All comment & opinion articles – Page 544
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Taming the bear: FFB in Russia, part three
Monica Chia of Karimix concludes our reports on Food From Britain's latest trade development visit to Russia. Karmix are producers of ethnic and basic store cupboard essentials
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Editor's Comment: The TV ad that got people talking again
Cadbury’s gorilla ad has divided opinion ever since it launched. Was it a triumph of style over substance, a surrealist image that could be used to draw attention to any product with sufficient budget? Or was it a piece of marketing genius that...
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Second Opinion: Agents of Satan turn nice guys
Kevin Hawkins asks whether tougher economic times will bring an end to supermarket-bashing
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Third Party: Exporters must not rely on Europe alone
They should look to the potential of emerging markets rather than the sluggish Eurozone, says Chris Brockman
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Bust Up Gum in more ways than one
It’s tricky to prove without getting a slap in the face, but you probably can’t walk down the street without passing a woman whose bosom has been ‘amplified’ a bra size or two by the wonders of modern technology. But the phrase ‘surgically enhanced’...
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Saturday Essay: In the crunch, shoppers still want choice
A wholesale adoption of a discounter mentality at the expense of premium would be a big mistake, says Mike Hogg
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the Ministry of Food
Damn. I really wanted to hate Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food (9pm, Channel 4, Tuesday 30 September). I was sure he had lost his mojo after the Jamie at Home series featured him cooking pizza in his outdoor woodchip oven – as you do, and all that...
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on dodgy prawns and amiable toffs
Wow. What a week. En route from holiday in south-west France and following a motorway blowout (just two weeks after I’d had a full set of tyres fitted… grrr), I was actually looking forward to getting home at the weekend. Not only had I spent…
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Saturday Essay: Could the answer lie in the feudal system?
It’s time to rethink a system dominated by property rights but with no notion of responsibility, says James Perry
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Editor's Comment: Get ready for a trade credit crunch
What a boring week it’s been. So far, anyway. No banks have gone under. No mergers were rushed through on the QT. When I last looked, Wall Street was still standing. Just. Instead, we’ve been privy to our Prime Minister reassuming his mantle of...
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: A new era for food regulation is on the way
And it could signal the end of the myriad policies adopted by local authorities to police food safety, says David Young
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Mission to Moscow: FFB in Russia, part one
Rebecca Rayner, managing director of Glebe Farm Foods, reports from September's trade development visit to Russia
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: More than one Achilles heel
Commodity price rises have brought the weaknesses in food supply to light.
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Third Party: Packaging debate should be based on facts
Let’s set the record straight on at least some of the issues packaging stands accused of, says Andrew Barnetson
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Saturday Essay: Trust and transparency in the supply chain
In tough economic times, it’s important to keep assurance messages clear and trustworthy
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Critical Eye... on Paris Hilton and the world of tomorrow
"Pah. Not in a month of Sundays.” That was my great grandmother’s reaction to the idea that man would one day fly. She was, of course, wrong. And, in writing this column, I’m at risk of falling into a similar trap. For, while Richard Watson’s...
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on the deadly truth about fishing
Fed up with the rising price of food? Spare a thought for the men who risk their lives to bring it to our tables – often for peanuts. If any occupation exposes the triviality of our daily anxieties, it must surely be that of the fisherman. Last...