Comment & opinion – Page 286
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Comment & OpinionHow can we bring more young people into entry-level roles?
Last month, I highlighted the fact that many sixth form students have little idea what they want to do career-wise
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Comment & OpinionRotten: glossy Netflix series raises uncomfortable questions
The US series opens by looking at the US honey industry, beset by dying or absent bees and adulterated imports from China
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s conversion to the cause means DRS now has credibility
Whether it is the government, or Tesco, that gets there first, some form of DRS is on its way. What else may follow in the war on plastic in the next 25 years, who can say?
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Comment & OpinionVoice is loud at CES, but be wary
Hey Google’ proclaim posters across the Las Vegas monorail and convention centre as the Consumer Electronics Show opens…
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Comment & OpinionResurgent Tesco is Christmas victor
On the surface, 2017 was a good Christmas for food retail. Nielsen data shows this was the best for at least six years
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Comment & OpinionKevin Hawkins is less optimistic about 2018
Anticipated fall in consumer spending and confidence means a bleaker outlook than the ‘movers and shakers’ predicted…
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Comment & OpinionYes, food price inflation should ease – but we can’t afford to get complacent
It’s been a bruising 18 months for consumers since the Brexit vote sent sterling crashing
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Comment & OpinionMore Change4Life junk
Could there can be a sadder case of terminally atrophied eating advice than Change4Life’s children’s snacks campaign?
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Comment & OpinionCan Dave Lewis really get suppliers to cut the price of healthier food?
Lewis accused suppliers in some cases of failing to do enough to tackle obesity by keeping their prices artificially high
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Comment & OpinionProfit is a problem at Pat's Mart
I can assure all of you now that there will be no warning from me of any profits whatsoever this year
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Comment & OpinionNot classy or glassy: burglarised bottle found
The world’s most expensive vodka bottle was pinched from a bar in Copenhagen last week
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Comment & OpinionRed Ed Sheeran picks a side in sauce struggle
Pop singer Ed Sheeran has built a chart-crushing empire on his gift for crowd-pleasing tedium and an everyman image
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Comment & OpinionDance with your dinner at new cooking show
A music-dance-scran production by a company called Luca Silvestri’s Protein, is coming to a village hall near you next month
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Comment & OpinionHairy messenger helps Bear deliver health message
As Adland tells us to look after our health, kids’ snack brand Bear is reminding us to think of the children
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Comment & OpinionNew ways to reach those 'always-on' shoppers
I don’t think any of us could have predicted the level of media access society now enjoys as the norm
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Comment & OpinionRetailers have a crucial role to play in stopping detox season becoming toxic
Clear labelling and promotion of healthier choices is a positive step. But surely the food industry can push further to make sure customers make sensible, healthy decisions?
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Comment & OpinionCan you hold up the mirror and recognise your blind spots?
An athlete’s mindset is focused on mastering skills so each performance is better than the day before
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Comment & OpinionPredictions for 2018: sugar, veganism & food price inflation
We’ve loads of predictions this week. But before I offer a few of my own, I have a confession
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Comment & OpinionPoundland has entered the new year in good elf
What a Christmas it has been for Poundland
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Comment & Opinion2018 just got tougher
It’s no huge surprise to see that the Tesco-Booker deal has gone through