All Daily Bread articles – Page 118
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Comment & OpinionChristmas puds goods
More and more of us are donning an apron and making our own Christmas pudding. But consumers will have to contend with fluctuating ingredients prices…
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Comment & OpinionHaggerston revolts
Beware the all-seeing eye of the internet – it can react, and punish, in an instant, as Tesco discovered in Haggerston, East London this month.
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Comment & OpinionXbox One: Grocers go gaming
How can supermarkets capitalise on the launch of the Xbox One games console?
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Comment & OpinionChristmas cheer sought
Economic indicators being reeled out this week don’t make for pleasant reading. Will the festive season bring retailers hope?
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Comment & OpinionBritain's 'cheapest' supermarket
A store in Barnsley promises prices up to 70% cheaper than the average supermarket, but this is not some kind of mega-discounter…
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons mixes it up
Can a crowdsourced wine blended by consumers be any good? Morrisons thinks so - and it’s willing to put it on its shelves…
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Comment & OpinionAsda's five-year mission
With its new five-year strategy, Asda’s taking on its rivals on a variety of fronts. But is it entering the convenience channel too late?
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's breezes on
Despite the odd newt in a salad and fly in mashed potato, it seems Sainsbury’s can’t put a foot wrong at the moment.
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Comment & OpinionHangovers cured
A drink that gets you drunk without the hangover? It’s a pre-Christmas miracle! But are we ready for such a product?
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Comment & OpinionCo-op divi doldrums
The Co-operative Group’s ‘divi’ is an icon of the grocery sector - so this week’s announcement is a bitter blow…
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons finds reasons to be cheerful
As Morrisons unveils its Christmas TV advert, the retailer was finding reasons to be positive about its latest results…
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Comment & OpinionThe next guys
“The food industry is a meritocracy, and it’s really important that bright young people get recognised.” Which is what this week’s Top New Talent awards is all about…
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Comment & OpinionM&S food in rude health
A year on from his appointment as M&S’s executive director of food, Steve Rowe can be congratulated for making a good business better…
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Comment & OpinionEyes on Tesco
Tesco’s announcement that it is introducing advertising screens into stores that will scan the faces of customers seems like peculiar timing…
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Comment & OpinionCheese blocs
First Milk’s deal with Adams Foods is a live case study of the increasingly vertical integration taking place across the UK food industry…
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Comment & OpinionFair's fair
“We’ve all got rather used to supermarket price wars. But there’s a new fight we’re going to pick.” So says Sainsbury’s Mike Coupe on its latest spat with Tesco…
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Comment & OpinionFeeling gloomy
The clocks went back on Saturday but gloom has been gathering on the grocery sector for a while - if you’re inclined to look.
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Comment & OpinionLeaves on the line
The morning after the night before, and St Jude the storm seems to have left behind a lot of scattered leaves, some fallen trees, and a vague sense of anti-climax.
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Comment & OpinionOver the border
With Tesco Ireland launching a new ‘price promise’ pledge to reimburse customers if their shop is more expensive than the offer at Aldi or Lidl, the retailer’s battle against the discounters just got bloody.
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Comment & OpinionCheesed off
Spare a thought for the good people of the village of Stilton. They’ve just been told they can’t make Stilton cheese in the place that gave it its name…