All comment & opinion articles – Page 392
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Comment & OpinionTaking stock: even when work is busy, you need to prioritise
I’m writing this column sat in the snug part of a pub (playing horrific regional radio) in St Ives, Cornwall…
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Comment & OpinionOne Stop One Life: fascinating account of grocery's evolution
The rise of the discounters is often referred to as a recent phenomenon, but in reality it’s been going since 1964…
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Comment & OpinionMcVitie's baby animals show the way on Christmas TV ads
A cockapoo puppy named Rosie joined my family this year. I never cared for dogs but my wife and kids wanted one…
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Comment & OpinionReasons to be cheerful this Christmas? Win Champagne!
Reasons to be cheerful this Christmas? Tell us why and you could win a case of Champagne…
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Comment & Opinion2014 was a wake-up call for big four British supermarkets
The big four will be saying “good riddance” to yet another year. That is the price of taking one’s customers for granted…
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Comment & OpinionEggs is eggs in US mayonnaise legal labelling battle
It seems impossible to find a definition of mayonnaise that does not refer to eggs as a key ingredient…
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Comment & OpinionThe big supermarkets need to open up and share information
Over the past 10 years, we have witnessed an unprecedented shift in culture, both in business and society, towards opennes…
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Comment & OpinionKeep your friends close…
Today, members of the Association of Convenience Stores voted in favour of allowing the multiples to join the association
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Comment & OpinionI'm proud to help highlight the importance of wholesaling
Last week I got out the one and only medal I own, which recognises my past chairmanship of the FWD…
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Comment & OpinionGeorge of the (retail) jungle
As usual there was plenty of bluster coming from the dispatch box at today’s Autumn Statement
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Comment & OpinionEU food labelling frameworks: suppliers need clarity
From 13 December 2014, the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU FIC) will come into force…
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Comment & OpinionBug off: insects are infesting our mince pies now
We’ve just about accepted the presence of insects as a foodstuff for body-building protein maniacs…
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Comment & OpinionLewis ticking off his ‘to do’ list
Such was the scale of its problems and so abrupt his arrival, that some analysts had not even finished writing their “to do list”
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Comment & OpinionThis is not a food porn ad. This is food poisoning on a stick
Shocking image isn’t it? Deliberately so. We all know that sex sells. Whether it’s M&S or Haagen Dazs, retailers and brand owners
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Comment & OpinionGSCOP compliance is not under control within our system
The Tesco debacle has really brought supplier treatment to the top of the agenda…
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Comment & OpinionObesity: Big Food should act to help solve crisis
Occasionally you encounter a contribution to a contentious topic which makes you stop and think…
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Comment & OpinionBrands need to avoid putting virtual "rubbish" on Facebook
As David Martin of Coca-Cola defines bad content as virtual “rubbish,” Facebook warns of penalties for brands…
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Comment & OpinionBillingsgate Fish Market doc shows there's work to be done
Ever fantasised about being a fishmonger? The early starts? The stench? Nope, me neither…
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Comment & OpinionBRC proposes framework for voluntary regulation
The growing focus on organisations signing up to voluntary regulation has led retailers to an important question…
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Comment & OpinionInvesting in price is an oxymoron
The major supermarkets continue to invest in reducing prices as they battle the growth of the discounters…