All comment & opinion articles – Page 557
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I too eat frozen food... there, I've said it as well
SIR; If I might be permitted to reply to Siân Harrington's revelation that she eats frozen food, I must aver that I too buy, eat and enjoy frozen food. But I would like to put Siân's mind...
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Wrong message about cereals
Sir; By implying that many breakfast cereals are unhealthy and damaging to children's health, it is disappointing that a respected consumer organisation such as Which? is giving consumers and parents an unbalanced view
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All can help to ensure the future of British farming
It was a bold step for the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) to ask the head of a supermarket chain to be its president. True, Lord Sieff and Alastair Grant had held this post before me - but not at a time when there was so much...
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Health still needs a sensible policy
I want to believe the food industry realises a proper health policy means more than just food safety, I really do. Last week, Prince Charles' International Business Leaders Forum and HBOS's Insight Investment announced a draft set of guidelines...
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This week's hot topic by Julian Hunt
It's somewhat ironic that as I prepare to leave journalism, the hottest topic of the moment is the one that I was covering at the start of my career. Way back in 1990, when I was a cub reporter on Packaging Week, waste was the issue that was...
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Personal coach philip hesketh On how understanding relationship circles can reap benefits at work
Allegedly, 'The Apprentice' supremo Alan Sugar once signed a Christmas card 'Best wishes from Alan Sugar'. Nothing wrong in that - if it hadn't been to his wife. Obviously, he's a busy man and had simply got mixed up. But if you thought Mrs...
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Rights on late payment
SIR; There is a growing trend for large retailers to pass the cost of difficult trading periods or expansion on to their suppliers. There is no protection for companies who live in fear of large customers taking away their trade should they...
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Dutch market a key outlet for private label suppliers
In mainland Europe the British are seen as the leading innovators in the private label market. British food and drink manufacturers are admired for their development, while the private label model cultivated by the retailers is one coveted by...
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Second opinion
Mutual respect is the way forward This week the annual Royal Agricultural Show at Stoneleigh has been highlighting the challenges faced by British farmers and lamenting declining volumes in the agricultural sector. Last week, The...
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Personal coach AlI campbell On finding time to do more things we like by getting other things done
By focusing extra attention on what we are doing and accomplishing with our time, we can both achieve more and find time 'to do' more of what we love. I first explored the idea of 'done' lists when working with American life coach Michael...
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Mr Blair, you can trust your partner to get the job done
Take this ideal: 'A nation of well-informed consumers able to make the appropriate choices for their dietary needs and those of their families, from a wide range of affordable, available, safe, wholesome food'. That seems to me an...
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Second opinion
We must produce whatever we can These are funny times: nationalism in football; retailers praying for English World Cup success; nations glued to TVs worldwide, munching snacks, slurping drinks, watching superfit young men (many...
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Divine Chocolate is not a sell-out
Sir; The food writer Joanna Blythman is entirely wrong to tar Divine Chocolate with the ethical sell-out brush (Second Opinion, The Grocer,). In this respect, we want to make very clear to readers the difference between…
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Next step is to test labelling schemes to see what works
Food manufacturers and retailers have always prospered by giving customers what they want - and signpost labelling provides an opportunity to do just that. Shoppers want healthier food and they want to be able to find it quickly and easily -...
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A three-pronged approach to boosting regional food
Time flies - especially in the regional food and drink industry. A year ago South West Food & Drink (SWFD), the trade organisation for the development of the sector in the south west of England, launched a ten-year strategy aimed at confirming...
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Time to bring back passion to UK food
The arrival of a 75,000 sq ft Whole Foods Market store in the centre of London early next year will be a significant event for the grocery market. Anyone who has visited its stores in the US cannot help but be excited. Attractive presentation of...
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If you have to spend 90,000 hours on it, better enjoy it
On how to gain - and retain - a competitive advantage at work. Even working a modest 45 hours a week ('part time', I hear you cry), you'll spend a staggering 90,000 hours in the office during your life, striving to stay...
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Editor's Comment: 'London 2012 can boost British food'
What an inspiration the Olympics have been, providing a welcome if temporary lift to our spirits from the lousy weather and the even lousier economy. Actually, I sense the Games will lift the spirits far longer than the recession we now appear to...
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Acas tips on keeping clean sheet for World Cup
The World Cup is inspiring great debates - even before the first ball has been kicked. But it has also inspired us at Acas, ordinarily an impartial adviser, to take the unprecedented step of coming off the sidelines to referee perhaps...
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Second opinionTelling kids they can't always have the food they want marks a step change in our attitudes to food and retailing, says Tim Lang
Less choice means habits will change Behind the new, tougher school food standards announced by the government earlier this month (May 19) lay an important shift. While it is certainly not the slaying of the Great Emperor Choice, it is...