Comment & opinion – Page 533
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on David Attenborough's unhappy place
There's something about David Attenborough that instantly transports me to a happy place. I think it's the affable headmaster tones and the promise of escape from everyday life into a beautifully shot natural world where exotic animals roam...
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Third Party: Field marketing is more than leggy lovelies
Retailers might be keen to cut costs, but they need to be realistic about what can be delviered, says Julia Collis
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Why does the FSA want to cut satfats?
Why on earth does the Food Standards Agency continue to press the case for reducing the amount of saturated fat in the British diet?
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Second Opinion: Give us evidence, not bureaucracy
The more regulations people are subjected to, the less notice they take, argues Kevin Hawkins
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Saturday Essay: An insular mentality does no favours to NPD
There's much to learn from impressive new own-label ranges being developed in Europe and the US, says David Wilson
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Industry senses something really bad is still to come
Surreal is one way to describe Cadbury's Christmas party for the media on Tuesday. Agonising is another. Along with assorted senior communications execs, CEO Todd Stitzer and chairman Roger Carr took time out of their busy preparations to defend...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on veggie munchers at the Danish smugfest
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen, friendly young girl going down! Ah, the words of Dyke van Dick's winsome refrain reverberate in every passage as I sample the aromatic watering holes of the trendy Fissegade. It is, in any case, a heavenly retreat...
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Second Opinion: Time for the ombudsman is now
The Labour government still has a little time to stand up to the supermarkets, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on a festive surprise for Mrs Rolfe
Frunting and bolics, readers. Why, it seems only a year ago that we were last making trite comments about the imminence of Christmas, as I tritely commented to Mrs Rolfe the cleaner this morning. She does get excited at this time of year but I do...
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Third Party: Suppliers are on course to hit green targets
FDF members can show impressive achievements under the Five-Fold Environmental Ambition, says John Sutcliffe
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Critical Eye... on bridalwear, bonding and dogs throwing up
It was with a heavy heart that I sat down to watch Supersize vs Superskinny this week (E4, 10pm, 24 November). I was expecting the freak show format that seems so ubiquitous these days (and I wasn't reassured by the C4 website encouraging me to...
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Editor's Comment: Choosing the 35 top women in the industry was a political nightmare
Like a prick at the proverbial lesbian commitment ceremony, I feel uncomfortable writing about women in grocery, the subject of this week's cover story in The Grocer.
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Third Party: More clarity is needed on how to label food
Both Fentimans and Pret a Manger have landed in hot water recently as a result of labelling issues, notes Pauline Munro
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The FSA is always led by science
The Grocer has, over the past couple of weeks, aimed a number of serious accusations at the Food Standards Agency over our handling of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN) draft report on energy. You have accused us of…
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Seccond Opinion: Let's get to the meat of the issue
If we ate less of it, we wouldn't have to use so many crops for animal feed, notes Tim Lang
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on Marc Bolan's Fairtrade pants
I haven't yet heard from the editor of this proud organ but I feel sure a letter of thanks for earning him the title of Least Supine Lickspittle in Trade Publishing must be on its way. It's the least I can expect in my ministerial postbag.
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Third Party: Christmas ads are music to consumers’ ears
But if you do enlist a popstar to promote your brand, make sure you get as much out of it as they do, says Giles Fitzgerald
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Geoff Burch Talks Shop: Leckhampton convenience store
With an owner aged 26, Leckhampton convenience store could either be in the hands of the young entrepreneur of the year, or the grip of the foolish impetuousness of youth. Martin Pashley will tell you he is very much the former.
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Saturday Essay: Takes care not to go overboard with cost cuts
And beware the supplier that delivers savings from nowhere - if it looks to good to be true, it is, says Les Flanagan
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on portion control and serial killer potential
Initially, Young Butcher of the Year (BBC3, Monday) sounded as appetising as week-old offal from a diseased badger. Yet the show had a grisly drama to it, like a cross between Masterchef and those animal autopsies recently screened on Channel 4.