All comment & opinion articles – Page 526
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Careers File: Loyalty is desirable and valuable... but how to create it?
Does loyalty really exist in the 21st century or has it become an old-fashioned, idealistic principle of a bygone age?
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Third Party: We can still eat meat, just a lot less of it
Headlines about ‘going veggie’ obscure the real message of how we can combat global warming, says Mark Driscoll
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Saturday Essay: It’s time we had a united front on skills issues
With better co-operation, the industry can help develop a gold standard of excellence in training, says Jack Matthews
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Second Opinion: Beware US-style megafarming
British farmers can no longer feel superior to supersized US operations, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: We need cuts and Sir Don Curry can do it
What's with The Guardian at the moment? It's been running a series of 'scoops' about supermarkets and their price promotion tactics. They obviously don't read The Grocer.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the world's least secret conspiracy
Some questions don't have an easy solution. Mischief: Who Made Me Fat? (BBC One, Monday, 10.35pm) made it clear from the start the answer would not be 'You did, you greedy lummox'. (She only ate that chocolate cake because in the fridge's eerie...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on Mandy's dark mutterings
One can only wonder what the poor benighted Oompa-Loompas of Bournville felt as they read Mandy's latest comments on changing the law to protect Blighty's finest artisans from the foul clutches of Johnny Foreigner.
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Saturday Essay: An ombudsman will work - if it has teeth
The introduction of an ombudsman will make the grocery sector a fairer place for all involved, says Tim Lloyd
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on wet towels, bullying and pies from abroad
Bullying has become something of the mot du jour in Whitehall recently, so let's get one thing clear from the outset - there has never been any bullying of any kind during my tenure at DRIP.
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Second Opinion: The case against an ombudsman
When public spending needs to be cut, this is a waste of taxpayers’ money, says Dr Clive Black
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on japes with apes and deadly digestives
Okay sonny, put down the biscuit very slowly. And keep your crackers where I can see them. With every bite you take of that deliciously crumbly digestive, another orang-utan dies. Perhaps saying 'This product contains furry, wide-eyed...
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Third Party: Why honesty has to be the best policy online
Brands risk the slur of ‘stealth marketing’ if they do not have transparent social media strategies, says Andy Poole
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Geoff Burch Talks Shop: The Natural Grocery Store, Cheltenham
This month Mike Fisher called on the help of his House of Fraser buddy Paul Lewis to set up the Natural Grocery Store in Cheltenham and the two rapidly won an enthusiastic clientele. But they were to discover that growing fast is not always a good thing...
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Second Opinion: The big squeeze of low inflation
Retailers will have to work harder than ever on scale efficiencies in 2010, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on spitting chefs and Blanc expressions
I once had the pleasure of meeting Raymond Blanc. It was at a press jolly at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons and I have two overriding memories.
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Third Party: Our little secret is laden with ‘fright factors’
Nanotechnology has commercial potential but consumers are already viewing it as the new GM, says David Edwards
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Critical Eye... on a very worthy waste of 90 minutes
What a wasted opportunity. I got sent a preview disc of Food, Inc. this week. The latest offering from the people behind The End of the Line went on general release in cinemas yesterday and I was keen to get an advance peak.
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Third Party: Brands cannot afford to ignore the c-store
Suppliers should develop a clear promotional strategy to seize the opportunity offered by impulse, says David Norbury
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Agile data makes compliance easy
Supermarkets that have got their product information right have no need to worry about the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
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Saturday Essay: Mults not always in the driving seat on fuel
Supermarkets that vary petrol prices by location are giving indies the chance to undercut them, says Edmund King