All comment & opinion articles – Page 383
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Comment & OpinionIntroducing 'the world’s first free supermarket'
Imagine a supermarket where absolutely everything was given away for free. Implausible? Maybe, but there’s one called Freemarket opening in Copenhagen this Saturday.
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Comment & OpinionIndependent retailers are as responsible as the multiples
There has been a great deal of use, particularly by government, of the term ‘responsibility’ recently…
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Comment & Opinion99p Stores thinks big in Northampton
99p Stores’ Abington Street branch is the first of a brand new concept for the chain. What’s it like?
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Comment & OpinionThe human side of global supply chain pressure
August is traditionally silly season territory, but there is nothing silly about the summer of 2014.
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Comment & OpinionFoodservice must wise up as new rules approach
From December 13 diners will be able to ask restaurant staff whether any of the 14 key allergens are contained in the food on their plates and the staff will need to be able to tell them – by law.
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Comment & OpinionWhat Wellcome Trust can do for Co-op farms business
So what does the Trust want with the largest lowland farming business in the UK?…
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Comment & OpinionAdvertisers misunderstand how shoppers love brands
There’s a fashionable school of thought in the advertising business right now…
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Comment & OpinionTitania makes account manager and ponders smelly Brit blokes
I’m reluctant to reveal that I’ve been promoted to the even-loftier role of account director…
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Comment & OpinionFacebook trials impulse shopping with buy button
It’s often difficult to attribute a solid bottom line impact to your social media activities…
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Comment & OpinionDon't skirt around the point - there is no harm in asking!
We are constantly fed a myth soup about selling and negotiation…
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Comment & OpinionCamp, clean 'unstinkable' fun with Amy Sedaris and Lenor
Actress Amy Sedaris is fairly well known in the US, but bemused Brits might be hard-pressed to recognise her…
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Comment & OpinionAldi and Lidl are far from the plucky underdogs of UK grocery
How big can the discounters get in the UK? That is the £175bn question we are tackling this week…
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Comment & OpinionRussian sanctions will hit fruit and veg industry, warns Rabobank
The EU fresh fruit and vegetables industry is one of the sectors that will be hit hardest by the Russian import ban, according to Rabobank.
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Comment & OpinionDiscounters: a fashion that is here to stay?
“The fashion of this world passeth away.” Seldom has this been shown more clearly than in today’s grocery market…
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Comment & OpinionBake Off is back, bringing a welcome pastel hue to the world
With Gaza and Ukraine threatening apocalypse, has there ever been a better time for The Great British Bake Off to return?…
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Comment & OpinionOnline is the new reality – like it or not
Ofcom’s annual report on the UK’s media consumption and habits is a must-read for all the major grocers.
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Comment & OpinionClick & collect on the road to domination
The age of click & collect is well and truly upon us, and it seems almost every week there’s a new development.
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Comment & OpinionFevered minds and panic buying: WWI reported in The Grocer
As The Grocer reported in its issue of 8 August 1914, swift action was being taken to limit profiteering and panic at the outbreak of WW1.
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Comment & OpinionThe Co-op’s trolley tablets are a missed opportunity
The Co-operative last week announced plans to add tablets to its trolleys to gather customer feedback. James Graemer of LIFE is unimpressed
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Comment & OpinionSugar tax supporters must heed Europe’s lessons
Doubtless calls for a sugar tax will soon be back. But there are clear signs that they are a political minefield for any government foolish enough to bring them in.