Comment & opinion – Page 429
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Comment & OpinionLidl's madness is on display (cabinets)
Lidl is refusing to be left behind on the ‘great Christmas deals’ front…
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Comment & OpinionSoft drinks: Making the healthy choice the cheaper choice
It is possible to sell healthier versions of popular, mass-market foods at lower prices than standard high-sugar, high-fat, high-calorie products - and companies can make more money doing so. Here’s how.
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Comment & OpinionFunny Feet, big steps
In 2013 The Grocer played a pivotal role in bringing about the return of ice cream brand Funny Feet. But it wasn’t the only development in the colourful world of ice cream.
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Comment & OpinionBack in the saddle
Frozen ready meals have taken a real kicking over 2013. And there is one standout reason why…
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Comment & OpinionA strong future for weak beer?
Heineken predicts we’ll be spending more than half a billion quid a year on lower-abv beers and ciders by 2020. But does this burgeoning sector have a long-term future?
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Comment & OpinionTea feels the strain
The long-term decline in tea drinking has accelerated over the past 12 months - but is it too soon to write off the national drink?
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Comment & OpinionA marvellous year
Who would have predicted that the stream of innovation introduced in 2012 would become a flood that has added £62.5m to Cadbury Dairy Milk sales in 2013?
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Comment & OpinionRaise a glass to British lager
Households are stocking up on all the festive essentials at the moment, including something close to my heart – lager…
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Comment & OpinionIs the supply chain aligned on waste?
Two million turkeys, five million Christmas puddings and 74 million mince pies…
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Comment & OpinionTitania is inspired by Tom Daley's message to the world
I just wanted to make sure I got to tell you guys before I head off to Verbiers for Christmas…
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Comment & OpinionSt Andrews' pie society gets the hump with snack machine
A couple of weeks ago, Bogof reported on the presence of a Champagne vending machine at Selfridges…
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Comment & OpinionWhy 2014 promises more of the same for grocery
Where will the grocery industry be this time next year? Probably about where it is now, except more so…
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Comment & OpinionHorsegate laid bare
Professor Chris Elliott’s post-Horsegate report is out, and it makes for pretty uncomfortable reading for the food industry and the meat sector in particular.
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Comment & OpinionButtering us up
A butter plant – albeit a £17m one – would seem an unlikely forum for a lesson in the history of capitalism and the merits of EU membership. But Müller Group’s new factory in Shropshire proved to be just that, on the occasion of a visit by company boss Theo ...
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Comment & OpinionReducing the strength
East of England Co-op is to stop selling cheap lager and cider over 6.5% abv in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour…
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Comment & OpinionTown centres first?
A recent flurry of government measures are aimed at helping the high street. But is it just fiddling round the edges?
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Comment & OpinionBe bold! A new year's exercise to inspire a successful 2014
It’s well known new year’s resolutions don’t have a high success rate…
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Comment & OpinionShoppers want entrepreneurial thinking
I constantly urge entrepreneurs and small businesses to embrace technological developments rather than fear them…
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Comment & OpinionMichael Roux and Monica Galetti turn MasterChef pussycats
I was all set to yawn my way through this special celebratory one millionth episode of MasterChef: The Professionals…
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