All comment & opinion articles – Page 530
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Second Opinion: Extremists produce a lot of gas
The way forward for meat and dairy is lower production to a higher quality, says Joanna Blythman
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Third Party: How to play the multiples at their own game
Independent retailers can claw back market share by forming stronger ties across the supply chain, says Marcus Vallance
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Media has ignored the most obvious profiteering since Al Capone
Next month, the BBC plans a new series called Ripoff Britain. There’s nothing original about the name, and you won’t be surprised to hear supermarkets feature extensively.
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Saturday Essay: Let’s not drink to localised alcohol regulation
Knee-jerk reactions by councils will heap new burdens on retailers. Partnerships are the way forward, says James Lowman
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Third Party: Connect with new audiences by going online
Grocery companies risk being left behind if they are too cautious about digital communications, says Andy Poole
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Vegetarianism is not the solution to climate change
Lord Stern's comments on the vritues of a vegetarian diet certainly generated plenty of column inches this week. 'Climate chief: give up meat to save the plant' screamed the front page of The Times on Tuesday a headline even Lord Stern...
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Second Opinion: Our food policy is at a crossroads
We must put sustainability at the heart of the science that drives it forward, says Tim Lang
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on greasy palms and the Lord of the Lies
It's not often the Batphone rings at DRIP these days. In the past you could count on Darling Alistair to place a call late on a Friday; partly to issue a hatful of asinine orders for the weekend but mostly to check whether anybody could be arsed to hang around ...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on blue rinses, donkey carts and the BNP
How many years is it since Marks & Spencer beat a pathetic and humbling retreat from Europe? Before Rosey's time, of course, otherwise he might just have learned something from it. But never mind, eh?
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Saturday Essay: We need your help in fighting business crime
Closer partnerships between industry, police, local authorities and government is the way forward, says Alan Campbell
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Third Party: Food companies still care, despite recession
The winners of the FDF's Community Partnership Awards exemplify all that is great in the grocery trade, says Melanie Leech
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Editor's Comment: Can Marcia do a Johnny Rotten for Roosters?
The emergence of several new brands in the fresh produce category is intriguing. I've always found the fresh produce fixture in supermarkets enormously frustrating.
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Second Opinion: Is the party over for promotions?
With improved price stability, suppliers - and retailers - may promote less, says Clive Black
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Go on, tell us the one about the old bint...
Remember Horsham c-store owner John O'Sullivan, who hit on the cunning ruse of using humorous fake headlines on his news stand to attract punters? A bit like the Express printing all those hilarious spoof stories about the assassination of Princess...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on the canonisation of St Peter Marks
From the DRIP to the IGD conference
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Third Party: Research needs to be grounded in real life
Segmentation studies can offer vital insight, says Bryan Urbick - but only if they allow for the complexity of human nature
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Second Opinion: Scotland should prepare for a hangover
Alcohol restrictions are both misguided and contrary to competition law, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on beards, bikers and the true smell of Scotland
On the screen, beards generally signify either depression or evil (or both in the case of Jeremy Beadle). So how refreshing that despite the ample chin-moss of the Hairy Bikers, whose Food Tour of Britain (Friday, BBC2) concluded this week, they...
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on Tati by Tel and King Justin's grin
It's been a vintage week here at the DRIP underground bunker...
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Third Party: Industry must adapt now to a ‘new norm’
As recession radically changes the business environment, supply chains must rethink operations, says Alan Leaman