All comment & opinion articles – Page 435
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Food and drink set for a dynamic year
No sooner had we entered 2013 than the food and beverage industry was stealing the business news headlines….
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Helping independent stores to engage with their communities
Many independent traders avoid buying from big brands. They don’t have the buying power of the multiples…
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Comment & OpinionMary Berry backs off over shark salsa scandal
Twinkly-eyed cake duchess Mary Berry won many a heart in her role as Paul Hollywood’s reproachful auntie…
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Hiring? Back the enthusiastic and optimistic candidates
A sales manager is such a key role in any business – especially a small business…
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Horse meat scandal: questions will be asked. A lot of them
Moviegoers heading to the cinema to see Les Misérables this weekend might find the film unexpectedly topical…
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Horses for cources
‘I phoned up Tesco this morning to find out the price of their beef burgers. They said 14/1.’
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Horse trading
With Twitter finally running out of horse-related puns, it’s time to start asking questions about the wider, longer-term implications of the horse meat burger contamination scandal…
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The big freeze
Heron Foods has notched up another year of sparkling results. The frozen food discounter, which has 170 stores across the north of England and the Midlands, saw its profits rise 15% to £8.1m…
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Facing the music
Hi Spirits brand Antica Sambuca had its knuckles rapped last week in a ruling that should give any business using social media (and who doesn’t these days?) pause for thought.
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As the value creation model alters, can execs stay motivated?
Amid the flurry of new appointments at Tesco, three significant resignations have been announced this week…
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Comment & OpinionKeith Harris puts his hand up as Farmfoods seeks retro appeal
Frozen discounter Farmfoods has pulled off a major ad coup by signing up Keith Harris and Orville…
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New year, new food militancy
As we step into a brave new year, the Food Militant Tendency is out in force….
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Critical Eye: Cold sweats with the Food Inspectors
Food Inspectors showed us things that would leave “even the most experienced food inspector in a cold sweat”…
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BRC campaigns matter more than ever
December’s overall year-on-year growth figure of just 1.5% is disappointing, flatlining against inflation….
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The Energy Bill lacks spark
UK retailers will no doubt have noted the recent Energy Bill, currently being scrutinised by a Public Bill Committee….
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This year's big digital trends
Deloitte estimated that £500m of UK sales came directly through tablets over Christmas….
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Titania considers crisps, 'content' and Change4Life
My one New Year’s resolution for the world: no more artisan crisp launches please…
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Guess who's back!
It’s a year almost to the day since Philip Clarke issued Tesco’s first profit warning in two decades.
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The GM detox
There was much to admire in Mark Lynas’s speech about his personal journey from anti-GM campaigner to GM advocate at the Oxford Farming Conference last week…
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Morrisons got talent?
As expected Morrisons reported a rather gloomy Christmas with like for like sales down 2.5% for the six weeks to 30 December.