All comment & opinion articles – Page 361
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Comment & OpinionModern Slavery Act will require retailer vigilance
In 1833 the UK abolished slavery. Yet, over 180 years later the government has felt compelled to take further action
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Comment & OpinionAmazon Fire TV offers opportunities to the fmcg world
It’s been a heady couple of days for Amazon Fire, launching its new ad campaign and rolling out new e-commerce capability on Fire TV
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Comment & OpinionMy Week… by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (told to Bill Tush)
Believe me, anything can be recycled. Just look at my most recent telly offering
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Comment & OpinionAre retailers falling out of love with Black Friday?
Buried under a heap of recrimination and Polaroid flatscreen TVs, the romance between Asda and Black Friday is over
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Comment & OpinionIs Dave Lewis the man to get government listening over business rates reform?
Dave Lewis is in some ways an unlikely man to lead the industry into a fresh battle on the unfairness of the business rates…
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Comment & OpinionAppraisals aren't just for bosses - use the opportunity
As year-end approaches, many organisations will be embarking on annual appraisals
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Comment & OpinionWhy supermarkets need to relax cosmetic standards for produce
It’s not just the EU’s restrictions that are bonkers. Some of the cosmetic standards supermarkets insist on are crazy too
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Comment & OpinionMondelez won’t have put sultanas into Fruit & Nut without thinking hard
The media and the public either give Cadbury’s owner Mondelez too much credit or not enough, depending on how you look at it
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Comment & OpinionHugh's war on Morrisons is unfair
My sympathies are not frequently aroused when jousting corporations are caught up in a PR debacle
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Comment & OpinionPrice-marking needs intelligent collaboration
I welcome the debate around price-marking but am a little concerned as to the message we may send to our suppliers
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Comment & OpinionWar on Waste: an important issue, highlighted powerfully
Powerful stuff from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on War on Waste, which highlighted the disgusting level of food waste
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Comment & OpinionTime to pay proper attention to the plant-based food revolution
It’s all hotting up in the world of plant-based diets
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Comment & OpinionWill the apprentice levy work for you?
The announcement of an apprenticeship levy in the July Budget caught many people unawares, says Justine Fosh of the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionWhat can adland do with shopper marketing data?
The proliferation of shopper marketing – and the role it can play – has not gone unnoticed by large ad agencies
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Comment & OpinionMy Week... by Santa Claus (as told to Bill Tush)
Ho bloody ho. Or as the one memorable line in Lidl’s Christmas ad put it: “Santa needs a little bit of help, so let’s get your ho’s in order.”
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Comment & OpinionLidl is top dog as first supermarket Christmas ads arrive
Hooray. Christmas is upon us, and first out of the blocks with their seasonal ads are Lidl and Asda
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Comment & OpinionHarry Styles says his coffee's better with butter
Sullen performance-bots One Direction are role models in many ways
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Comment & OpinionFear of science could grow into a big problem for food & drink
Consumer confidence in science is fading fast – and the implications for food and drink are huge
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Comment & OpinionA sugar tax? How regressive!
The case against sugar is strong, but a new tax is unlikely to achieve lasting change, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionAsda and Lidl are first off the mark with their Christmas TV ads – but do they deliver?
The first of the seasonal supermarket ads have hit our screens