All comment & opinion articles – Page 388
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SACN sugar bombshell must be dealt with collaboratively
Rarely can a report seven years in the making have lived up to the hype…
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Light grilling for Tesco’s board as they stick to their guns
It turned out the roasting of the Tesco board at today’s AGM was more of a light grilling
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(Not-so) plain sailing
With the headlines full of stories about sugar, the government chose an interesting moment to publish draft legislation on plain packaging for tobacco.
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Common sense on food waste
Developing the right technological solutions to help tackle food waste is just the first step…
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Sugar Thursday
Traffic-light labelling appears to have fizzled out. Will we ever achieve a universal system?
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Tacon's challenge
A surprising number of suppliers have little knowledge of GSCOP, a new survey has revealed.
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Why producers need to be ready for the new labelling legislation
The changes to food labelling that come into force in December are to be welcomed if they improve customer confidence…
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Front-line staff are precious assets
Next week BBC2 airs its new documentary Shopgirls, charting the rise of women in retail…
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Aldi and Lidl are major opportunity for brands
In the Valleys what the lads mean for the props may be a discussion about forwards and backs…
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Crime against independents is not taken seriously
I have previously written of the success achieved in crime fighting in wholesale with our alert and intelligence initiativ…
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Findus Italia's gay pasta ad answers back to Barilla boss
Snaps to Findus Italia, which this week unveiled an enlightened new ad campaign featuring a gay couple…
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Entrepreurial start-ups are now the cool places to work
When I was leaving university, there was a very conventional career path for ambitious top-flight graduates…
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Aldi scores with Graham Taylor's cider-spilling World Cup ad
We’ve enjoyed Aldi’s simple and clever price comparison ads for some time now, but its World Cup special deserves praise…
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A taco world record for Old El Paso
Everyone loves a world record – but the good ones (fastest car, longest toenails etc) all require rather a lot of effort…
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Puff & Fluff prepares for a deluge of artisan food phone calls
The closure of Heart of England Fine Foods has spread panic through the ranks of money-for-old-rope merchants…
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Tiger the Tesco Kirkcaldy cat goes gentle into that good night
The tabby cat known to Kirkcaldy shoppers simply as ‘Tesco cat’ has moved on to the big scratching post in the sky…
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Do supermarkets have any right to demand supplier loyalty?
What to do about the discounters? That is the question every grocery retailer is asking. (Or should be.)…
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England’s World Cup woes spark merchandise sell-off
England’s tears have barely had time to dry and already the World Cup merchandise sell-off is under way.
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Coining it in
What’s behind Morrisons’ ban on the use of the £2 coin at some self-service tills?
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Spanish wines look to score
Tapas Fantasticas, despite its name, is an event all about wine - namely, Rioja wine, which wants to build its presence in the UK.