Comment & opinion – Page 482
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There are reasons for optimism for the Great British Summer
It’s hard not to feel a little down about the start of 2012’s Great British Summer. We don’t seem to have got off to a great start.
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King prawns and cocktails
The idea of cocktail-themed seafood jelly shots raised plenty of eyebrows in Grocer Towers (and turned a couple of stomachs) when I wrote about them last week, so I couldn’t wait to try them out myself - and my colleagues…
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Developments may leave investors worse off
The UK supermarket industry has entered a phase of development where existing stores are the battlefield.
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Is the end of impulse nigh?
For many years wholesalers and independent retailers have been told the saviour of independent retailing was going to be impulse purchases.
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Lessons from Smith's Asda Magic
Dangerous things, biographies. Reading Steve Jobs’ you realise he was seemingly an unpleasant, amoral bully…
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Leaders need their teams - but following is just as important
Leadership in businesses tends to focus greatly on the performance and role of the leader…
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My vision for the future of London
London’s small businesses are the heartbeat of our city and they deserve a Mayor that shares their dynamism, energy and commitment.
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Comparing food or fighter jets? I know which is more useful for kids
It’s five years since The Grocer first ‘discovered’ EdStat, a children’s card game, based on Top Trumps, in which nutritional data about leading food and drink products is ‘trumped’.
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Oxfam food, vampires and sausage theft
One of our clients is so excited by the news that Oxfam is to sell more food products that they asked me to do a series of store visits as research. Puh-leese.
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A week is a long time in dairy
Last week this column noted how life is rarely dull in dairy. And we got another demonstration today of how quickly things can change in the sector…
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Unilever's design for life
There’s a hint of Marlon Brando about Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, which would make him on the surface an unlikely godfather for a subject like sustainability, even if it wasn’t for his position as the head of a global FMCG titan.But Polman has taken another step towards cementing ...
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Comment & OpinionUnilever's design for life
There’s a hint of Marlon Brando about Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, making him an unlikely godfather for a subject like sustainability.
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Clarke and the 'what if' factor
Buried on page 18 of the Tesco results presentation was a section on its Japanese operations, with a brutally blunt heading at the top: ‘Discontinued’.
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Comment & OpinionClarke and the ‘what if’ factor
Tesco headed up the section on its Japanese operations with the brutally blunt heading ‘Discontinued’. Not so for the US - yet.
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Cold facts and hard potatoes
GM, it’s fair to say, remains one of the food industry’s hottest political potatoes. Whether it’s stunts against GM wheat, outrage against supposedly GM broccoli or controversy over feed requirements, there are few food-related issues…
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Comment & OpinionCold facts and hot potatoes
Whether it’s stunts against GM wheat, outrage at iffy broccoli or controversy over feed requirements, few issues…
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Dairy Crest is doing the right thing
Dairy Crest’s announcement of plant closures and lost retail business is understandably of major significance to dairy farmers.
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Tuscan raiders and squirrels on steroids
When you’re feeling a bit frayed around the edges after a long day at work, there’s no better way to lift the spirits than a dose of the Hairy Bikers.
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Let’s hold goose fat price
Goose production in the UK is generally an immature developing industry and has a long way to go to match production in places such as Poland.
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Starters orders... marks, get set, sell!
We are now fewer than three months away from a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience - something we will…