All comment & opinion articles – Page 470

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The G33 is hardly a typical basket

2011-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’d like to point out my distaste with the propaganda you are sprouting with your Grocer 33 figures. This survey is hardly a typical basket.
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Tesco's fighting talk

2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

Philip Clarke today had the unfortunate task of unveiling what many have described as Tesco’s worst interims for 20 years, despite a tidy rise in profits across the group.
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Disconcertingly expensive

2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Don’t say we didn’t warn you. About this time yesterday, Stella brewer AB InBev announced it was hiking wholesale prices by just short of 8% in response to continued upward pressure on costs.
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Our organic food is in a quandary

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

But it needn’t be – the movement just needs to play more to its strengths, says Dr Clive Black
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Critical Eye... on winsome whippets and purloined Swiss roll

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

The downturn has turned us into a nation of escapism artists! If we’re not getting deliriously excited about the latest style over substance, high-concept movie (go on, watch Inception a second time it really isn’t as good as you remembered),…
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Tales of Titania: Five cups of racist coffee

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so there we were, the whole agency (where do all those interns usually hide?), standing in the autumn sunshine in heavy brown make-up and fancy dress. (Even our token boy exec Torquil joined in. Actually, he was first to get his hands on the…
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Own label and brands can work well together

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

Branded products can boost a category by reeling in consumers, says Paul Vita, as Lyons Seafoods’ meal kits show
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Suppliers will take biggest hit from Tesco price cuts

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

That Tesco is to start yet another price war comes as no surprise. What is surprising, however, is an apparent indifference towards the impact on suppliers.
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Big Price Drop has left me both underwhelmed and baffled

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

Did the earth move for you? For years, Tesco was able to surprise us and delight/terrify us with its bold initiatives, but it’s lost the knack of late.
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Ask yourself four questions and create a roadmap to help develop your career

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is always a need for planning in business. Good businesses are constantly operating in the cycle of planning, executing, evaluating and re planning. Whatever managerial role you find yourself in, there will always be an ongoing requirement to…
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It’s time to introduce an ‘agile’ supply chain

2011-10-01T00:00:00Z

Multiples need to complement the lean supply chain model in order to save costs on the ‘last mile’.
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If you don't buy a ticket...

2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

Today one national newspaper gave over its first three pages to coverage of the Health Lottery, the “exciting new game” set up by Daily Express and Red Hot Mums owner Richard Desmond. That paper, not surprisingly, is the Daily Express.
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Green is the colour

2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

Saturday marked the 2011 edition of our annual Green Issue. It’s fashionable to point the finger at the food industry for the UK’s £12bn food waste mountain (as London mayor Boris Johnson continues to do). But there’s far more to it than promotions and excess packaging.
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Stop the organic scaremongering

2011-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sir, Call me biased, but when I read such outlandish and ridiculous claims as in the letter ‘Put science back into farm policy’ (Letters, 10 September), I want to know more about the claimant.
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Stick with sleep USP, Horlicks!

2011-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sir, So Horlicks is about to become 'a nourishing beverage to enjoy at any time' (The Grocer, 10 September). Puhleeze just like 101 other products in the supermarket. The one thing that differentiates Horlicks from all other drinks...
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Tales of Titania: Hedgehog ready meals and debt-crisis cuisine

2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

Opportunism is alive and well in food and drink. Already this week we have helped to launch a range of Dale Farm baked hedgehog ready meals (using the slogan “feed your inner traveller”). And now all the multiples are rushing out Failed Economy…
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Less cash, more out-of-town retail

2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

The high street is losing because it cannot beat ‘big box’ economies of scale, says Kevin Hawkins
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Third Party: Carbon labelling makes better business sense

2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

Shoppers are increasingly willing to stop buying brands that don’t make their carbon footprints clear, says Harry Morrison
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Real food so bad it's not even good

2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

You know how some things are so bad they’re good? Real Food Family Cook Off (7.30pm, Channel 5, Tuesday 20 September) couldn’t even claim that. Unlike its Channel 5 predecessor, the Jean-Christophe Novelli-fronted Family Food Fight with Flora,…
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TK takes bad taste to Maxx

2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

Outrage this week as TK Maxx was found stocking a US brand of hot sauce called Da Bomb: Ground Zero. The timing wasn’t ideal considering the recent anniversary of 9/11 and TK Maxx has pulled the item.

But as the bottle clearly shows an…