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Pint taken, says Paice
One popular movie magazine has a strand of quick-fire interviews called How Much is a Pint of Milk? The idea is to find out whether the stars of the silver screen have their feet on the ground or their head in the clouds…
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Dixon's next trick
Taking over a business where like-for-like sales are falling by more than 6% is not an enviable task…
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Click and connect
Over the weekend, FT.com’s Robert Shrimsley - whose column is modestly sub-headed ‘the national conversation’ - riffs at considerable length on his emotional separation from ‘Ocado man’…
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Comment & OpinionTickled purple by Milk Link's mystery fingers
Milk Link has pitched its Tickler as the ideal cheese for those tricky-to-cater-for menopause discussion groups.
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Strawberry overload and co-operative communists
If you’ve visited a supermarket in the past couple of weeks you’ll know that there isn’t a strawberry to be had in the land… not.
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We need to modify the GM debate
Debates on food sustainability and the challenge to produce more food with less environmental impact have put the focus back on whether we need GM crops.
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Currency hedging is a sensible move
It seems strange to think the debt crisis in Europe has only been going on for just over two years…
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The future of food is upon us
As the banking crisis continues, the politics remain the same, dominated by a desire to return to business-as-usual.
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A quality move by the Birmingham Balti
ADAS is currently consulting on an application by the Birmingham Balti Association for EU protected name status…
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A quality move by the Birmingham Balti
ADAS is currently consulting on an application by the Birmingham Balti Association for EU protected name status for the ‘Birmingham Balti’ as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed.
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Bribery and corruption is still prevalent in grocery
I once asked a Tesco executive why there were no plans to enter Russia. His answer was short and simple…
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Happy-clappy with Jamie in Clapham
I regretted boycotting a barbecue when Jamie’s Summer Food Rave Up reminded me how much fun cooking outside can be when the sun does put in an appearance.
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Kellogg's crying over spilt milk
As another dairy processor today cut the price paid to its farmers, Kellogg’s was also left crying over spilt milk.
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Out of pocket, out of love
The thing about London buses is that you’re never quite sure if they’ll turn up at all. On the other hand, there was a grim inevitability about today’s news that first Dairy Crest and then Arla would follow Robert Wiseman’s lead in cutting the farmgate price of milk…
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Live fast, die young
So Euro 2012 is done and dusted and, for today at least, a nation turns its hungry eyes to SW19 in the hope that Britain’s brave Andy Murray doesn’t become Scottish flop Andy Murray again…
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Cruelty to baby goats
We would like to comment on ‘Delamere defends farm accused of cruelty in Daily Mail exposé’.
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In memory of Jim Corfield
The family of Jim Corfield would like to express their thanks to all Jim’s friends in the grocery trade who attended his funeral on 13 June
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Comment & OpinionZut alors! Gaultier gives Coke Light 'un relooking'
It’s either the perfect coming-together of Gallic flair and American savvy, or a new low in the decades-long cultural war…
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Tales of Titania at Puff & Fluff PR
The mighty have fallen quite a long way it seems.
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A wake-up call for bread?
There appears to be a growing move mainly in the non-food retail arena for retailers to look to consignment…