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All comment & opinion articles – Page 478
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... inspecting the Thanet timewarp
Given the paucity of new concepts on TV, it was only a matter of time before Channel 5 wheeled out a sibling to The Hotel Inspector, and so it was this week as The Restaurant Inspector hit our screens (10pm, 6 June). Picking up where Ramsay's...
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Third Party: We need a culture change to cut shrinkage
Reducing retail wastage and instilling zero-tolerance attitudes to theft and fraud could save millions, says Anne Davies
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Second Opinion: It IS broke, and we have to fix it
The food system is in crisis. Governments must heed Oxfam’s campaign, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Dingoes' balls and Jersey Bastards
Huge success for the agency this week, more or less inventing a condition which doesn't really exist - orthorexia - and getting the Mirror to cover it in detail. A whole new healthcare industry is about to be spawned, with therapists and supplements...
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Oh dear, Defra is still obsessed with plastic bags
The coalition has surprised with the scale, breadth, speed and, though some may not agree, the vision of its reforms.
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We must all do more to encourage recycling
The Waste Review will hopefully set out practical measures – but industry-led intervention is vital too, says Simon Baldry
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Careers File: After a string of rejections, you need to get networking
The phone goes late on a Friday and the agency is calling to tell you the bad news: you have not got that job you really thought you had nailed at interview. What's more, this was your only remaining option and you have exhausted all other avenues....
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Ad of the Week: Easy does it for Air Nectar
After a decade-long drive downmarket, Sainsbury's has far more in common with EasyJet than it once did. Both share an orange livery based on the tans in The Only Way Is Essex. Both get upset if you urinate in the aisles. And now you can...
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Let industry vote for the Power 100
Sir, I loved your Letter of the Week ('Lewis says the bleeding obvious', Letters, The Grocer, 28 May). It wasn't because I enjoyed 'avin a larf' at Martin Lewis heading the Power 100 or the editor's well argued response, which...
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Mutiny-proofing
Where Tesco leads, others follow. Marks & Spencer might be a very different business but the high street giant has followed Tesco’s example with a shake-up of the pay for its top bosses.
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2011: a floorspace odyssey
Arthur C Clarke always said he was an optimist. Not for him the rainy, oppressive dystopia of 1984 or Bladerunner.
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Putting down Roots
When does the little guy become the big guy? At what point does a cottage industry become a sprawling commercial empire with fingers in every metaphorical pie?
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Southern's cross to bear
There’s a piece in today’s Financial Times taking a look at how sale and leaseback deals have both helped and hindered UK businesses.
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Comment & OpinionFallout of E.coli tragedy could devastate fresh produce industry
Next week is Food Safety Week. But if anyone was complacent, before this week’s tragic E.coli outbreak in Hamburg, Germany…
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Rationalisation damages growth
Sir, I read with interest your article on oils in last week's magazine ('Focus on Oils, 28 May) and was extremely surprised to see the comment by Kay Staniland of Assosia that stated "that this is not a category that makes a significant amount...
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Second Opinion: How can supply chains be ‘fair’?
It’s doubtful any chain has an equal distribution of bargaining power, says Kevin Hawkins
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Supermarkets should celebrate British food
British Food Fortnight has a big impact on UK-grown food, and deserves more supermarket support, says Peter Heanen
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Brave faces and plunging execs
Hear that thud? That was another PR agency chief exec throwing themselves off a tall building. Not Karoline (with a K) of course. She thinks she's recession-proof. As owner of our soon-to-be-dwindling band she probably is, which just makes it...
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Third Party: We can’t let the Big Society wither and die
A recent report showed genuine interest in Cameron’s ideal but ministers need to deliver on policy, says James Lowman
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Careers File: Professionalism pays, so why do many recruiters alienate applicants?
I've been writing this column for nearly three years now. While I can't claim to receive sackloads of email every time it's published, there are a few people out there who have become regular correspondents, sharing with me their comments on...