Comment & opinion – Page 502
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Tesco has run rings round Premier’s flabby conglomerate strategy
Here’s a ‘Great Little Idea’ for you. Buy a bunch of tired old brands. Pay a premium for them. Add a ton of debt to the balance sheet.
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Everything must go
As if it wasn’t already obvious, today we got another vivid symbol of the turbulence on the high street.
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Premier's price of success
Bad news travels fast. This week The Grocer has been investigating reports that one of the major supermarkets has de-listed a raft of Premier Foods products.
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Careers File: Tell your boss his jokes at your expense are no laughing matter
My boss is forever cracking jokes, normally at my expense. Some of them are quite funny but there is a vindictive undertone. If I need to change the way...
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Tales of Titania: Shrinking Mars Bars and Marianne Faithfull
As you get older, everything gets smaller. Except men's ears, according to Karoline (with a K), but definitely including the main attraction. This conversation was prompted not by some of the unfortunate Lycra shorts on show at the Wimbledon...
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Third Party: Relentlessly pushing price isn’t always right
Retailers must work with suppliers on much more savvy and motivating marketing communications, says Ian Humphris
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The future is bright for food waste recycling
The Waste Policy Review may have lacked bite, but it is not all bad news for the grocery retail sector, says Ian Goodfellow
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Second Opinion: CAP reform must address health
But policymakers shouldn’t base all forecasts on Western eating patterns, says Tim Lang
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Balance of power may soon shift in suppliers' favour
The protracted sale of Iceland looks like giving analysts and media commentators lots more opportunities to comment on the space…
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Demi-slims are just an ugly ploy
Sir, British American Tobacco sees its new "demi-slim" cigarettes as standard bearers for personal choice but they're nothing more than an ugly marketing ploy ('BAT claims Vogue launch is not a fashion statement', The Grocer, 4 June, p6).
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The town centre policy vacuum
Sir, It is of deep concern that June will pass without the promised publication of the National Planning Policy Framework. The stakes are high for this new national policy document, which will radically streamline all national planning policy and in...
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Critical Eye... on pandas' dirty laundry
Disappointing. Dispatches: Conservation's Dirty Secrets (Channel 4, Monday 20 June) did not lift the lid on the twisted porn shame of trans-gender pandas. Nor did it trawl the suspiciously fishy laundry basket of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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Back of the net
Typical. You wait months for a sustainable fish initiative and then a whole bunch come along at once.
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Ad of the Week: Kronenbourg opts to Suggs it and see
Kronenbourg continues to Slow the Pace with another ageing icon reprising former glories. Now Madness top geezer Suggs, features sagging like a punctured balloon, offers a mournful take on Baggy Trousers, all wheezy sax and arthritic,...
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Careers File: Discrimination claims and company liability
I have just come back from a company day out a summer party featuring sizeable amounts of alcohol, food, games and speeches. As befits an organisation that counts HR magazine within its stable, the company sent out an edict warning...
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Critical Eye... on the size of a cow
I've never much liked Julia Bradbury. I can't put my finger on precisely why. I think it's the suspicion she tries too hard. Everything about her is a bit over-cooked the jaunty head girl demeanour, assertive voice, ready smile, trendy country...
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Tales of Titania: The end is in sight for Ms K
There is a point in PR when you stop being a wise and sagacious elder stateswoman and become an out-of-touch liability. The popular notion here at P&F is that Karoline (with a K), our glorious leader for so many years, is now teetering on the...
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Third Party: We need to work harder on health & safety
Retailers don’t have a very good record and the authorities are not about to let them off the hook, says Gill Brammer
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Recovery is on its way, but don’t relax yet
Emergency downturn measures may not hold water, so keep a sharp focus on costs and pricing, says Dr Martin Scott
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