Comment & opinion – Page 506
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Making hay while the sun shines
Time to crack open the Champagne? Last week The Grocer reported a record Easter for independents, while Booker and P&H were among the wholesalers toasting “massive growth” in booze as well as other essentials over the long weekends.
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Ups, downs and notable omissions
Yesterday the Sunday Times published its annual Rich List. Once again, the ranking of the UK’s 1,000 individuals and families with the most cash to splash featured its fair share of figures from our sector.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: The ears and the Body have a crinkled kind of love
Just as kids grow up faster the older you get, Walkers seems to have a new ad out every other week these days. With Lionel Richie still ringing horribly in our ears, Gary Lineker is back yet again, this time frolicking in a billowy Glenn...
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Careers File: AV would not work in the boardroom
By the time you read this we should know if the nation has decided to change the way we select our members of parliament or not. However, for an event that could herald the most fundamental change to our voting system and change the way politics is...
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Comment & OpinionA blind date with the Dolmio puppets
Italy doesn’t do Hairy Bikers - just immaculately groomed Gucci models sipping espresso as their scooters zip from one bunga-bunga party to the next.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Spots, stripes and pocket battleships
After missing out on the PR contract of a lifetime (promoting chocolate Rich Tea biscuits) I finally shook off my sour Royal Wedding mood and got into the spirit of the thing (mostly gin) at an 'exclusive' (which is PR-speak for lightly attended)...
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Third Party: Is cannabis at work always a sackable offence?
A recent case shows it is not straightforward to dismiss an employee caught buying drugs at work, says Mark Hamilton
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Saturday Essay: Don’t fret overly about consumer confidence
High street spend is depressed, but a short-term shift away may benefit town centres in the long run, says Jeremy Cooke
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Second Opinion: Finally, a chance to cut red tape
But simplifying rules is better than ‘slash and burn’. The public realises this, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionCan anyone stop Wall Street adversely influencing the price of food?
Lovely weather, isn’t it? I’ve heard the sun has extended as far North as Bradford.
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Stick to the British Lion egg standard
Sir, In the letter 'Let's get rid of battery eggs' (The Grocer, 16 April), Alice Clark fails to mention that conventional battery cages are already in the process of being phased out, to be replaced by new more animal welfare-friendly enriched...
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Morrisons breaks out the bunting
Morrisons proudly revealed today that the bunting at Downing Street’s party for the Royal Wedding had come from one of its stores.
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Sainsbury's family values
Last week The Grocer revealed Sainsbury’s was leading all other supermarkets in the promotional stakes.
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Not a bad substitute for chocolate
It may have been all that sickly-sweet love in the air, what with the fairytale romance (or the hideously indulgent waste of taxpayers’ money, depending on your politics) set to unfold at Westminster Abbey.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Strongbow’s sofa saga is more graft than craft
Carlsberg’s new campaign positions it as a ‘reward’ rather than the kind of foaming punishment in a glass over-refreshed rugger-buggers sometimes impose on each other, say. But wait! That acrid smell you whiff is stale Strongbow, the…
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Careers File: When is it time to move on?
I run a smallish food supplier, which I set up about 10 years ago and have made decent headway with. We seem now to have achieved a size whereby middle management are happy to challenge the culture of the business and even tell me what I should or shouldn't do.
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What will the coalition economy look like?
The coalition must examine competition laws if it is serious about giving local economies freedom, says Adam Schoenborn
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Saturday Essay: Let’s celebrate the traditional English apple
Aesthetically pleasing foreign varieties are usurping the English apple – it’s time to fight back, says Professor David Bellamy
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Second Opinion: UNFAO election is crucial for food
New director-general must have a sustainable vision for the 21st century, says Tim Lang