All comment & opinion articles – Page 285
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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
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Comment & OpinionIt's crucial for food to increase its R&D spend
As Brexit looms, the UK food industry must increase its spend on research and development
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Comment & OpinionBrexit phase 1: encouraging, slightly
The agreement reached on 8 December on phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations has been met with a huge sigh of relief in many …
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Comment & OpinionGove promises change – but there’s no getting away from those Brexit fault lines
While the environment secretary was again adamant that UK food and animal welfare standards would be a red line in negotiations, the fault lines are already clear to see
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Comment & OpinionIt's all change in the reset era
Retailers would be crazy to ignore regionality and quirks in taste
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Comment & OpinionKnow the rules of category success - and stick to them
As an industry, we like to talk and think about the next big thing…
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Comment & OpinionCould rum really rise up and steal gin’s crown?
Perception is everything and gin’s success comes largely on the back of three phenomenally powerful trends: cocktail culture, premiumisation and health and wellbeing
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Comment & OpinionPat kicks off the new year with a sugary promotion
Happy New Year, readers! I expect I saw some of you down on the Embankment on December 31
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Comment & OpinionEdinburgh boozer gets magic makeover
Harry Potter author JK Rowling famously wrote much of her wizardly opus in an Edinburgh coffee shop
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Comment & OpinionStudents get a brain booster from Domino’s
Domino’s has developed a way to beat the Brexit brain-drain, shoring up the skills of our students