All comment & opinion articles – Page 467
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Is Scots' volume dip necessarily bad news for alcohol suppliers?
It’s squeaky bum time in the retail trade, but monthly fluctuations are hard to read.
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We should value fast food eateries
Sir, Regarding Birmingham City Council’s plans to limit the number of takeaway restaurants in specific areas of the city, at Just- Eat we feel these kinds of restriction pose an unfair hindrance to the kind of small emerging businesses we need to be pioneering right now.
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Lose yourself in some foodie escapsim
When the state of the economy is this relentlessly depressing, it’s nice to be able to lose yourself in some unashamedly escapist foodie TV
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Dialling M for... modernisation
Morrisons’ current trials give glimpses of a revolutionary retailing future
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Greek food isn’t in Brits’ bad books
Sir, While Greek ready meals may be on the wane, the British public has certainly not lost its taste for Greek dairy products (‘And now Brits lose their appetite for Greek food’, 19 November). Futura Foods is the largest importer of Greek cheese into the UK and we have seen ...
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Don’t sacrifice service at the altar of price
The UK’s big five supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s – are currently embroiled in a very public price war.
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We can’t afford a repeat of Christmas 2010
Last year, retailers lost out because of poor logistics. They’ll need to raise their games this year
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Is this new carbon reduction table just a load of hot air?
A new Environment Agency table that names and shames food companies for their energy use has been branded “pointless”. Is it, asks Beth Phillips
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Double-dip recession
Can a positive mental attitude, and the seizing of opportunities, make the difference?
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We’re working hard to support small traders
A plethora of government initiatives are providing a framework to help high street retailers flourish
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Such a waste to pour green biodiesel away
Ending tax relief on biodiesel made from used cooking oil is a retrograde step by the government
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Ditching analysis will fix nothing
Councils need detailed scrutiny of the obesity problem to help tackle it
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Reindeer meat is misunderstood
It is obvious the British public have no idea of how reindeer meat is produced.
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Business qualifications can make a real difference
There’s a weekly feature in The Sunday Times where a leading businessperson is asked a series of questions about leadership, people who have influenced their careers and what they look for in the people they employ.
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A fat load of good, Mr Lansley
The ‘nudge’ strategy on obesity merely passes the buck to industry
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Digital coupons must be used more wisely
Indiscriminate use of coupons is threatening to damage the reputation of a useful marketing tool
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The Greek economic crisis is an opportunity
Entrepreneurial and innovative companies with bold leadership will weather the Eurozone storm
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Instead of a point of difference, supermarkets crave uniformity
I’m sure you’ve heard the joke before. Q. What’s the difference between a supermarket trolley and a retail analyst?…
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From the cabbage patches to the killing fields
The Great British Food Revival (Thursday, 7pm, BBC2) has a neat premise: top cooks trying to convert the great unwashed to ape their deviant gastronomic peccadilloes.
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Get ready for a different type of own brand
In the past six months, several well-known own-label manufacturers have come to us with a project: to help them launch their own brand. In all the decades I’ve worked in design and innovation, I’ve never known anything like this. It think it’s fair to say that these numbers definitely indicate ...