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Comment & Opinion
Traffic lights are still confusing consumers
It’s good to see more suppliers supporting the government’s attempts to improve food labelling…
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Comment & OpinionPrime time
Amazon has unveiled its latest crack at the grocery market: Prime Pantry is a delivery service that can ship a box of groceries to your doorstep for the sum of $6.
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Comment & OpinionDigital in vogue
Of the 28 recommendations on how to save the high street by Queen of Shops Mary Portas, way back now in December 2011, not a single one mentioned anything about digital technology. In fact, in the climate at the time and for a good while after, if online was spoken ...
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Comment & OpinionHelp shoppers decode confusing health claims
Back in 2001, a Food Advisory Committee report highlighted the confusion over food labelling…
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Comment & OpinionThe food industry must take more responsibility for kids' diets
This September, one in five children starting primary school in the UK will be officially overweight or obese…
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Comment & OpinionA business must be run commercially, whatever ownership model
Readers of this column will be aware of my passion for employee ownership as an alternative business model…
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Comment & OpinionBig four supermarkets' plight can be exploited
We struggle to recall when each of the big four all lost market share on such a sustained basis…
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Comment & OpinionWith fizzy pop, sugar is only half the story
Fizzy lemonade is the perfect pop for a recession: cheap, sweet, inoffensive, and a good mixer too…
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Comment & OpinionMeat 2050: 10 expert predictions on the future of meat
A soaring global population, climate change and threats from new diseases are set to shake up the global meat industry. A panel of experts give their view…
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Comment & OpinionFarmageddon: the big debate - uncut
Farmageddon’s controversial exposé of modern factory farming methods reignited the debate about large-scale farming. We asked four experts – including Farmageddon author Philip Lymbery – for their views.
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Comment & OpinionA changing mindset
The scourge of binge drinking facing the nation may be less of a crisis than the government and health campaigners had led us to believe.
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Comment & OpinionNative is the advertising buzzword of 2014
There is an opportunity for clever native advertising to grab attention by adding value through content…
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Comment & OpinionAre major retailers easier to deal with as wounded animals?
We are witnessing a major shift in buying habits away from the big supers and into convenience formats…
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Comment & OpinionSustainable palm oil: act now on certification
The clock is ticking for firms to show commitment to responsibly sourced palm oil…
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Comment & OpinionEaster egg packaging is a necessary evil
Easter eggs are fragile and require the support of complex packaging…
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Comment & OpinionSunday trading laws: why keep them?
The only sensible change is to let retailers decide for themselves…
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Comment & OpinionFamily dinners
Are family dinners a thing of the past, or are fears about the decline of mealtimes overstated?
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Comment & OpinionTesco mustn't be distracted from the big task in hand
A big push on price leaves Tesco in danger of neglecting its turnaround strategy.
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Comment & OpinionTesco pulled in two directions
Tesco is torn between a price war and a store refresh programme. Can it possibly succeed at both?
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Comment & OpinionPie and mash-up
Behold, the M&S fish and chips pie! Is this a belated April Fool, or the start of a new wave of supermarket NPD?