All comment & opinion articles – Page 410
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Comment & OpinionThe IGD Convention's Great Entertainers still came with flaws
Irwin Lee’s presentation at the IGD Convention this week was hugely entertaining…
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Comment & OpinionThe NCA opportunity
The UK has a new weapon in the fight against organised crime as of this week, and the food industry should take note.
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Comment & OpinionPositive thinking
The strapline of this week’s IGD conference was “energy innovation and positive thinking”. But positivity wasn’t always display…
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Comment & OpinionTesco's Finest hour?
Tesco has relaunched its Finest range with a view to growing sales by double digits. Can it succeed?
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Comment & OpinionWhat can be learned about recruitment from The X Factor?
I developed the Pareto concept around a core philosophy: the significant few against the insignificant many…
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Comment & OpinionGreen shopping should be made easy
Why aren’t consumers putting their money where mouths are when it comes to making more responsible choices?…
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Comment & OpinionBarilla pasta scandal shows brand ethics are under scrutiny
Barilla may have 206 different types of pasta, yet it looks as though it has never heard of diversity…
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Comment & OpinionPoundland IPO valuations rumoured to be a lot more than a £1
Is Poundland set to float? In an interview with The Grocer this week, CEO Jim McCarthy didn’t deny it…
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Comment & OpinionGrocery companies can build the workforce of the future
In my role as employment minister I am determined to do all I can to give young people a good start to their careers…
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Comment & OpinionDiscount fever
After announcing a 15% rise in total sales to £880m for 2012/13 this week, Poundland has more than proved its ability to wrest customers away from the UK’s biggest supermarkets.Once dismissed as one of the underdogs of British retail, the discounter has seen a meteoric rise in recent years. It’s ...
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Comment & OpinionAldi is just part of discount success picture
The Green Issue explored how overt many brands are when it comes to communicating their eco-credentials…
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Comment & OpinionTesco rolls the dice
2013, as fans of the Chinese Zodiac will know, is the year of the snake, and Tesco has gone down a few of those in recent months, as it battles to get its empire back at the top of its game…
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Comment & OpinionCameron's dough! moment
David Cameron admitted on radio he didn’t know the price of a value loaf of bread. Was it a silly, unfair question, or an unfortunate gaffe by the PM at a time when the cost of living is making headlines?
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Comment & OpinionAldi rampant
Aldi’s record results this week cap a remarkable turnaround for the discount retailer since 2009. Can it maintain its momentum?
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Comment & OpinionAldi: why is it doing so well?
Aldi has been trading in the UK for nearly 20 years. In the last three or four it has delivered phenomenal sales growth…
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Comment & OpinionPanorama documentary reveals the human cost of cheap clothes
Panorama’s investigation into the Bangladeshi garment trade underscored the scale of the ethical sourcing challenge…
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Comment & OpinionCollaboration is key to sustainability
When colleagues talk about sustainability, collaboration is seen as a vital component in achieving success…
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Comment & OpinionWanted: rigorous legislation to deal with duty fraud
Despite a huge effort, the industry has not managed to solve, or make significant inroads into, duty fraud…
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Comment & OpinionCut costs by turning waste into energy
The industry is under growing pressure to reduce waste and find cost-effective ways of dealing with disposal…
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Comment & OpinionA lapse in judgement
Asda and Tesco’s ill-judged ‘mental patient’ Halloween costumes pose serious questions about the checks and balances applied to online merchandise. How on earth was this allowed to happen?