Comment & opinion – Page 488
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It's time to give food to go some get up and go
In times like these, consumers often swap healthy choices for food that’s better for their wallets.
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Carte blanc for the hungry Frenchman
What’s with all the ‘Hungry’ programmes at the moment? We’ve had The Hungry Sailors, Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys and now there’s The Very Hungry Frenchman.
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Carbon label still relevant
In response to your recent article we wanted to clarify the role of the carbon label within our overall supply chain footprinting…
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Could the indexing of happiness really affect how we work?
What’s most important in your job? Is it security? Money? Career prospects? Or is it, as the American Declaration of Independence says, the pursuit of happiness that makes you get out of bed every morning?Happiness is happening this year. David Cameron believes a statistical measure of the nation’s wellbeing should ...
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It's tough up north (of Camden)
So all the shops up North are now empty (and not just Ugo, apparently). I wouldn’t know, as PR girls are temperamentally unsuited to travel north of Camden.
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The downside of expansion
For all the talk of retailers switching their attention away from new build supermarkets to revamps, there’s still plenty of expansion in the pipeline this year.
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Why are MPs so relentlessly anti-retail?
Why is it so difficult to get some parliamentarians to understand how the world works?
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Bring back our forgotten foods
Protection of our country’s distinctive, authentic foods can’t come soon enough; life is hard for the dedicated people who keep them going.
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It's time to talk tax: avoidance and value added
I’m not sure whether the Portas Pilots are a sign of quite how broke the UK government is, or how futile it believes this exercise is.
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Tax is key to low beer abv
Your coverage of changes in beer strengths shows there is change and innovation in the UK beer market…
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Remember me to Galvani
I was touched by the article on Patrick Galvani in the excellent commemorative issue of The Grocer.
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Tesco needed eco-labels
I was disappointed with Tesco’s decision to drop its carbon footprint scheme.
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Broken resolutions? Try these top tips for career success instead
You know the scenario. The festive season is far behind, along with a long list of broken resolutions.
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Girls smell too in Lynx's brave new world
Lynx users live in a world where every woman is a model-in-waiting desperate to tear off her clothes. That may be a side-effect of using aerosols in a confined space.
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Kraft falls for an early April Fool
We have, as has every PR agency, been working on our April Fool’s stories. A rare opportunity to…
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Time's up for pack differentiation
The level of independents buying from multiples this Christmas increased by an order of magnitude, encouraged by a very evident relaxation of any quantity restrictions in many stores.
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Take care: online ads are now on ASA radar
Recent events have proved conclusively that the advertising watchdog’s bite can be every bit as bad as its bark when it comes to online adverts by grocery businesses.
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Welfare is the issue, not the size of the dairy
As the former head of farm animal welfare for the RSPCA, I’ve seen some of the best, as well as some of the very worst, examples of welfare in industrial scale farming.
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Tesco needs to listen... and learn
Tesco’s decision to accelerate the process of change to its core chain was a big surprise to the stock market.
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Supermarkets are unavoidable... even for the wholesalers
At first glance, very little has changed in this year’s Big 30 wholesalers list. Booker is the stand-out, cash & carries are dominant.