All comment & opinion articles – Page 500
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Black ops in Norfolk
A teensy bit of a calamity. Our Black Arts department (which we pretend is there to promote ethnic theatre groups) has been helping with a local residents' campaign to get a lovely new superstore built all over a sleepy Norfolk seaside town.
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Third Party: Creating food for kids is far from child’s play
A mix of marketing and understanding flavour sensations is key to unlocking children’s choices, says Bryan Urbick
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Careers File: World Cup failures will become business school case
Have you got over it yet? I'm talking, of course, about England's defeat in the FIFA World Cup.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Jedward, polar bears and why water is bad for you
From now on you can call me Jude. I'm clearly PR's patron saint of lost causes.
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Second Opinion: Nanny staters can’t fix bad diets
Public health policy should shift to understand why people eat unhealthily, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Even supermarket execs aren't sure what promotions are for
Highly complex, and at an average of 20% and counting, trade investment is the biggest and most important expenditure of every NAM, sales director and quite possibly CEO in fmcg.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on what cows really talk about
Like religion and waistlines, Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoons are a lot bigger in the States than they are over here. It's a shame, because his uniquely twisted perspective on life has something peculiarly English about it.
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Saturday Essay: Counting the true cost of the 2010 World Cup
Millions mourned England’s exit, but the real tragedy is the environmental toll of the tournament, says John Bowes
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Delia's web of intrigue
As previously noted here, the World Cup and Wimbledon have made this summer a time of famine for food on TV.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Happy cows and sexy Mexicans
A new brief! We've been told by some pointy heads from Norwich to "make GM sexy".
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We need country-of-origin labels for processed food
Sir, It was surprising and disappointing to read in your leader on 26 June that it is a "mad proposal" that country-of-origin labelling should be applied to processed foods.
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Saturday Essay: A dozen eggs works, so why change it?
Common sense and the needs of the customer should be key considerations in European legislation, says Andrew Opie
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Third Party: These days we can all have the technology
Small stores can now benefit from systems that were once the preserve of only the biggest players, says Stuart Tiedeman
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Second Opinion: Food system must tackle all issues
We can’t only deal with problems that suit whims of businesses and politicians, says Tim Lang
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When a quango is not a quango
I am concerned as to the lack of accuracy with respect to the box 'The List Goes On... Other Quangos' covers what the writer believes to be other quangos, and suggests that their existence may be under threat as a...
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Scotch whisky ‘discrimination’
Sir, The Scotch Whisky Association welcomes the Chancellor's decision to freeze the excise duty on alcohol and to press ahead with a review of the system this autumn.
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Independent View: The front of store is key for deals
Take tips from the big four and make sure the front of house is chocca with eyecatching deals offering genuinely good value
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Insects in the City
As National Insect Week comes to an end (we managed to get it on several digital radio stations), our latest recipe series is just hitting its stride.
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Third Party: There are rich pickings with channel surfers
Get to know the multichannel shoppers – they are promiscuous but very clear about what they want
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Second Opinion: Bring on the protein and, yes, fat
Dr John Briffa blows apart the low-calorie, high-carb thinking on nutrition, says Joanna Blythman