All comment & opinion articles – Page 529
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Third Party: Suppliers are on course to hit green targets
FDF members can show impressive achievements under the Five-Fold Environmental Ambition, says John Sutcliffe
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on a festive surprise for Mrs Rolfe
Frunting and bolics, readers. Why, it seems only a year ago that we were last making trite comments about the imminence of Christmas, as I tritely commented to Mrs Rolfe the cleaner this morning. She does get excited at this time of year but I do...
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Second Opinion: Time for the ombudsman is now
The Labour government still has a little time to stand up to the supermarkets, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Choosing the 35 top women in the industry was a political nightmare
Like a prick at the proverbial lesbian commitment ceremony, I feel uncomfortable writing about women in grocery, the subject of this week's cover story in The Grocer.
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The FSA is always led by science
The Grocer has, over the past couple of weeks, aimed a number of serious accusations at the Food Standards Agency over our handling of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN) draft report on energy. You have accused us of…
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on bridalwear, bonding and dogs throwing up
It was with a heavy heart that I sat down to watch Supersize vs Superskinny this week (E4, 10pm, 24 November). I was expecting the freak show format that seems so ubiquitous these days (and I wasn't reassured by the C4 website encouraging me to...
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Third Party: More clarity is needed on how to label food
Both Fentimans and Pret a Manger have landed in hot water recently as a result of labelling issues, notes Pauline Munro
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Seccond Opinion: Let's get to the meat of the issue
If we ate less of it, we wouldn't have to use so many crops for animal feed, notes Tim Lang
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Third Party: Christmas ads are music to consumers’ ears
But if you do enlist a popstar to promote your brand, make sure you get as much out of it as they do, says Giles Fitzgerald
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on Marc Bolan's Fairtrade pants
I haven't yet heard from the editor of this proud organ but I feel sure a letter of thanks for earning him the title of Least Supine Lickspittle in Trade Publishing must be on its way. It's the least I can expect in my ministerial postbag.
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Geoff Burch Talks Shop: Leckhampton convenience store
With an owner aged 26, Leckhampton convenience store could either be in the hands of the young entrepreneur of the year, or the grip of the foolish impetuousness of youth. Martin Pashley will tell you he is very much the former.
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Saturday Essay: Takes care not to go overboard with cost cuts
And beware the supplier that delivers savings from nowhere - if it looks to good to be true, it is, says Les Flanagan
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Second Opinion: Santa is conservatively optimistic
It won't be a wild one this year, but neither should it be. Loyalty is now key, says Clive Black
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on portion control and serial killer potential
Initially, Young Butcher of the Year (BBC3, Monday) sounded as appetising as week-old offal from a diseased badger. Yet the show had a grisly drama to it, like a cross between Masterchef and those animal autopsies recently screened on Channel 4.
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Second Opinion: A TV plot that just doesn’t add up
Kevin Hawkins wonders when will the BBC realise there is no evidence of supermarket profiteering
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Upping the calorie count will turn reds to amber and ambers to green
We are in dangerous territory here. The Grocer is playing with fire. But if a report crosses our desk showing the government’s recommended daily calorie calculations were WRONG, it’s our duty to report it. I’m sure the Food Standards Agency, along with the Department of Health, would like to sweep ...
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Saturday Essay: Big suppliers must back sustainable palm oil
WWF chief executive David Nussbaum calls for commitment to stop deforestation and climate change, and reduce the threat to species
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Critical Eye... on pus, puns and sustainable palm oil
Sometimes this job involves real sacrifice, and so it was this week when I had to endure Britain's Really Disgusting Food (9pm, BBC3, 9 November).
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey goes up Irene's Hershey Highway
As the embodiment of all that is holy in this otherwise godforsaken world, it is of particular concern to me that nicking stuff is one of the few industries experiencing a genuine surge in these troubled times.
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on Al Tel, a belly-dancer who's no great sheikhs
It may have appeared in the Daily Mail but nonetheless the story is true. I can authoritatively confirm that our former Dear Leader Anthony Wedgewood Blair was within an inch of a real breakthrough in his Middle East talks. Yes, concerned readers,...