Comment & opinion – Page 362
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Comment & OpinionEating Together: Nigel Slater modest & masterful on dumplings
Nigel Slater is a master of his craft. He’s on the mild side, but where Keith Floyd bubbled over with ebullience and excitement
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Comment & OpinionKantar Worldpanel results can't tell us why growth is sluggish
The new Kantar Worldpanel results come out and the Mail declares Tesco’s barely new CEO is now ‘under more pressure’
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Comment & OpinionConvenience store sales will be boosted by lifestyle changes
”Small-scale shops are leading growth on the high street”
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Comment & OpinionShore Capital is cautiously optimistic for supermarkets
What prospects now for the UK consumer economy and the big supermarkets after a general election that surprised the pollsters?
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Comment & OpinionPlaying with the big boys: budgeting for a four-pronged attack
Playing in the same space as the big boys means you’ve got to act like the big boys
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Comment & OpinionHoneymoon over for Dave Lewis? Hold your horses
There comes a point in every reign when the whispers begin. For Dave Lewis that time has come, courtesy of the Daily Mail…
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons enjoys a moment in the sun
They say one swallow does not a summer make. Apparently it was Aristotle who said it (thanks Wikipedia), but the point remains the same
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Comment & OpinionGrocery icons are in danger of falling behind
A Rabobank report suggests that company size, once a necessity for grocery success, has become a millstone for the biggest players
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Comment & OpinionE-commerce marketplaces offer powerful profit potential
Formulating a proposition on how to tap the opportunity of digital marketplaces could be one of the more important decisions
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Comment & OpinionEU exit would be disaster for agrifood in Northern Ireland
A referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU is now firmly in the offing, and the time for careful language is over
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Comment & OpinionProfessor Chris Elliott on why UK food needs the FSA
The Conservatives could never be described as champions of the FSA
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Comment & OpinionMarc Bolland's Week (as told to Bill Tush)
The history guys, one day they will find a really cool nickname for me like “Cool Hand Luc”…
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Comment & OpinionFSA deserves some credit for its approach to campylobacter
The FSA has made few friends with its combative approach to campylobacter…
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Comment & OpinionIs GSCOP working for you? Action required - tell me about it!
Most suppliers have not really engaged wholeheartedly with this initiative…
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Comment & OpinionFood waste is a challenge for the whole supply chain
This week’s letters cover supply chains, Tesco and alcohol
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Comment & OpinionMary Berry's Absolute Favourites: gentle, gimmick-free TV
Leave it to good ol’ Mary Berry to ditch the stunts and take us back to basics in Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites
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Comment & OpinionBaking brings home the danger of odours in marketing
If fresh bread is the nation’s favourite smell, what’s up with in-store bakeries? Simon Gwynn explores.
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Comment & OpinionFoster's Brad and Dan reach the end of the road - a good call
“Well, this is it mate.” And so, two more ad characters we’re for some reason supposed to care about are gone…
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Comment & OpinionHigh-strength alcohol bans could breach competition law
Public authorities are increasingly asking retailers to help deliver social, health and other policy objectives
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Comment & OpinionQueen's Speech - what lies in store for fmcg?
Not many would have predicted the election would end in the manner it did, with David Cameron triumphant and his three main rivals resigning their way into ignominy. It was a shocker. But that’s politics. Now it’s back to business. And the business of politics means four ...