Comment & opinion – Page 541
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Banning the buffet won't work
Strict rules on school dinners won't necessarily make pupils eat healthily, says Kevin Hawkins
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: Collaboration key to closing trade credit gap
The £5bn top-up fund announced in last week's Budget is welcome - but more help is needed, says Tarlok Teji
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Saturday Essay: EU membership helps rather than hinders
Initiatives such as the Protected Food Name scheme can give suppliers a unique selling point, argues Caroline Flint
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Sir Alan's cereal killers
Great jingles are memorable - they penetrate your psyche like a nailgun through the knackers and won't shift until you buy the product, several spares in case you're mugged on the way home and a few more as presents for people you don't even like....
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: Sterling will rally, but keep those belts tight
Bank bailouts and bargain-hunting consumers won't help, but the pound should pick up this year, says Mark Deans
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Backwoods Britain strikes again
Our Government stands alone in Europe in defending hazardous pesticides, says Joanna Blythman
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Third Party: Government must help the logistics sector
Increases in fuel duty will have to be passed on to customers unless the Government thinks again, says Jo Tanner
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Critical Eye... on Great White and the infernal canteen
Hell is other people, it was famously observed by Jean-Paul Sartre. As a miserablist, drug-using Frenchman, he probably had a point. Hell's Kitchen (ITV, weeknights), meanwhile, is reserved for those pseudo-celebrities so crushingly inane that...
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: Why there isn't, and won't be, a price war
Forget the headlines - the industry's margins and returns are too low to justify a price war, says Dr Clive Black
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Caribbean cuisine and chocolate revolutions
There has been a feast of food-related fare this week on the box. I won't dwell on Come Dine with Me (C4, 8pm, 5 April) - except to say, yes, DJ Wayne was a dim-witted, undeserving winner who shouldn't have harangued Jayne, but the posh,...
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: Late rent is better than an empty property
Landlords should think carefully before rejecting tenants' calls for a change in payment date, says Professor Barry Gilbertson
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: We need to work together on satfat issue
The top priority must be to give consumers clear and consistent advice on how to reduce their intake, says Sian Porter
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Comment & OpinionWhyte & Mackay fool the Power
Amid all the April Fools' Day fun and games - hopefully you didn't fall for the hilarious one about Marks & Spencer's food sales being better than expected - one piece of PR prankery in particular stood out. Whyte & Mackay pulled out all the...
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Can financial recovery be green?
The G20 summit outlined the need for green recovery - but no clear plan, says Tim Lang
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Critical Eye... on the reincarnation of Gordon Gekko
How cringingly fantastic was The Apprentice this week? (9pm, BBC1, 1 April). Channelling the spirit of the 'greed is good' eighties and the 'thick is better' noughties (thanks, Jade), the hapless candidates were again divided into girls and...
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Third Party: Everyone benefits from the war on waste
Supply chain efficiencies cut shopping bills, help the environment and boost brand loyalty, says Richard Swannell