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Comment & OpinionCadbury goes for short and sweet with Singles Sensations push
In a sector that often concentrates on ‘feeling’, Cadbury tries to remind us what it’s like to actually eat its products
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Comment & OpinionPat feels sorry for Sainsbury's and ponders politicians
We retailers don’t always acquire a reputation for compassion. I’ve thought long and hard about this
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Comment & OpinionIt’s been ‘challenging’ – but Sainsbury’s might enjoy a long-term gain
Sainsbury’s, the UK’s second largest supermarket chain, may be under the cosh at the moment for its falling sales, but its online investment is where things could really start to pay off
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Comment & OpinionHeineken’s new ad proves a talking point – but playing identity politics is a risky game
The concept of bringing together people with opposing views so they can find common ground is wonderful, so why is the Heineken ad being slammed in some quarters?
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Comment & OpinionTesco and Booker should provide more clarity on deal
Uncertainty over the Tesco-Booker deal is inevitable given the unprecedented nature of the deal
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Analysis & FeaturesIt’s a thaw point: are attitudes to frozen food changing?
Frozen food suffers from a major image problem, particularly when it comes to younger generations
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Comment & OpinionBrexit will shake up parallel trade
Exhaustion of rights’ is the legal concept that permits ‘parallel trade’ or ‘grey market’ imports of genuine branded goods
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Comment & OpinionThe Life Scientific: MacGregor looks back at food battles
Back when schools still stuffed kids with salt tablets on sunny days, warnings that we were all slowly seasoning ourselves
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Comment & OpinionAn election manifesto for food and drink
The food and drink industry has six, important weeks to make its case to whomever forms the next government
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Comment & OpinionManaging with new management: time to reassess what's vital
Nick and I have taken on an MD. This is probably the single biggest (and most significant) business decision we’ve made
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Comment & OpinionA chance to shout out
It took a Bristolian to sum up the national reaction: “You’re joking – not another one!”
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Comment & OpinionThe Office for National Statistics pays Pat a visit
I’m beginning to think that not every part of the Whitehall machine runs as smoothly as it might
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Comment & OpinionMads Mikkelsen... probably the best person for a Carlsberg ad
Carlsberg is playing up its Danish heritage, to give its brew a stronger identity
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Comment & OpinionThe ‘houmousgate’ affair: how secrecy gave the story unwanted mileage
By refusing to explain exactly what’s happened, retailers and suppliers have opened the door to hysteria
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Comment & OpinionFraud: never stop fighting it
It is essential that HMRC remains firm in dealing with applicants for BWS licences
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Comment & OpinionLabour puts welcome focus on looming skills crisis post-Brexit
The food and drink industry has to step up and keep stressing the huge ramifications not just for the current workforce but for the skills and people it needs in the future too
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Comment & OpinionCan the supermarkets really cook up a winner from recipe boxes?
The relatively new concept of having your dinner delivered to your door has got supermarkets running scared … why?
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Comment & OpinionBuyers must be free to do their jobs
Buyers are stifled by internal projects, short-term requests, unnecessary meetings and report writing
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Comment & OpinionIs plant-based always best?
‘Plant-based is best’ is a commonly held view among those choosing a healthy diet, but Joanna Blythman is not convinced
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Comment & OpinionAmid distraction, we must trade in the here and now
As if the nation hasn’t been asked its opinion enough in the past three years