All comment & opinion articles – Page 510
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Second Opinion: Inflation is the big worry this year
Retailers will push the promotional envelope to deliver value to shoppers, says Clive Black
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Dioxin quiche and bondage buyers
Karoline (with a K) loves a great big crisis. It means she can double our hourly charge-out rates, swan around like a proper 'consultant' and get the rest of us to do the actual work. So she's bitterly disappointed that none of our clients were...
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Thank you, Hugh, for fighting fish discards
Sustainable policies must be backed by regulatory reform and a wider repertoire of seafood on sale, says Leendert den Hollander.
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Third Party: Obese UK must seize Swapathon opportunity
The Change4Life initiative is a step in the right direction, but we need to do more to tackle the issue, says Sue Davies
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Ice, lemons and hot pork bellies
Last weekend in the FA Cup there was the usual talk about bog-like lower-league pitches being “a great leveller”. Top clubs don’t fancy having lumps kicked out of them on swampy pitches, so there’s more chance of a giantkilling.
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Justin's cracking Christmas
No wonder Justin King was looking so pleased with life at today’s 90-minute briefing in Holborn, attended by The Grocer’s newshounds.
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Bright Youngs things
Hyperbole is without a doubt the worst crime any retail chief can commit. Well, perhaps that’s an exaggeration. Dalton Philips avoided too many verbal fireworks when he said Morrisons was “a nose ahead of the market” after reporting a solid, if unspectacular, 1% rise in like-for-likes for the Christmas period.
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Careers File: If 2010 was about recovery, 2011 should be on nurturing talent
Wow, what a year 2010 turned out to be. After a very tough 2009, I was wondering what to expect and was struggling to keep my 'glass half full' outlook on things. Thankfully, in our sectors, things have turned out much better than anyone watching...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the adult Blue Peter
There's obviously demand for an adult version of Blue Peter as The One Show demonstrates (and shame on you if that wasn't what sprang to mind!). But when it comes to kids-style TV for grown-ups there's a fine line between success and failure and...
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Comment & OpinionBlogof’s crystal ball: your guide to the year ahead
January Shoppers revert to a feral state as the big freeze returns. Man turns on wife, parent on child and pet against pensioner as society's norms break down. There are even reports that a tribe of heavily...
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Third Party: Make sure your lease is not anti-competitive
Changes to competition law mean leases – and how they are handled – will face greater scrutiny, says Catriona Munro
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Second Opinion: A lame case for the prosecution
The BBC fell on its face trying to dig the dirt on cheap supermarket food, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Nudges and swapathons won't change many lives
The new year. A time for resolutions, rollbacks and, er, price hikes. Actually, the price hikes have not exactly kicked in thus far. While Starbucks and McDonald’s (along with utilities and rail services, of course) have been exposed for opportunist…
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Saturday Essay: Tesco should face tough questions from the OFT
Its acquisition of Mills shouldn’t be waved through simply because it plans to use One Stop name, says James Lowman
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Sisters, suitors and underwhelming surprises
So Ranjit Boparan has until 21 January to get a bid together for Northern Foods. It seems a long shot, with some observers questioning whether the 2 Sisters owner can raise the kind of cash that would tempt Northern’s shareholders to turn their backs on the Essenta deal’s promised upside.
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New year, same problems
Welcome back to those of you that, like the worker bees of Grocer Towers, returned from the festive break today.
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Next Year's News: the Daily Bread guide to 2011
Daily Bread brings you the biggest stories of the year to come - before they happen
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Smoke and mirrors
One finding in particular from The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2010 will have given Andrew Lansley food for thought. Or rather, something to put in his pipe and smoke, as they say.
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Careers File: A poor appraisal could actually be a chance to boost your career
I believe I work hard but have just had my annual appraisal and was told in no uncertain terms that I need to up my game.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Coke unveils an immaculate deception
While shop windows swap witches' hats for Santa caps before we've bitten the heads, Ozzy-style, from our Halloween gelatine bats, the festive season doesn't truly begin until Coke unveils its latest Christmas ad.