Comment & opinion – Page 497
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Synthetic meat? I’d prefer insects
Would you eat muscle-like strips of grey tissue grown with fetal serum? Joanna Blythman isn’t keen
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Low energy-dense foods like fruit and veg are not cheap and often less convenient
Innovation takes many forms. For tobacco manufacturers, current NPD feels almost like a last hurrah before the shutters come down.
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Rubber gloves at the ready
The 76% full-year pre-tax profits slump at own-label cleaning products manufacturer McBride would have had How Clean is Your House stars Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie donning their rubber gloves in readiness this morning.
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Uncle Ben’s office politics go back to the Seventies
The sprint for the office kettle: a rare chance for the adminisphere’s bottom-feeders to put one over the high-fliers, big-hitters and over-achievers who are promoted ahead of them simply because they work harder, dress properly and didn’t drunkenly…
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Shappi's happy-clappy curry revolution
It's standard to argue that Britain's national dish is now tikka masala rather than ye olde staples such as jellied heron, badger hotpot or whippet in a bap. Spice Britain (BBC1, Sunday 4pm) was the latest lid-lifter on how Little Englanders came...
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Battleships and baby boomers
While, according to the FT, retiring baby boomers may be leaving other parts of the economy bereft of talent and wisdom (what's Tesco now without Higginson, after all?), the same isn't true in PR.
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Third Party: Apps must deliver truly useful information
QR codes offer exciting opportunities to engage consumers in ways impossible on limited pack space, says Hugh Boyle
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The price must be right, and also feel right
Shoppers’ propensity to spend is largely determined by emotional reactions rather than plain logic, says Terry Green
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Is it coincidence Michael Clarke has been working for a land-locked conglomerate?
When I read a headline about Hurricane Irene at the weekend, I thought at first this was a reference…
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Tesco finds the market in the gap
Fresh & Easy got off to a sterile start. But now it’s getting its act together, says Dr Clive Black
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Not so big in Japan
The principle of not losing face is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture. Luckily for Tesco it’s not such a problem for the Brits.
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Batten down the hatches
In our current issue, we reveal how Tesco is ratcheting up the pressure in the supermarket milk wars by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed and whole milk for the first time.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the extreme slaves to saving
You may not know 'coupon' is a verb as well as a noun. It's also variously an addiction, a religion and a state of mind. Extreme Couponing (Discovery Real Time, Monday 10pm) is back to shadow the savings slaves who live and die by the...
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Powerpoint, skin and a Sainsbury's wine box
It's heartening to see social media as a post-riots force for good, with local people banding online to show their feelings for neighbourhood retailers. This has taken a different twist around the corner from the P&F offices, with the Twitter...
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Third Party: Higher prices are not necessarily a turn-off
Short-term promotions may benefit brands but long-term discounting will damage their equity, says Lyndsay Peck
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Organic movement needs a united message
Organic’s various benefits need recognition, but the heritage message should be its primary driver, says Paul Lindley
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Twitter seems to be taking over, but will it actually boost your business profile?
I read an article the other day that said 30% of people check their Twitter account before they’ve even got out of bed in the morning. Well, I realise this whole social media thing is getting a lot of publicity these days and, in the eyes of some,…
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High streets need radical tactics
Locally inspired and unique entrepreneurial activities could restore vitality, says Kevin Hawkins
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Organic movement is a microcosm of the wider grocery economy
If, like me, you’re a ‘foodie’, this Bank Holiday weekend issue of The Grocer, dedicated in large part to speciality and fine foods, is about to brighten your mood.
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Peter Marks' very long game
Peter Marks, boss of The Co-operative Group, declared this morning that trading conditions were “the worst” he had seen “in over 40 years of retailing”.