Comment & opinion – Page 492
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Third Party: How to play the brand engagement game
Linking your brand to a game brings up a world of possibilities - but don’t head into it blindly
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Swanky gigs for swollen bods
Much as I love Crawley, once in a while I can’t help feeling jealous of some of the gigs these TV bods get
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Right direction or missing the point
In the wake of the autumn statement, prominent food and drink industry figures give their reaction to key initiatives.
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Asda pitch-perfect, M&S cheap and tacky?
Asda’s surprisingly classy ad leaves M&S in its wake. For proof that Christmas isn’t a slam dunk…
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Is Scots' volume dip necessarily bad news for alcohol suppliers?
It’s squeaky bum time in the retail trade, but monthly fluctuations are hard to read.
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We should value fast food eateries
Sir, Regarding Birmingham City Council’s plans to limit the number of takeaway restaurants in specific areas of the city, at Just- Eat we feel these kinds of restriction pose an unfair hindrance to the kind of small emerging businesses we need to be pioneering right now.
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Lose yourself in some foodie escapsim
When the state of the economy is this relentlessly depressing, it’s nice to be able to lose yourself in some unashamedly escapist foodie TV
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Greek food isn’t in Brits’ bad books
Sir, While Greek ready meals may be on the wane, the British public has certainly not lost its taste for Greek dairy products (‘And now Brits lose their appetite for Greek food’, 19 November). Futura Foods is the largest importer of Greek cheese into the UK and we have seen ...
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Dialling M for... modernisation
Morrisons’ current trials give glimpses of a revolutionary retailing future
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We can’t afford a repeat of Christmas 2010
Last year, retailers lost out because of poor logistics. They’ll need to raise their games this year
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Don’t sacrifice service at the altar of price
The UK’s big five supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s – are currently embroiled in a very public price war.
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Comment & OpinionIs this new carbon reduction table just a load of hot air?
A new Environment Agency table that names and shames food companies for their energy use has been branded “pointless”. Is it, asks Beth Phillips
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Double-dip recession
Can a positive mental attitude, and the seizing of opportunities, make the difference?
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Ditching analysis will fix nothing
Councils need detailed scrutiny of the obesity problem to help tackle it
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We’re working hard to support small traders
A plethora of government initiatives are providing a framework to help high street retailers flourish
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Such a waste to pour green biodiesel away
Ending tax relief on biodiesel made from used cooking oil is a retrograde step by the government
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Reindeer meat is misunderstood
It is obvious the British public have no idea of how reindeer meat is produced.
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Business qualifications can make a real difference
There’s a weekly feature in The Sunday Times where a leading businessperson is asked a series of questions about leadership, people who have influenced their careers and what they look for in the people they employ.
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A fat load of good, Mr Lansley
The ‘nudge’ strategy on obesity merely passes the buck to industry
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Digital coupons must be used more wisely
Indiscriminate use of coupons is threatening to damage the reputation of a useful marketing tool