All comment & opinion articles – Page 221
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Comment & OpinionPret must rebuild trust but Smith hire marks decisive action
The sandwich chain seems to have finally woken up to its responsibilities
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Comment & OpinionRetailers large and small must unite for Remembrance Day
There has been a greater clamour than usual this year to close shops for the entirety of Remembrance Day
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Comment & OpinionAmazon’s supermarket rivals are fuming over CMA decision
It comes days after the Chancellor rejected calls for an online sales tax on companies including Amazon
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Comment & OpinionTangible in-store experiences give retailers a one-up against online
Providing customers with curated and engaging experiences in store is the way forward, says Tony Rhodes, commercial director at Mood Media
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Comment & OpinionTim Smith must make Pret take full responsibility for its supply chain
After months of questionable handling of its rapidly emerging allergy crisis, Pret has finally taken a sensible step
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Comment & OpinionHow search can help retailers maximise alcohol sales
There are 1,388 alcohol-related searches a minute in the UK, says Google’s Harry Walker
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Comment & OpinionChancellor’s Budget plonks wine trade right in it
Freezing duty for beer, (most) cider and spirits but not wine is hugely unfair and deeply damaging
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Comment & OpinionGeorge in for grannies as Aunt Bessie's ambassador
Aunt Bessie’s has binned off its nosy granny duo in favour of some new blood
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Comment & OpinionScottish hero saves sugar with his home Bru
By day, he’s mild-mannered Lee. By night… well, OK, he’s still Lee
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Comment & OpinionDairy-free CEO Toni makes lo-fi ad
Dairy alternatives brands are used to doing different
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Comment & OpinionYorkshire pudding job opportunity knocks
If you didn’t get the Holland’s pie taster job we told you about in October, fear not!
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Comment & OpinionDonna rails against the Budget ingrates
Have you any idea just how difficult it is to get ‘Eeyore’ Hammond to buy a round?…
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Comment & OpinionCould progress on food waste be decimated by Brexit border queues?
Lorries forced to wait at borders could lead to huge amounts of food waste, says Dr Janet Smart of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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Comment & OpinionNo end to austerity at Asda, but are the latest cuts as savage as they seem?
It is the fifth big round of cuts in the past two years to affect management at its Leeds HQ and frontline store staff
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Comment & OpinionAn alcohol duty increase will risk jobs, exports and more
It would be a real shame if the Chancellor were to revert to the easy target of duty increases
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Comment & OpinionPlastic straw ban should be welcomed
Open and honest conversations about the life cycle of products are an important step
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Comment & OpinionFood Unwrapped: Kate and Jimmy revisit a perennial question
”Do we really know what we’re putting on our plates?” The question presenter Kate Quilton asked in Food Unwrapped has been raised numerous times
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Comment & OpinionSial trip gives insight into Brexit mindset of British exporters
New UK exhibitors at the international food and drink show in Paris were down from 60 to 37
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Comment & OpinionDéjà vu? Unrealistic targets in the UK fight on obesity
No less than 145 voluntary targets looming over different sectors hark back to the Responsibility Deal
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Comment & OpinionHard evidence is much needed in energy drinks policy
A new report found little evidence energy drinks are more damaging to normal children than tea, coffee or cola