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Comment & OpinionMorrisons wakes up to the discounters
For the best part of two years before Morrisons tied up its deal with Ocado ahead of its online launch CEO Dalton Philips faced endless questions about when it was going online, and how it was going to do it. At the same time Philips began using the mantra of ...
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Comment & OpinionWhat to do about the problem of underemployment?
Underemployment is a dark truth in the world of recruitment…
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Comment & OpinionExceedingly good marketing
Is Premier Foods about to ditch the ‘Exceedingly good cakes’ slogan from Mr Kipling? Not so fast…
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Comment & OpinionHidden in plain sight
Timed to coincide with Salt Awareness Week (10-16 March), a study funded by the British Heart Foundation claims that teenagers are “unknowingly putting their health at risk by eating too much salt”.
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Comment & OpinionOwn worst enemy
In December we dubbed 2013 an ‘annus horribilis’ for The Co-operative Group. But it doesn’t look as if 2014, so far, is going much better.
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Comment & OpinionHungry Britain: why Panorama's documentary is like food poverty
Today’s Panorama is a pale imitation of the programmes overseen by the late Sir Robin Day…
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Comment & OpinionScience won't reveal the whole truth
In a webinar I joined, Google Glass was presented as more cost-effective eye-tracking than current research technology…
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Comment & OpinionA GM spud we just don't need
The latest push to get GM food on our plates came from the John Innes Centre in Norwich…
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Comment & OpinionWhy Coke is a backbone of the economy
George Osborne has reawakened concerns about the fundamental problems besetting the nation’s manufacturing sector…
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Comment & OpinionTesco should focus its price investment on fruit & veg
Milk is not an incremental category. Fruit & veg is. Let’s hope Tesco’s price investment is focused there then…
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Comment & OpinionBrakes moving into cash & carry? What's going on?
Brakes is opening its first-ever cash & carry. It’s an interesting move for the delivered foodservice giant, and one that’…
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Mornflake is quality NPD!
Mornflake Superfast Pots offer consumers the classic breakfast cereal and milk ‘eat’ on the go…
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Ditch the dumb discounting! Go for smart offers
Recent research from IPM confirmed our fear many UK retailers are still relying on heavy discounting strategies…
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Comment & OpinionFood poverty is a disgrace
The issues raised around food poverty by Dan Crossley last week in his Saturday Essay really hit a nerve with me…
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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 & OpinionTitania goes on a rustic charm offensive at the NFU Conference
Farmers didn’t get that rich by spending money on “nonsense” like marketing…
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Comment & OpinionWhat does the future hold for fmcg?
I am now what has become an increasingly rare breed in this industry – someone over the age of 45…
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Comment & OpinionTechnology can aid supply chain transparency
With technology in place to offer complete transparency, businesses will have the competitive advantage - faring better than others in the glare of public scrutiny.