All comment & opinion articles – Page 370
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Comment & OpinionLasting impressions from 2014 and resolutions for year ahead
So. The biggest week of the year is upon us. And how fitting that we have our biggest issue of the year…
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Comment & OpinionEvery Little Elfs
Tesco boss Dave Lewis must have wished a few times in the last few months that he could call on some help from above…
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Comment & OpinionCampylobacter: suppliers and supermarkets must act
A shocking 70% of chickens on sale in supermarkets and butchers contain campylobacter….
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Comment & OpinionHow this week's reports highlight the mess we're in over food
This week, the fifth annual City Food Symposium focused on Sustainable Diets…
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Comment & OpinionThe good, the bad and the ugly
People like to be seen to be saying and doing the right thing. It can be dropping the penny change from the £4.99 joint of meat…
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Comment & OpinionSalt reduction shouldn't get sidelined by concerns about sugar
The current sugar debate has captured the public imagination but is adding to confusion…
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Comment & OpinionSelf-awareness is key to effective team communications
During the course of my work I’m always intrigued to understand why we naturally click with some people…
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Comment & OpinionThe Co-op remembers Christmas with a funny, fresh ad
The Co-op is a little late to the party with its Christmas ad, but it has cleverly made a virtue of it…
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose's posh pithivier is a confusing 'meat-free' idea
“Who’s having a #meatfree Monday?” So asked Waitrose…
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Comment & OpinionLet’s get ready to rumble
With nearly three weeks of endurance eating and drinking yet to come before we all go cold turkey…
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Comment & OpinionWill Iceland’s milk price move leave other retailers out in the cold?
Iceland has delivered an early Christmas present to dairy farmers – announcing the price it pays milk processors for their milk..
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Comment & OpinionThe Tesco leopard can change spots - but can it still hunt?
There are four rules to rebates,” an ex-buyer once told me. “1. Get a rebate. 2. If you have one increase it…
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Comment & OpinionOrganic joy as Titania anticipates Premier PR 'crisis rates'
Those producer and manufacturer millions spent by the Organic Trade Board, which sounds all official but is only really…
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Comment & OpinionFDF publishes advice on new EU labelling rules
A checklist to help manufacturers adapt to new EU labelling rules has been published by the Food & Drink Federation (FDF).
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Comment & OpinionRevealed: The Grocer’s festive faves
Here at Grocer Towers we are starting to get pretty excited about the festive season…
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Comment & OpinionThe big fat problem facing food & drink manufacturers
the level of obesity in the UK over the past three decades has more than trebled…
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Comment & OpinionPremier Foods' lesson in business ethics
Having your business ethics challenged in the court of public opinion is never a comfortable place to be…
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Comment & OpinionThe wheels are coming off the Big Food-Big Retail wagon
Symptoms of the malaise in our food system form an orderly queue these days, like black cabs at a taxi rank…
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Comment & OpinionWill 2014's food & drink trends continue?
As it’s Christmas soon, I will share some key food and health themes I have witnessed and worked with in 2014…