All comment & opinion articles – Page 487

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Ad of the Week: Beware the poison Bakewell of cakes’ Lucrezia Borgia

2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

Over two decades with the Oxo clan, Lynda Bellingham matured from MILF to glamorous granny, via that awkward menopausal stage at which female BBC newsreaders get sacked. A more sinister change is befalling Mrs Kipling.

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Tug of Laura

2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

They used to say you really never leave the KGB. Or the CIA, for that matter. Apropos of nothing, it’s hard to think of many people who’ve jumped ship early from Tesco in recent times and gone on to genuinely bigger and better things.

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George of the retail jungle

2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

So George Davies is said to be launching a clothing line with a Yorkshire-based supermarket chain.

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Critical Eye... on city slickers and the stench of manure

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

How better to escape the rat race than by joining a fiercely competitive TV game show? "Our urge to connect with the soil has never been stronger." So began A Farmer's Life For Me, which put city types of debatable...

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Third Party: Change your diet and help save the planet

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

WWF’s Livewell report recommends a balanced way of eating that is sustainable and eco-friendly, says Mark Driscoll

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Tales of Titania: Buck's Fizz and killer fish

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

Grocer reports on the soaring price of orange juice only go to convince me that Buck's Fizz is a waste of bucks. There's a clear solution to this pressing issue. Let them drink Bolly!

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Second Opinion: Bottoms up for local control

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

A centralised approach to alcohol pricing won’t stop the binge drinkers, says Kevin Hawkins

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Saturday Essay: ‘Morally bankrupt’ retailers are ruining us

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

The multiple supermarkets are effectively being subsidised by the pigmeat industry. It can’t go on, says Richard Longthorp

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Careers File: There are loads of careers in food and horticulture, so why don’t more apply?

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

Since coming back from the Christmas break I've been to a couple of very interesting industry conferences one as a delegate and one where I was a guest speaker. Although they had slightly different target audiences, both had a common theme ...

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Editor's Comment: Tax breaks could promote lower-abv drinks - and advertising

2011-02-05T00:00:00Z

The camel is a horse designed by committee. So what creature will be created by the tortuous deliberations of the European Council and the European Union to create a unified front-of-pack food health label scheme?

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Doom and boom

2011-02-02T00:00:00Z

Spring may not yet be in the air but two of the drinks trade’s heavyweight players today kicked off seasonal offensives. Months of suitably wintry doom and gloom surrounding beer prices and the challenges faced by Britain’s biggest beer brands were punctuated first by The Grocer’s world exclusive that Stella ...

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Milestones and millstones

2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ocado boss Tim Steiner was today trumpeting a “landmark year” for the online retailer. He’s not wrong. The long-awaited flotation got away despite more prophecies of doom than an Old Testament epic.

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Asda's running battle

2011-01-31T00:00:00Z

Football fans will know that today is transfer deadline day – and with Liverpool seemingly poised to splash out £35m on pony-tailed carthorse Andy Carroll, there’s surely a suitably clumsy metaphor to be found about shopping around for value.

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Promiscuity is a killer of loyalty

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

Sir, Professor Byron Sharp's assertion that marketers using promotions to build brand loyalty are like medieval doctors whose bloodletting tactics inadvertently kill the patient is wide of the mark ('Promotions don't build loyalty, they leech life...

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Second Opinion: Fine words, but no grip on policy

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

As a global consensus emerges on the food crisis, politicians must get real, says Tim Lang

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Saturday Essay: Training is key to the future of manufacturing

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

That’s why the government’s Advanced Manufacturing review must focus on skills development, says Paul Grimwood

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Third Party: It’s time to comfort the cocooned consumer

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

Troubled shoppers need reassuring product lines from brands. And perhaps a free bunch of flowers, says Bryan Urbick

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Careers File: Marketing can be a good step to the top, but keep your contacts

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

I joined my present company two years ago working in the marketing department. I now wish to broaden my roles and skills which area should I apply for, and how?

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Critical Eye... on the new queen of calorie porn

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

Like Lulu's claim that she's only 74 and the crazier bits of the Bible, you aren't meant to take TV cookery shows literally. Likewise, the stuff on Baking Made Easy might be straightforward if you're an all-pro patissier.

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Editor's Comment: There are major question marks over the risks for Boparan

2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

Noisy. That's the only way to describe the battle over Northern Foods, as Ranjit Boparan trumpeted a ballsy 73p per share cash offer for the chilled ready meals, frozen pizza and biscuit business last Friday.