Comment & opinion – Page 491
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Let's stop this systematic margin erosion
Gloomy forecasts mean eking out profits through the supply chain is more important than ever
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It's everyone for themselves now
With government hands tied, you’ll have to use your ingenuity in 2012
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You can't control everything in your career, but you can get your mindset right
As we head towards the end of the year, it’s natural to reflect on the year just passed and start to look at the coming 12 months.
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Our ambitious goal: 20% growth by 2020
The industry can achieve the FDF’s vision if government eases the regulatory and tax burden
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The best innovation of 2011 tells us about society
As the old saying goes, “if it bleeds, it leads”. And there’s no shortage of bloodletting in The Grocer’s Top…
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Expensive disasters and Jamie at his best
It was bad enough to be confronted on Monday by a heap of Christmas shopping-inflated credit card statements on the doormat.
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Brussels cares more about your fridge than the eurozone
After an unseasonably mild autumn, a cold chill finally descended on the UK this week, and not a moment too soon.
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Panorama, the BBC's whimpering neutered Watchdog
Remember when the Panorama theme tune reduced adults to salivating wrecks? Not any more.
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Want to buy the best British sausage? Then go to Malaysia
It comes to something when a product as British as the banger can’t get a listing on home soil.
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Retailers need to appreciate quality
Just a bit of fan mail to Joanna Blythman for having the ovaries to say the obvious: ingredient quality drives the quality of the final product.
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Rip-offs, reindeers and a drunken snog
As the retail trade wades into the festive season, we here at P&F are pondering the most important event of the year: The Party.
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Is the HSE's high conviction rate all it seems?
The statistics show it’s worth exploring a not guilty plea to protect your company’s reputation.
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Go abroad to check out fresh ideas
Observing retailing on the Continent is a great way to rethink your store offer
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Where is UK food policy going?
The gap between evidence, food policy and delivery is worryingly wide
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An interim manager can take a fresh view and shake up a business for the better
Don’t be surprised if your interim manager takes a very different view on the best way to get things done.
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Beware the price war that no one can win
The hearts and purses of consumers are being fought for on the battlefield of price. To what end?
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My festive wish-list for how government could help suppliers
What I want for Christmas is for Whitehall to draw up a coherent obesity strategy
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What's hiding in your pudding?
Shop-bought Christmas cakes are tempting - but beware scary ingredients.
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How voice coaching could help your career progress
I enjoyed Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King on Question Time, fending off interrogation about his £900,000 salary
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These retail Titanics need to change course
Too many retailers aren’t addressing the legacy of top-heavy debts and bloated store portfolios