UK drink responsibly…
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Comment & OpinionAdjudicator Tacon should be heeded over forensic audits
The fact that so many retailers are blitzing the accounts before magnanimously stopping the practice is an outrage…
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Comment & OpinionMcVitie's biscuit bag breaks the bank
Remember those Pepsi can-shaped pencil cases people had at school?…
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Comment & OpinionSweets Made Simple: not healthy, but delicious TV
Unless you reject delicious things, you risk missing out on the ultimate prize – a place in a care home!…
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Comment & Opinion99p Stores has made a bold leap into mainstream grocery
99p Stores is taking on a bewildering array of rivals with its food-to-go move – from M&S to Greggs…
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Comment & OpinionAlcohol abuse: no harm in providing more information
“Alcoholic drink pictorial health warnings a step too far but what’s the harm in providing more information?”…
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Comment & OpinionIntroducing 'the world’s first free supermarket'
Imagine a supermarket where absolutely everything was given away for free. Implausible? Maybe, but there’s one called Freemarket opening in Copenhagen this Saturday.