All comment & opinion articles – Page 441
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Comment & OpinionMore of the same
The chancellor announced £11.5bn in public spending cuts for 2015-16 today, topping up the 2010 comprehensive spending review, which, it seems, wasn’t quite comprehensive enough…
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Comment & OpinionGame, set, eat
Tomorrow morning at 5:30am delivery vans will drive into SW19 – as they will do for the next 12 days – to drop off the daily batch of freshly picked grade 1 strawberries…
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Comment & OpinionLife in the old co-op yet
There’s been a spate of bad headlines for The Co-operative Group of late, since its banking arm’s agreement to buy 632 branches of Lloyds Bank fell through in April…
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Comment & OpinionCelebrity endorsements and Barry Scott's disappearance
We’re suckers for a celeb endorsement here at P&F…
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Comment & OpinionKeep your friends close... and farmers closer!
Over the past few months, farm milk prices have been rising dramatically…
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Comment & OpinionCommunication and respect are key for top team performances
Often I’m asked to coach a team to become ‘high-performing’…
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Comment & OpinionTraffic-light front-of-pack labels will bring huge benefits
On Wednesday the UK governments launched a traffic-light nutrition labelling scheme for front-of-pack…
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The hidden threats modern retailers face
Tesco investing heavily in dark stores is just one signal that grocers are taking the threats of technology to heart…
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Rick Stein curries favour with sweaty travelogue from India
Having had a bash at some recipes from his latest cookery book, Rick Stein’s India, I had high hopes for the TV series…
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Trade gap reveals the true challenges for UK food policymakers
The G8 has been interesting for food policy. Forget what we do at home…
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Comment & OpinionIsn't hybrid labelling going to confuse consumers further?
The industry finally saw the lights at the end of the labelling tunnel this week…
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Comment & OpinionFood label apathy
Today’s headlines have focused on who hasn’t signed up to the government’s new front-of-pack labelling scheme. But do shoppers really care?
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Comment & OpinionWill Tesco let toys be toys?
Tesco has announced it is going to be removing all reference to gender on its online toys pages. But can it do more to end gender-colour stereotyping in toys?
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Comment & OpinionCorking news for wine
Could a new twist-off, twist-on resealable cork shake up the wine industry, and deal a death blow to the screw-top bottle?
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Comment & OpinionZero-hours contracts will damage employee motivation
Corks were popping last month, at least among us adults, when the 17-year-old son of a friend secured a ‘proper’ job…
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Comment & OpinionDanny Trejo cuts a dash as Old El Paso brings families together
Old El Paso has secured a genuine coup with the capture of movie hard-man Danny Trejo for its latest ad…
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Comment & OpinionThe PR cynicism of banana prices and the Simon Cowell egg stunt
It is with a jaundiced eye that I approach this week’s news, but I’m immediately cheered by an old favourite…
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Comment & OpinionDigital data will drive the future of retail
Google and the BRC released data showing the number of shoppers searching for items on smartphones rose 79% in March…
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Comment & OpinionWhy businesses are staying sustainable in the downturn
The British consumer has rarely had it so bad. Inflation is stubbornly above target, household bills are soaring…