Comment & opinion – Page 507
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Riots aren't surprising. But riots about a Tesco Express in Stokes Croft?
I've predicted the possibility of riots before as ordinary workers are asked to pay the price for the appalling mismanagement of the economy by the banks, the Bank of England, and the government.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on gourmet geezers and gastro gulags
Time was, the closest our prison system came to haute cuisine was the old 'chisel in a cake' brought in by inmates' mums. That's changing. Nowadays contraband more commonly takes the form of heroin, firearms and mobile phones - and that's...
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Going loco for local
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Tesco. After those disappointing fourth-quarter results, its bank holiday began with the wrong sort of bang when a shiny new Express in Bristol was petrol-bombed by militants “dressed like ninjas”, according to one widely quoted bystander.
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Laughing stockings
It must be the warm weather getting everyone so hot under the collar. In the papers it’s as if the silly season has started a couple of months early, with a bunch of dozy stories surfacing in the past few days that you’d normally expect to see only in high ...
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Candid Clarke, Mk II
In recent weeks Tesco has been playing copycat with Asda over the latter’s price guarantee, with what you might politely call ‘mixed’ results. As well as being an avoidable PR own goal, Double the Difference also exposed Tesco to criticism that it has become uncharacteristically reactive of late.
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Best food forward
Aptly for a government so concerned about waste, the coalition has been doing a bit of recycling over the weekend. It now wants to get rid of ‘best before’ labels, reasoning that people really do chuck away stuff that’s fine to eat because of the date on the wrapper.
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Second Opinion: Now this is what I call fruit and veg
The freshness and diversity of Italy’s offer put UK supermarkets to shame, says Joanna Blythman
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Bring the fun in-store and host an event
Occasions like the Royals’ big day are an opportunity not to be missed by indie retailers. The build-up to…
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on pigeons, jewels and jockstraps
Britain's Next Big Thing (8pm, BBC2, 12 March) is ostensibly out to identify the star suppliers of the future. But, refreshingly, it thrusts the spotlight as much on the buyers, and this week, from London emporium Liberty, one in particular ...
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Comment & OpinionCoco Pops on a no-brainer
Teachers were frowning this week as a new poll claimed a third of all kids believe Rudyard Kipling made cakes. Perhaps the other two-thirds knew he was an author, or maybe they hadn’t heard of the cherry bakewell guy either.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Spearmint Rhinos and sticky white goo
In an unexpected attack of prudery, our glorious leader Karoline (with a K) has complained to the ASA about the current Creme Egg ads on TV. They feature the eggs working themselves up into a frenzy and then suddenly splurging sticky white goo all...
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Third party: Novel foods legislation collapse is a disaster
The breakdown of conciliation talks leaves consumers without guidance on cloned animal products
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Careers File: Changes to retirement age don't address skills gap with next generation
April is the biggest month in the world of work, being the time when new employment legislation comes into force. And this April there has been no let up in regulation. The biggies for food and drink businesses are the scrapping of the default...
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Yorkshire Dales (Welsh) ice cream
Sir, It was disappointing to read about the financial difficulties of Loseley's ice cream business, and think about the impact these difficulties may have on the local economy in Cwmbran ('Rivals set to pounce as Loseley loses funding', The Grocer,...
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Is Morrisons the new trailblazer in grocery?
Now that Dalton Philips has upped the ante, suppliers are adopting a ‘Tesco plus Three’ strategy, says Bryan Roberts
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Will Malcolm Walker be frozen out in Iceland’s sale?
As supermarkets and private equity types run the sliderule over Iceland, in anticipation of a summer sale, maverick founder Malcolm Walker is making another of his (suitably) icy expeditions.
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Wine and reason
At the start of the year Constellation threw up its hands in despair at the UK’s habit of buying whatever wine is on promotion, selling its UK business to Aussie private equity group Champ at an appropriately hefty discount.
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Indiana Bond and the Temple of Doom
Last week Andy Bond warned that the recession hadn’t yet hit home for retailers. Speaking at the Retail London conference, the former Asda boss said “an extended period of constrained consumption” was looming, resulting in a “long, long-term trend of trading down”.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Heineken's late entrance only just worth the wait
Heineken's The Entrance aired globally last year but, like a Hoxton dandy fashionably late to the party, hit UK screens this week.
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Careers File: Struggling with career goals? Concentrate on what you can change
Of course it is good to have goals in your career and whether you are looking to move job, change career direction or simply looking for promotion, it is good to set yourself some personal goals.