All comment & opinion articles – Page 518
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Pre-pack deals have their place
Sir, Pre-pack administration deals continue to attract criticism from creditors left unpaid after a failing retailer has been sold back to the owners who ran it into the ground in the fi rst place. Understandable? Perhaps.
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Third Party: Apprentices drive real value in tough times
Recruiting and training skilled workers is costly - apprenticeship funding can subsidise these costs, says Jack Matthews
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Editor's Comment: Oscar night had nothing on the agony of Watchdog's supermarket poll
Oscar night is excruciating. As the winners are announced, cameras spy on those who missed out. Employing all the skills of the thespian trade, actors still struggle to hide the disappointment on their faces.
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Third Party: Time to turn the Fairtrade system up a notch
Why not have a scheme that certifies end products and recognises producers' investment, asks Dr R Sri Ram
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Editor's Comment: FSA satfats consultation sounds ominous
The ire of the industry over regulation is being kept in check, at the moment, by the more pressing concerns surrounding the economy - and survival - but this week came two reminders of the parallel universe in which Government, and its many...
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: We must all change to survive
We lecture developing countries but is our own food system any better, asks Tim Lang.
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Take action to keep towns alive
Sir, In the current market, it seems only the well-capitalised, corporate businesses are doing well. But with fewer and potentially more powerful brands at play, what is next for independent retailers? Retail success needs to be spread throughout the nation..
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: The food importer's lot is not a happy one
However much costs are cut or production improved, no-one can fund currency losses from margins, says Henry Amar
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on dodgy Florentine and raw emotion
I was worried the language in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (9pm, Channel 4, 6 February) would be toned down after the apoplexy in the press following Gordon's Great British Nightmare, in which 312 swear words were used in 103 minutes. The...
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Third Party: Deny the cyber criminals their lifeblood
The expected surge in fraud as recession deepens is a threat to retailers but also offers opportunities, says Tom Ilube
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Editor's Comment: Significant inflationary pressures remain in the system
Inflation. It's the last thing anyone needs right now. So multiple grocery retailers have been doing their best to downplay it, while bombarding the market with promotions. Yet, while the falling price of oil and plentiful harvests have...
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Cadbury set to curl it like Beckham
You may have heard of the butterfly effect - the theory that when a bug flaps its wings in, say, Brazil, it sets off a causal chain that results in a hurricane on the other side of the globe. In grocery terms: when a knight of the realm...
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: Can free market trade ever be fair trade?
Long-term trading relationships with buyers are needed to protect farmers in the developing world, says Guy Watson
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Nanny’s no good for our diets
Regulatory ideals are unattainable and breed distrust in government, says Kevin Hawkins
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Critical Eye... watching the Watchdog
I don’t usually get home in time to watch Watchdog but caught the end of this week’s programme (7.30, BBC1, 2 February) just as it launched into an ‘investigation’ into supermarkets. Not that it was much of an investigation. In a move as...
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Editor's Comment: Grocery companies are no longer immune to the downturn
New bosses always paint it black. Whether tacitly, or outspokenly, “it’s going to take time to sort out the mess I inherited”, has been inferred in the utterances of countless new chief executives, supply chain directors or supermarket managers,...