All comment & opinion articles – Page 486

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Careers File: Control freaks must step back and learn the art of true management

2011-02-26T00:00:00Z

Having been promoted from manger to an executive role, I have been criticised for being too hands-on. I am a good and effective manager but stepping back seems counter-intuitive.

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Agenda benders

2011-02-23T00:00:00Z

Last week it was meat. In the battle for hearts and minds, conflicting reports appeared in the space of a couple of days: first busting the “myths” about red meat increasing the risk of cancer, then suggesting those myths were all too real.

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Satisfaction not guaranteed

2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

Asda today published its full-year results – or rather, the collection of cherry-picked factoids that passes for a breakdown of its financial performance. Sales were up 1.6% on a like-for-like basis in the fourth quarter, representing something of a turnaround from the slow-motion car-crash of last year.

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Tales of Titania: Jaegerbombs on Valentine's

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

I don't care that it was a Waitrose 'romantic meal for two' and thus prole-posh. "It was only fifteen quid" are not words any girl wants to hear on Valentine's Day. And, dear banker Sebastian whom I shall never see again, you know exactly what you...

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Coming weeks will determine the retail landscape for years to come

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

In recent weeks, I’ve talked about the contradictions that exist between the government’s desire to tame inflation, cut costs, increase taxes and cure the nation of its binge- drinking habits.

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Third party: Get smarter with supply chain management

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

If you really want to cut costs you should be squeezing more efficiencies out of your logistics networks

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Saturday Essay: Shoppers must be encouraged to buy green

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

Voluntary collaboration and empowered consumer choice are key to cutting our carbon footprint, says Richard Hands

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Second Opinion: Green arguments must be refined

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

Livestock farming does not necessarily entail the cruelty that Safran Foer suggests, says Joanna Blythman

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Critical Eye... goes underneath the Masterchef apron

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

Hurrah! MasterChef is back. And it's better than ever. Boasting a slick new set and format, the latest series (9pm, BBC1, 16 February) will upset neophobes and has clearly taken its cue from the programme's international offshoots.

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Careers File: Government’s employment shake-up doesn’t address the concerns of employers

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

More suited to the pages of Alice in Wonderland than to the 21st-century world of the Big Society." That is how one HR director has greeted the government's new proposals to shake up the employment tribunal system.

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GSCOP, bad cop

2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

Fittingly, the Adjudicator has had an air of mystery about it ever since the grocery ombudsman was given its rather Kafka-esque name last AugustClicks:4 (CTR 2.96%).

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Nocton's technical knockout

2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

They say letter-writing is a lost art (although subscribers to thegrocer.co.uk can receive their Daily Bread via snail-mail on the back of a postcard of Crawley if they really want to).

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The Kiddi's alright

2011-02-15T00:00:00Z

So the City rumour mill was right – sort of. Morrisons was looking to get its hands on an online retailer after all – just not Ocado, much to the disappointment of many speculative shareholders in the posh food retailer.

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Fair's fare

2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

Last week the papers were up in arms over the news that a shopworker in Essex had been arrested after helping herself to a pile of spoiled stock thrown out by Tesco following a power cut.

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Second Opinion: Is it time to trust new food tech?

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

GM, hormones and irradiation may help ease the global food supply crisis, says Clive Black

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Tales of Titania: Fudge flapjacks and former lovers

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

I now read all the national newspapers every day (except The Daily Star obviously, which doesn't count). Not properly read, like you do on a Sunday with a coffee and an illicit Fudge's choccy flapjack. No, skim-read on tenterhooks with that mixture...

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Saturday Essay: Low prices mustn’t cost workers their rights

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

We all have a responsibility to monitor our supply chains and guard against unethical practices, says Verner Wheelock

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Editor's Comment: Supermarkets don't run the economy, shoppers do

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

At the start of the year, we undertook an exercise to see whether supermarkets were exploiting the VAT hike to push through price increases. It's a well-known technique, and was definitely used by a number of retailers both when VAT rose to 17.5%...

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Careers File: Losing your job can be a chance to regroup

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

If you have lost or are about to lose your job, it is perfectly normal to feel hurt, angry or vulnerable. But there are a number of approaches you can take to stay in control and keep positive.

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Third Party: Facebook Deals are going to be a big deal

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

Facebook’s Deals and Places offer great customer engagement opportunities. But think it through, says Steve Jarrett