All comment & opinion articles – Page 378
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Comment & OpinionPremium candles burning up the market as retailers smell success
British shoppers spent £78m on scented candles in grocery alone over the last year
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Comment & OpinionAsda plays the long game
If Asda CEO Andy Clarke needed a little literary inspiration before facing the nation’s press today, a phrase or two from Rudyard Kipling
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Comment & OpinionTesco's sugar action could be the buzz the industry has been needing
Tesco might seem an unlikely candidate to spark a “revolution” in the battle against obesity, but that was the phrase used by the leader of campaign group Action on Sugar
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Comment & OpinionGrocery needs new strategies for risky food commodities
Supplies of everyday food products like chocolate, coffee and tea are based on increasingly risky sources
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Comment & OpinionBricks and mortar stores can get edge over digital with online
Long-dormant tendencies towards play could unlock some valuable brand potential and huge benefits for the grocery sector
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Comment & OpinionFrozen isn't exactly hot right now. But it's sure heating up
What is it about frozen? Here we are, with summer on our doorstep, and along comes another initiative espousing the virtues of frozen
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Comment & OpinionProcessed food's effects on gut worry Joanna Blythman
A whole new reason to avoid processed food is being flagged up by Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology…
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Comment & OpinionThe World's Most Expensive Foods: flush foodies flash the cash
Mind-blowing sex aside, the best things in life are certainly not free. They cost an absolute fortune.
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Comment & OpinionA brave new agm for The Co-op this weekend
With Leighton and Pennycook fighting on several fronts, The Co-op’s Manchester agm is a crucial one
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Comment & OpinionFood's future is going to get personal
Personalisation of food and drink products is not a desire of tomorrow, it’s right here as an opportunity in waiting
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Comment & OpinionAnnabel Karmel tells Ella's: let's work together on babyfood
After last week’s letter to Annabel, she responds to criticisms raised by Paul Lindley
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Comment & OpinionPig producers blast Viva's issue with profits
Also in this week’s letters - chemical problems with Manuka honey, the problems with self-service
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Comment & OpinionResponsibility Deal fiasco can show us how not to act on health policy
From start to finish the Deal has lacked credibility and today’s news seems to be the final nail in the coffin
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Comment & OpinionNestlé and Google get together - what the experts think
Is the partnership cool or not? And will consumers care?
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Comment & OpinionIceland's Food Warehouse will complement old format, not replace it
Sure, Iceland isn’t building any more Icelands - but that doesn’t mean the end, far from it
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Comment & OpinionPolitical parallels are both silly and instructive
A lot of parallels have been drawn between the general election and the grocery sector
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Comment & OpinionAnnabel Karmel attitude is unpalatable says Ella's Kitchen
I read the Big Interview with Annabel Karmel with an unpalatable sense of disappointment and embarrassment…
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Comment & OpinionClegg as Co-op and Cameron as Waitrose - General Election 2015 explained in groceries
As the nation goes to the polls, we go from market share to vote share and price war to Westminster battle
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's was taking action even before losses were announced
While the market continues to be brutal, Sainsbury’s has the potential to be the least affected of the big four
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Comment & Opinion'Beach Body Ready' is distasteful but regulation is uncomfortable
But the situation did prove that Carlsberg have one of the best marketing teams in the business right now