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Saturday Essay: The ugly side of health and beauty retailing
A new lobbying forum has been set up to stem the huge losses to the sector caused by shrinkage, says Paul Winstanley
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Yorkshire proof will be in pudding
Recent reports of a campaign to seek special EU protection for the humble Yorkshire pudding are getting a strong reaction from food producers and restaurateurs alike.
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Geoff Burch Talks Shop: Robin Jenkins Butchers
A highly traditional but thriving butcher’s shop pulls in loyal customers from far and wide, thanks to the owner’s passion for meat, skills as a chef and shrewd business acumen
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Second Opinion: Lansley is right to trim the FSA...
But taking action on below-cost selling of booze makes much less sense, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Why does the industry dwell on the 2% we disagree on?
Nobody's perfect. We are not a perfect industry and there are things we can do better sorting out labelling and improving our environmental impact spring to mind.
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Careers File: Loyalty is desirable and valuable... but how to create it?
Does loyalty really exist in the 21st century or has it become an old-fashioned, idealistic principle of a bygone age?
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on beaks, claws and a kaleidoscope of colours
I don't know whether eating too much foie gras can make you lily-livered, but the FSA fat cats are showing every sign of capitulating to all parties over their wretched traffic-light system. FSA nanny-in-chief Tim Smith could hardly contain his...
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Third Party: We can still eat meat, just a lot less of it
Headlines about ‘going veggie’ obscure the real message of how we can combat global warming, says Mark Driscoll
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Saturday Essay: It’s time we had a united front on skills issues
With better co-operation, the industry can help develop a gold standard of excellence in training, says Jack Matthews
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Is it in indies' best interests that Today’s and Landmark are such bitter enemies?
Whether the percentages now flatter wholesalers or not, the 80/20 rule in grocery retail is still useful. It helps to instruct us not only on the balance of the market but how we should approach it: focusing on the main chance while stuff at the...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the world's least secret conspiracy
Some questions don't have an easy solution. Mischief: Who Made Me Fat? (BBC One, Monday, 10.35pm) made it clear from the start the answer would not be 'You did, you greedy lummox'. (She only ate that chocolate cake because in the fridge's eerie...
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Editor's Comment: We need cuts and Sir Don Curry can do it
What's with The Guardian at the moment? It's been running a series of 'scoops' about supermarkets and their price promotion tactics. They obviously don't read The Grocer.
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on Mandy's dark mutterings
One can only wonder what the poor benighted Oompa-Loompas of Bournville felt as they read Mandy's latest comments on changing the law to protect Blighty's finest artisans from the foul clutches of Johnny Foreigner.
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Saturday Essay: An ombudsman will work - if it has teeth
The introduction of an ombudsman will make the grocery sector a fairer place for all involved, says Tim Lloyd
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Second Opinion: Beware US-style megafarming
British farmers can no longer feel superior to supersized US operations, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on japes with apes and deadly digestives
Okay sonny, put down the biscuit very slowly. And keep your crackers where I can see them. With every bite you take of that deliciously crumbly digestive, another orang-utan dies. Perhaps saying 'This product contains furry, wide-eyed...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on wet towels, bullying and pies from abroad
Bullying has become something of the mot du jour in Whitehall recently, so let's get one thing clear from the outset - there has never been any bullying of any kind during my tenure at DRIP.
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Third Party: Why honesty has to be the best policy online
Brands risk the slur of ‘stealth marketing’ if they do not have transparent social media strategies, says Andy Poole
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Geoff Burch Talks Shop: The Natural Grocery Store, Cheltenham
This month Mike Fisher called on the help of his House of Fraser buddy Paul Lewis to set up the Natural Grocery Store in Cheltenham and the two rapidly won an enthusiastic clientele. But they were to discover that growing fast is not always a good thing...
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Second Opinion: The case against an ombudsman
When public spending needs to be cut, this is a waste of taxpayers’ money, says Dr Clive Black