All Daily Bread articles – Page 122
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Comment & OpinionWhat price Ocado-Morrisons?
Ocado must be fuming after reading the threatening comments made by Waitrose MD Mark Price in the weekend papers.
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Comment & OpinionDalton battles the headwinds
Headwinds, headwinds, headwinds: that was the key word used by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips on a call with journalists today.
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Comment & OpinionIt was The Grocer wot won it
Today was a very good day for Sainsbury’s Justin King. As well as announcing a great set of results, he was delighted to have his name linked to | his hero, Sir Alex Ferguson, amid fevered speculation on their reportedly imminent departures…
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Comment & OpinionDiageo's Walsh calls time
Paul Walsh has rung the bell on his spell as CEO of Diageo – and quite a spell it’s been.
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Comment & OpinionPlain packs - back on the shelf?
Today the Department of Health told me of its surprise at a story in The Sun proclaiming the news the PM had scrapped plans to force tobacco into plain packs…
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Comment & OpinionDigging for good in Kenya
Fourteen female execs from the food and hospitality industry are in Kenya this week digging a pond for a remote village…
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Comment & OpinionBust-up on the high street
Can high-street tsar Mary Portas see eye-to-eye with Tesco on the future of the British high street?
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Comment & OpinionSour notes
Barely had the fuss over Weetabix’s sourcing of non-UK wheat died down last week than questions over another brand’s British credentials began to pop up.
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Comment & OpinionThe toast of the egg trade
The Grocer looks back at the Salmonella crisis, 25 years on, and the role of then-junior health minister Edwina Currie…
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Comment & OpinionThe North-South divide - in snacks
Northerners are fond of cakes, while southerners have a weakness for sushi. That’s not us resorting to lazy regional stereotype – it’s backed by the latest figures on snack food…
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Comment & OpinionHasbro strikes back
Size might not be everything – but it certainly counts for a lot… especially when it comes to action figures.
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Comment & OpinionDrawing a line
It’s been another busy week in horse. Today ABP announced that it’s selling its Silvercrest facility to Kepak…
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Comment & OpinionTesco's space race falls to earth
Tesco has waved goodbye to £1.2bn after finally confirming it is to pull out of the US - but this could pale into insignificance compared to its other plans.
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Comment & OpinionE-cigarettes' burning questions
There may be no smoke without fire – but there’s certainly plenty of fire without smoke in the electronic cigarette market…
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Comment & OpinionChill winds
Britain may be basking in some spring sunshine at last but the forecast is for more chill economic winds this week, with the UK’s largest retailer once again finding itself at the centre of the storm…
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Comment & OpinionNo finish line in sight
Sticking your neck out can be a perilous occupation. Not 24 hours ago, we invited readers to take stock and reflect on the horsemeat scandal so far, three months on…
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Comment & OpinionHorsemeat, three months on
Nearly three months ago, the proverbial hit the fan. Tests by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland revealed horse DNA in some frozen burgers (and subsequently in pretty much everything else), unleashing a wave of tests and investigations across the EU…
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Comment & OpinionElla's big decision
Ever since those nice young chaps at Innocent Drinks sold a controlling stake in their smoothie-making business to Coca-Cola, Ella’s Kitchen founder Paul Lindley has become something of the poster boy for the ethical grocery start-up generation…
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Comment & OpinionJaded Greens
Three of the world’s biggest suppliers this week revealed, in separate announcements, they are smashing their targets to cut their environmental impact…
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Comment & OpinionTesco on TV
Until recently few would have imagined the Tesco Clubcard as a gateway for free re-runs of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps or Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression…