All comment & opinion articles – Page 495
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Careers File: Don't fear the interview, you could be the perfect candidate
Many candidates, when they are coming up for their first, second or third interviews, always have a sense of fear or foreboding about that opportunity. Nerves are a good thing; they provide energy, drive and motivation for many individuals but...
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Saturday Essay: Tell us how we can cut the burden of red tape
The Task Force on Farming Regulation needs clear evidence-based proposals to help deliver change, says Richard Macdonald
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Third Party: FMCG brands know how to snare shoppers
As they change their price positioning and ranges, supermarkets can learn from the big brands, says Dr Alan Treadgold
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Comment & OpinionYou can take the man out of Morrisons...
You can take the man out of Morrisons, it seems, but you can’t take the Morrisons out of the man.
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Comment & OpinionRiders on the storm
That’s more like it. Sainsbury’s today updated an expectant world on its second quarter trading and, in the context of the current market, the numbers are very impressive.
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Comment & OpinionThe windy City
Sir Terry Leahy today hailed the “tailwinds of recovery” as Tesco unveiled its interim results.
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Second Opinion: EU retains its relish for red tape
Mark Prisk’s plans for “one in, one out” will not cut the regulatory burden, says Kevin Hawkins
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Saturday Essay: Make frozen food sexy for savvy shoppers
Don’t let chilled hog the limelight. Frozen food is tasty, healthy, convenient and reduces waste, says Patrick Limpus
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Let's foster a culture where getting drunk isn't cool
One of my favourite words is 'possibility'. My approach to life is all about creating possibilities and challenging the status quo. Perhaps this is because I grew up in Africa.
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Careers File: Proactive recruitment is at the heart of a success
I've just 'done' two of the biggest trade shows the horticultural calendar has to offer. That's five days of networking and client meetings.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the audacity of Huge
The term ‘celebrity chef’ is now almost an insult. A dismissal of those small-time foodie hoods lurking in the shadowy alleys of fame while kingpins Jamie, Delia and latterly Heston expand their one-person empires exponentially.
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Comment & OpinionWho feels like Chicken Tonight?
The received wisdom is that adverts should above all be memorable, by hook or by crook.
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Comment & OpinionA little healthy debate
If you didn’t work in the industry it would easy to miss how hard food and drink companies have worked in recent years to keep shoppers in shape.
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Kraft's glass is half empty
The story reads like an April Fool prank, albeit not a great one. But last time we checked, it was September.
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Third Party: How the food industry can make waste pay
Manufacturers and retailers should look to anaerobic digestion to turn their waste into energy, says Bevelery Parrish
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Saturday Essay: We need new strategies in this volatile era
The restructuring of EFFP is a timely response as the government promotes its big society message, says Sir Don Curry
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Packaging is like putting sex on the cover. It sells
Sean Poulter, the Daily Mail's consumer affairs editor, was at his brazen best this week, accusing Tesco of "penny pinching" with its wafer-thin plastic bags in the same article in which he attacked supermarkets for "failing to reduce packaging".
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Second Opinion: The time bomb of urbanisation
In just 20 years’ time 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities, notes Tim Lang
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Careers File: Job satisfaction beats a hefty salary hike
I have just been offered a job with a much larger salary and impressive benefits but I'm getting cold feet. Is it too good to be true or is it last-minute nerves?
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Jamie's American roasting
I wasn't going to watch Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (10pm, C4, 20 September) because, frankly, the proselytising little nit just sounds like a broken record these days. But then I caught a clip from the first episode in which he blubbed that...