All comment & opinion articles – Page 543
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SIAL 2008: Keith Garden, Only Natural Products
Keith Garden, managing director of Only Natural Products, exhibiting with Epicurean International, reports exclusively for thegrocer.co.uk from this year's SIAL trade show
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SIAL 2008: Alan Coxon, Historic Food
Alan Coxon, food archaeologist and creator of the Historic Food range, reports exclusively for thegrocer.co.uk from this year's SIAL trade show
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SIAL 2008: Steve Cabrera, Southern Alps
Steve Cabrera, commercial director at Southern Alps, reports exclusively for thegrocer.co.uk from this year's SIAL trade show
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SIAL 2008: Martin Savage, Zeina Foods
Zeina Foods sales and marketing manager Martin Savage reports exclusively from for thegrocer.co.uk from this year's SIAL trade show
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SIAL 2008: Michael Jolley, Dart Valley Foods
Dart Valley Foods managing director Michael Jolley reports exclusively for thegrocer.co.uk from this year's SIAL trade show
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Food Standards Agency pulls wonky willy spread
Headline-writers were cock-a-hoop last week at the news Ann Summers was being forced to pull chocolate-flavoured body paint containing melamine – probably not the first panicky withdrawal involving a product from the cheap-and-cheerful sex...
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Saturday Essay: The grass is not always greener overseas
In fact, it sometimes pays to keep your manufacturing base in Britain when times get rough, argues Chris Marshall
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Second Opinion: Grocery is a better bet than most
Investors willing to play the longer game should consider the multiples, says Kevin Hawkins
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: A call to arms over food security
Tim Lang asks what priorities the new Council of Food Policy Advisors should have.
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Editor's Comment: Silence over bank nationalisation bodes ill for the food and drink industry
Is the glass half full or three quarters empty? Will it get any worse? How long before it gets any better? At this week’s IGD conference, the industry attempted to answer questions normally addressed by economists, soothsayers and astrologists. I’m...
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Third Party: The right partner boosts an entire business
Manufacturers are realising that a logistics provider’s reliability is more important than the cost, says Dale Fiddy
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Saturday Essay: Pressure to trade ethically will only increase
The Ethical Trading Initiative can celebrate many achievements but much more needs to be done, says Alan Roberts
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Careers File: Associate your brand with the values of your target consumer
Let’s suppose we’re developing a campaign to turn meat eaters into vegetarians. For many veggies, the logical proposition would...
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Third Party: A direct way of building relationships
A well-targeted direct mailing gives a brand the opportunity to make an emotional connection
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Editor's Comment: Grocery will not be immune to the credit crunch
The received wisdom is that in a recession, people cut back on discretionary spend – no more plasma TVs, fancy holidays, new cars. As far as food and drink goes, they may shop smarter, but they don’t reduce their outlay significantly – indeed,...
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Saturday Essay: Now more than ever, innovation is the key
During times of economic uncertainty shoppers will continue to look to brands they know and trust, says Ian Radcliffe
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Pick'n'mix in St Petersberg: FFB in Russia, part two
Geetas Foods' Nitesh Shah reports from St Peterberg on the second leg of Food From Britain's trade development visit to Russia