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Third Party: Shoppers are banking on the supermarkets
Unsurprisingly, they trust them more than the banks at the moment. But beware, says Jeremy Braune, for trust is easily lost
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Saturday Essay: Wake up and smell the end of cheap alcohol
The government wants a ban on below-cost selling, so let’s work with it to come up with a definition, says Jeremy Beadles
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Wait... that’s no cycle rack!
Most disturbing subject for a press release this week: 'Bend Over and Think of England'. Blogof nearly didn't open the email. Luckily it wasn't from one of those speciality websites that you can join (apparently). That's the name of the...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Why no fanfare for Birds Eye's Italian swoop?
I want to tell you a story: I've called it The Tale of Two Equities.
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Second Opinion: We’re in the doldrums for a while
Even without double-dip recession, consumer spend will remain cautious, says Clive Black
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Careers File: The three criteria you need to impress interviewers
It doesn't matter which sector of the grocery business you work in. Whether you are approaching the first rung of the ladder as a...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on lobster ravioli for breakfast
Unless you have a family, a social life, tickets for the opera or an organ donor card, the weekend means one thing: slumping for several hours in front of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday. You know the drill five hours of washed-up football...
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Third Party: Influencing influencers is key to recognition
Introducing a brand into an established category is tough, but there are new strategies to try out, says Ed Hughes
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Saturday Essay: Political support is necessary to boost recovery
As the first Conservative MP to have been elected for Carlisle since 1959, I am proud of our city's strong industrial heritage, which boasts a diverse mix of leading manufacturers including top food producers Carr's Milling, Nestlé and United Biscuits.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Lazy, ill-informed reports highlight flaws in the health debate
So the FSA is to be abolished, according to the Department of Health. Well, that's what the papers were saying on Monday morning.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Black ops in Norfolk
A teensy bit of a calamity. Our Black Arts department (which we pretend is there to promote ethnic theatre groups) has been helping with a local residents' campaign to get a lovely new superstore built all over a sleepy Norfolk seaside town.
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Careers File: World Cup failures will become business school case
Have you got over it yet? I'm talking, of course, about England's defeat in the FIFA World Cup.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Jedward, polar bears and why water is bad for you
From now on you can call me Jude. I'm clearly PR's patron saint of lost causes.
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Third Party: Creating food for kids is far from child’s play
A mix of marketing and understanding flavour sensations is key to unlocking children’s choices, says Bryan Urbick
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Saturday Essay: Counting the true cost of the 2010 World Cup
Millions mourned England’s exit, but the real tragedy is the environmental toll of the tournament, says John Bowes
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Second Opinion: Nanny staters can’t fix bad diets
Public health policy should shift to understand why people eat unhealthily, says Kevin Hawkins
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Editor's Comment: Even supermarket execs aren't sure what promotions are for
Highly complex, and at an average of 20% and counting, trade investment is the biggest and most important expenditure of every NAM, sales director and quite possibly CEO in fmcg.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on what cows really talk about
Like religion and waistlines, Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoons are a lot bigger in the States than they are over here. It's a shame, because his uniquely twisted perspective on life has something peculiarly English about it.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Delia's web of intrigue
As previously noted here, the World Cup and Wimbledon have made this summer a time of famine for food on TV.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Happy cows and sexy Mexicans
A new brief! We've been told by some pointy heads from Norwich to "make GM sexy".