Comment & opinion – Page 489
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Baking's answer to Ant and Dec
If baking is the new rock’n’roll (it isn’t), Mary Berry must be Mick Jagger, strutting and jutting her turkey-neck in judgement over our muffins…
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De-togging with the hungry toffs
Even the involvement of Hugh himself couldn’t stop me unexpectedly enjoying Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys.
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Nobs, knobs and Tesco envy
Tesco-envy is about to sweep the land faster than an Ocado finance director leaping from a speeding delivery van.
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You can't afford to be antisocial
The supermarket war for market share over Christmas was brutal, but the fight for consumers’ online mind-share in 2012 will also be intense, with Facebook a key battleground.
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Draconian booze policy could break EU law
The World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Europe recently adopted a ‘European action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol 2012-2020’.
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We must keep cutting the red tape
With the likelihood of a government-led stimulus looking remote, what can ministers do to make life less difficult for food retailers and processors?
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What do buyers need? Be concise and ask 'route one' questions
So the UK furniture salesman was always a bit embarrassed that he was selling bigger chairs designed for the American market.
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It's time we celebrated our food co-operatives
The offcial UK launch of the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives took place on…
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For every useful question it answers, the carbon footprint label raises several more
OK, we were wrong about self-service supermarkets in 1947, but our doubts about the Carbon Trust label have proved well founded.
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Display ban isn't only area to exploit
Yes, it’s going to be a difficult year, but for indies there are also major opportunities to be grasped
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Most drinkers won't bat an eyelid at Stella's lower abv
Let’s be clear. This is not about Stella’s ‘wifebeater’ tag. With brewers struggling with duty hikes and cost increases, something had to give.
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Cooks, cocks and hairy foragers
The TV schedules might be teaming with food-related stuff at the moment, but boy, there’s a lot of chaff.
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Fictional festivals and supreme self-confidence
When we invented Blue Monday it was supposed to grow, just like other fictitious events such as Fathers’ Day and Easter, into a vast money-making scheme for retailers.
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Food policy needs urgent rethink
If things weren’t tough enough for consumers in 2011, they also had to contend with being short-changed in terms of food policy.
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Clarke must reignite 'only Tesco can' mantra
The varying perspectives on Tesco’s 2.6% drop in Christmas sales have piqued my interest.
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Get the human factor back, Tesco
Amid the shock horror about mighty Tesco’s faltering sales, there was one particularly interesting feature.
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A new year means time to make plans and be inspired
This is going to be my year. I feel really positive that this is the year I’m going to make a difference in my career, but where do I start?
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Now's the time to inspire as well as promote
The one hard question grocery brands should be asking themselves is, ‘how do I get my brand back on to the shopping list?
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Can you imagine an ad with Usain Bolt impersonating Philip Clarke?
Tesco’s Christmas bombshell is over a week old now, but the shock waves are likely to continue for some time.
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Comment & OpinionNostalgia can be great, but now we must look forward
After last week’s anniversary issue, there’s a nostalgic tinge to our cover story again this week, as we kick off our campaign…