All comment & opinion articles – Page 429
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Comment & OpinionForget Bake Off - what about a TV veg off?
The commissioning editors of the Great British Bake Off must be well pleased with their viewing figures…
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Comment & OpinionThe early buyer catches the worm
Fever-Tree’s early success was greatly accelerated by the then-Waitrose buyer listing it within months of its launch…
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Comment & OpinionTesco as keen as Sainsbury's to emphasise points of difference
Tesco is every bit as keen as Sainsbury’s to emphasise its points of difference on the own-label side…
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Comment & OpinionBritain should embrace pop-up shops
Halloween, just gone, has been embraced by many retailers, particularly the supermarkets, but still more could have been done…
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Comment & OpinionSocial media promotions are rife with pitfalls
At first glance, running a promotion on social media platforms appears simple. But brands must tread carefully…
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Comment & OpinionCheese blocs
First Milk’s deal with Adams Foods is a live case study of the increasingly vertical integration taking place across the UK food industry…
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Comment & OpinionFair's fair
“We’ve all got rather used to supermarket price wars. But there’s a new fight we’re going to pick.” So says Sainsbury’s Mike Coupe on its latest spat with Tesco…
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Comment & OpinionFeeling gloomy
The clocks went back on Saturday but gloom has been gathering on the grocery sector for a while - if you’re inclined to look.
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Comment & OpinionLeaves on the line
The morning after the night before, and St Jude the storm seems to have left behind a lot of scattered leaves, some fallen trees, and a vague sense of anti-climax.
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Comment & OpinionFrances Quinn's Bake Off win: inevitable... but worth watching
The final of The Great British Bake Off was rather disappointing…
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Comment & OpinionQuality versus quantity in the newspaper market
I am fed up with newspaper stories purporting to be news that are in fact based on spurious surveys by PR companies…
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Comment & OpinionFood lags behind on growth
Much of the talk from economic commentators is that the economy is back in growth and about to take off…
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Comment & OpinionFinancing conditions are improving for grocers
The strength of large grocers has been reinforced by a number of successful financings in 2013…
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Comment & OpinionPromotions reach tipping point
The supermarkets are struggling to kick their addiction to trade promotions…
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Comment & OpinionCo-op Bank deal is good news for the Co-op
Is the Co-op Group effectively ceding control of its banking arm to two US hedge funds a ‘tragedy’? Not necessarily…
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Comment & OpinionOver the border
With Tesco Ireland launching a new ‘price promise’ pledge to reimburse customers if their shop is more expensive than the offer at Aldi or Lidl, the retailer’s battle against the discounters just got bloody.
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Comment & OpinionCheesed off
Spare a thought for the good people of the village of Stilton. They’ve just been told they can’t make Stilton cheese in the place that gave it its name…
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Comment & OpinionHedging their bets
It was a dark day for the co-operative movement yesterday when bondholders led by US hedge funds Aurelius and Silverpoint took majority control of The Co-operative Bank.
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Comment & OpinionSalad daze
This morning Tesco revealed the true extent of the food waste it generated in the last six months, and, while the issue is one that has seemingly rumbled on for years, the numbers were enough to shock even this old hack.
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Comment & OpinionSmart shelves: is this the future of in-store shopping?
Are we ready for shelves that monitor our every move? It is a question we may all be forced to answer soon…