Comment & opinion – Page 369
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Comment & OpinionMarmite hires: when personalities like Clarkson create risk
When the infamous ‘fracas’ first stirred tensions at BBC HQ, as an avid Top Gear fan I watched the fallout with interest…
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Comment & OpinionShopping basket road-tested, corned beef campaign considered
“I’m being empathetic, but it tastes disgusting. Do real people live like this?”
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Comment & OpinionBillion Dollar Chicken Shop: KFC doc is mesmerising
Dear Fried Chicken, I love you. Will you run away with me? As long as it’s just you, me, and a Pepsi, nothing else matters…
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Comment & OpinionBacon family bag a tiny egg treat
In Dorking, Surrey, a chicken has laid what might be the world’s tiniest egg
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Comment & OpinionHealth food lessons from the US
And there was I thinking Europe was doing well on the whole health agenda……
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Comment & OpinionCoca-Cola's commitment to choice in health debate
The VP of Coca-Cola Enterprises GB speaks out on the iconic soft drink’s rebranding
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Comment & OpinionThe barcode can help battle food waste
A recent report by UK waste experts Wrap warned one third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste…
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Comment & OpinionProfitability and predictability: Ousting retail’s ‘like-for-like’ facade
Every year the key players in retail release their annual ‘like-for-like’ data, but is this really painting an accurate picture of their successes?
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's Mike Coupe already faces the ticking of the clock
Isn’t it funny how little the media writes about Sainsbury’s? Tesco is a national obsession…
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Comment & OpinionThe New Zealand government made basic errors in dealing with extortion threat
Shane Russell speaks out on the recent threats to contaminate the NZ food supply
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Comment & OpinionGrey shoppers are still teen boomers at heart
Your compiled letters from the previous week
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Grocery, politics, kitchens: What Britain's Biggest Brands say about us
Delistings, pricing disputes, tumbling prices… the claws are out in grocery these days
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Doritos dork gets a taste for heroism... from Bonnie Tyler
Need a hero? It’s hard to resist Bonnie Tyler’s 1980s hit, so Doritos has replaced its flagging mariachi band
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Comment & OpinionDoes Swallow This herald another annus horribilis for food?
Joanna Blythman’s book has received an awful lot of press, but what are the consequences for the industry?
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Comment & OpinionHow the Budget will affect our industry
Reactions from around The Grocer’s staff to the most important parts of today’s Budget
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Comment & OpinionAnt & Dec following Dalton out the Morrisons door shows shift in focus
With David Potts comes a renewed focus on product, not gimmick
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NewsStorm brewing over PG Tips pack size is milking the issue
Unlike reductions in confectionery and crisp sizes, the consumer is unlikely to ever notice the difference in teabag sizes
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Comment & OpinionSales promotions can withstand the demands of modern marketing
Simon White of Campaign Marketing illustrates why promotion marketing has remained a robust field since the ’80s
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Comment & OpinionDiscounters force SKU hierarchy reappraisal
Private-label development in the UK has been characterised for some years now by the ‘good, better, best’ hierarchy…
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Comment & OpinionTimeshift's story of how eating out went exotic
During the Second World War the strict rationing meant cooking at home became a daily struggle. The solution? Government-owned canteens, serving up puddings for two pence.