All comment & opinion articles – Page 517
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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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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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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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Comment & OpinionThree out of four's not bad
Asda today discovered what hoops it needs to jump through to go ahead with its Netto deal.
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Comment & OpinionChosen by whom?
A few weeks ago The Grocer wondered whether Andy Clarke had stumbled into a ‘Ratner moment’ by admitting the quality of Asda’s food wasn’t up to scratch.
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Comment & OpinionThe American Dream
So even Sir Terry doesn’t get it all his own way. Today it was reported that the Tesco boss once drew up a £1.25bn blueprint for the most audacious invasion of America since the Beatles.
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Michelle Gravelle's Expert Advice: Two weeks of passion for local food
British Food Fortnight gives local stores the opportunity to interact with the community, says Michelle Gravelle
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Careers File: Investing in skills is key, both in bad times and good
When times are tough it is tempting for businesses to take the first swing of the axe at training. Investment in skills and...
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Saturday Essay: Countdown to a special British Food Fortnight
If brands want to make the most of the 2012 Olympic Games, then they need to start planning now, says Jan Matthews
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Editor's Comment: A missed chance to show inconsistencies of local recycling schemes
Tizer. Dandelion & Burdock. Cream soda. In the craze for retro products, these fizzy treats are due a comeback. And so, says Bill Bryson, are the 'money back' bottles they once came in.
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Self-checkout is a cost-cutting tactic
Sir, Your article on self-checkout (Hot Topic, p3, 28 August) caught my attention, in particular the sentence used as the headline: "If self-checkout wasn't working, the supermarkets wouldn't be in such a hurry to roll it out."May I...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on a patchwork quilt of pointlessness
OMG. Channel 4 has completely lost the plot. Food (8pm, 15 September) has to be the worst piece of food-related TV I have ever seen. It was as if they'd nicked the shittiest bits from every food programme that's ever been produced, made a huge...
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The grey squirrel of dairy farming
lSir, I read with interest your recent article regarding the planned "super-dairy" at Nocton in Lincolnshire ('Super-size my farm' p10, The Dairymen supplement, 11 September).
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Third Party: Don’t let failed searches make you invisible
As European grocery chains begin to dip into online, UK players need to stay ahead of the game, says Mathias Duda
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Pilgrims, ponytails and subnormal nits
A couple of the new account assistants are both horsey girls and are partial to the occasional cowman (surprisingly soft hands apparently).
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Comment & OpinionRaising the rhubarb
To frustrated residents of Bray, home of the Fat Duck, the ‘Heston effect’ refers to the expansionist tendencies of the Berkshire town’s most famous son.
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Hanging baskets
Today the advertising regulator sided with Asda in the latest row over Tesco’s ‘real baskets’ campaign.
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What price the age of austerity?
The food industry may be stable but the overall market will stay jittery, says Clive Black
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Critical Eye... on baggy trousers and Lancashire hot pots
The premise of Time Shift: The North on a Plate (9pm, BBC4, Wednesday September 10) was about as loose as its baggy-arsed presenter's trousers.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Being first to market can be overrated in business
Being first to market can be overrated in business. the Wright brothers will be remembered for being first; Boeing made the cash.