All comment & opinion articles – Page 545
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Comment & Opinion
Guest Editor's Comment: Ongoing consolidation threatens consumer choice
Isolated and cocooned by our island existence (and the excellence of our execution) it is easy to forget how little choice there is in today’s supermarkets. On my recent travels in France and North America, I was struck again by the range and...
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Second Opinion: In food retail, the dark is rising
As the gloom persists, investors should stay away from the supermarkets, says Jonathan Pritchard
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: Policy without guidance is next to useless
The industry is at a loss over how to comply with the latest planning policy developments, says Steve Wilson
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Saturday Essay: It’s time to champion British food and drink
John Geldard says British Food Fortnight presents a unique opportunity to celebrate our food and drink industry
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Saturday Essay: Beware - cost inflation has not yet peaked
The harsh new reality of steep energy costs has yet to be felt in the price of finished goods
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Let them eat cake
She may have been the People’s Princess but Diana still had expensive tastes. However, surely even she would have baulked at paying a grand for cake. One hungry punter did so last week, coughing up a four-figure sum for a 27-year-old slice of...
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Editor's Comment: Multiples damn the products on their own shelves
The supermarket price war that’s been threatened since the start of the year amounted, until this week, to localized skirmishes. Yes, there’s a lot of promotions (up 7% year-on-year). Yes, there have been 50p deals. But loss leaders on booze are...
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Third Party: How will online shopping fare in the crunch?
If Nick Clegg’s struggling with his grocery bills, it’s going to be really tough for us mere mortals
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Second Opinion: Fairness is an unrealistic policy
We can only make the best of a bad job in ever-harsher economic times, says Kevin Hawkins
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Second Opinion: Beware lazy ways with antibiotics
Switching to less intensive farming methods with less use of antibiotics is essential to prevent the dangers to public health caused by growing bacteria resistance. There’s a time bomb ticking away in our food chain. The overuse of antibiotics in the...
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Saturday Essay: Parliament can be a critical friend to the food industry
Food manufacturing is a hot topic in parliament. Recent debates have been confusing, but a new All-Party group is hoping to change that. Why form an All-Party Parliamentary Group focused on the food and drink manufacturing industry sector? The...
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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: If only we were all Olympians...
The irony of the Olympics is that it encourages people to eat, drink, and put on weight as they watch and admire the superfit on telly. It’s August. It’s holiday time. It’s that once-every-four-years jamboree when everyone holidaying in rainy Britain...
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Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Second Opinion: The decline and fall of premium?
Will consumers stop buying higher-quality, organic and ethical foods in tighter economic conditions and show premium food up as a fad?
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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And the forecast said it’d be sunny
Value may be up, but volume is down. The industry would be wise to keep inflation at the forefront of their minds when forecasting. The reporting season for the food producers has come to an end and it is clear that while overall sales growth in the...
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Second Opinion: Happy hour - last orders at the bar
We may soon see new measures aimed at cutting the ‘irresponsible’ sale of alcohol. So what will this mean for consumers and retailers? I recently read a newspaper report claiming ministers now believe the drinks trade ‘cannot be trusted’ to observe...