All comment & opinion articles – Page 515
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Labels don't shape eating habits
Kevin Hawkins on why the latest FSA research has only confirmed what we knew all along
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Saturday Essay: Let consumers vote on GM with their wallets
We must bridge the knowledge gap so shoppers can base decisions on science, not scare stories
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Big four's resilience is extraordinary, but Foley is the prime mover
Our annual exercise in quantifying power (see Power List 2009, p42) isn’t easy. And this year’s Top 10 list of multiples was particularly challenging. One might expect the recession to act as a Darwinian exercise in natural selection. Yet the...
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: We must cut food waste as well as packaging
Yes, packaging is a problem retailers must address. But sometimes it can also be part of the solution, says Marc Bolland
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Why are we wasting our calves?
A shift to dual-purpose breeds could improve food supply and welfare, says Joanna Blythman
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Third Party: Don't miss out on the power of online ads
The retail sector is not taking advantage of an advertising market now worth more than £3bn, says Danny Brooks
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Sustainability needs one vision
A single strategy on sustainable food should replace differing initiatives, says Tim Lang
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Editor's Comment: Supermarket clout will make even the mafiosi nervous
Supermarkets are currently fighting tooth and nail to avoid the interference of an Ombudsman. And they regularly baulk at the heavy-handed approach of the Office of Fair Trading.
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Saturday Essay: Whatever happened to consumer choice?
Government nannying doesn't just confuse consumers, says Philip Jenkins - it damages wholesale and retail businesses
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Careers File: Employment sector can see green shoots of recovery
In case you missed it, 7 May 2009 was a momentous day. Most importantly, it was my son's eleventh birthday...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the Great White Shark losing his bite
What a load of bullwallop, sorry codshit. I refer not to the sorry attempts of the apprentices this week to rebrand Margate, though James deserves an award for his mauling of the English language in The Apprentice (9pm, BBC1, 13 May), but to the...
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on the incredible shrinking cattle
After the emotional trauma of watching Philip get his marching orders from Sir Alan Sugar AND Chelsea go out to Barca in the Champions League (a f**king disgrace on both counts), I was in no fit state for my usual American crime procedural.
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Editor's Comment: If you give someone a bigger portion than they need, they will eat it
I've read my share of self-serving surveys, and may I be at least the second to commend the Food Standards Agency on its latest contribution to the genre. This one found - quel surprise - that eight out of 10 cats prefer the FSA's traffic lights....
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Third Party: Banking the benefits of cutting emissions
Can Britain's food retailers be responsible corporate citizens and save money at the same time, asks Craig Sears-Black
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Saturday Essay: EU membership helps rather than hinders
Initiatives such as the Protected Food Name scheme can give suppliers a unique selling point, argues Caroline Flint
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on desperate wives and wasted lives
Swine flu, economic collapse, global warming... many things are beyond our control, but diet is not one of them. Unfortunately, some take control too far - as demonstrated by Desperately Hungry Housewives (10.35pm, BBC1, 28...