Comment & opinion – Page 427
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Comment & OpinionThere's more to the obesity crisis than sugar
In the past fortnight, sugar has been singled out as a lead cause of the obesity epidemic in the UK…
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Comment & OpinionWho needs supermarkets? Or any retailers for that matter?
Disintermediation is a powerful concept for suppliers in today’s changing supply chain…
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Comment & OpinionFarmageddon digested
Billed as a “wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices”, the book Farmageddon makes the case against ‘factory farming’. What issues does it raise?
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Comment & OpinionGeorgian homes
With the announcement of George Home, Asda made plain it has its heart set on becoming Britain’s biggest multi-channel retailer for general merchandise…
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Cornish clotted cream PDO should stay as it is
The amendment being filed is proposing to permit Cornish clotted cream intended for manufacturing to be made differently to that destined for retail…
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Comment & OpinionBellwethers ring true
The surprising and encouraging news in this week’s trading figures from Unilever and SABMiller is the resurgence in emerging market growth.
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Comment & OpinionRecruitment is about more than just the person you're hiring
One of the most important decisions facing any organisation is recruiting the right people…
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Comment & OpinionNew sugar campaign spices up food politics
Sugar has long been a hot political issue. Action on Sugar, launched last week, was about its impact on public health…
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Comment & OpinionLessons from the horsemeat scandal
It’s a year since the horsemeat scandal broke. In our research, half of consumers say they have changed shopping habits…
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Comment & OpinionHeritage brands: the problems raised when East eats West
There has been a recent upturn in M&A activity, partly driven by a return of confidence and an appetite for brands…
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets need to rethink their brand strategies
The end-of-year trading results of the supermarkets were entirely predictable…
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Comment & OpinionA killer opportunity
Brands are seeing huge opportunities in sponsoring gaming teams - that is, professional video gamers…
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Comment & OpinionCaffeine recall reminds P&F to give Morrisons an apostrophe
Let’s talk about Morrison’s, apostrophe s…
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Comment & OpinionMonkey Miller crosses PG Tips with Typhoo error
Ben Miller – the former Death in Paradise star – made rather a faux pas when talking to the Radio Times…
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Comment & OpinionThe obesity debate breaks bad
In the obesity debate a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but not as bad as making it up…
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Comment & OpinionA dog's life
The ‘pet humanisation’ phenomenon looks like it’s here to stay, with some companies now selling raw pet food in the same form as human food…
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Comment & OpinionThe food price dilemma
When it comes to food prices, we tend to display some pretty contradictory attitudes…
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Comment & OpinionWe need more innovation
I found myself asking whether the big brands and retailers had embraced much of an innovation agenda in 2013…
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Comment & OpinionIt's time the FSA started treating us like grown-ups
I do wish our public health bodies would stop treating us all like kids…
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Comment & OpinionThe Taste: a spoonful of top judges... but no wow factor
Television theory says when it comes to talent shows, the ‘talent’ is always of secondary importance to the judges…