All Daily Bread articles – Page 127
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Comment & Opinion
King's sign o' the times
There’s a range of responses in today’s papers to Tesco’s results. Several focus on what the dip in profits means for Fresh & Easy, the FT styling comments from Philip Clarke about the loss-making chain’s performance as a “US ultimatum”…
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Is the supertanker changing
Today Tesco posted a 0.1% increase in UK like-for-like sales - not wildly impressive, perhaps, but nevertheless a major improvement on the previous quarter, and the first time in quite a while the numbers have been heading in the right direction.
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A cloudy vision of Guinness
Sometimes less is more. A new Guinness ad used to be a major event, but the second new film in a few weeks is a bit of a letdown, despite the big build-up it got from Diageo.After the earthy vigour of ‘Painting the town black’ - celebrating the annual branding ...
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Tesco's exception, or the new rule?
If all Tesco’s supermarkets looked like the one in Bishop’s Stortford, boss Philip Clarke would surely be spared the nervous days running up to next week’s crucial set of trading results…
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Badgers, the CAP and CSI Sainsbury's
As learning curves go, the one facing new farming minsiter David Heath takes some beating.
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The portman (road) group
As a direct descendant of Ipswich Town fans, Daily Bread feels a certain degree of affection for the sleepy Suffolk town. It’s probably genetic…
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Badgers, the cap and CSI Sainsbury's
As learning curves go, the one David Heath is on right now takes some beating. The badger cull pilots mean the coalition government’s new food and farming minister will get accustomed to the spotlight rather swiftly…
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It's Amanda's world
This week The Grocer welcomes its latest big-name guest editor. Amanda Sourry comes on board on Wednesday, taking a deserved breather from her job as UK & Ireland chairman of Unilever, one of the world’s true FMCG giants…
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Lab rats and peacocks in a tale of two twitters
Yesterday Daily Bread flagged up the French study into the effects on health of the Monsanto herbicide Roundup and a GM strain of maize resistant to it…
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Coy Darcy keeps us waiting
Costcutter retailers and suppliers descended on Birmingham yesterday for the symbol group’s annual exhibition and gala dinner.
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Doh! A messy exit at Reckitt
It’s unfortunate for the maker of Harpic and Cillit Bang to leave an unsightly mess in full view of the public. Then again, perhaps Reckitt Benckiser is of the opinion that “it’s better out than in”.
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Prices margin for error
Waitrose’s sales growth has been the envy of other food retailers for some time - but its profitability, this time last year, was rather less so…
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Murray gets the loot in, not the Gluten
So poignant Scot Andy Murray is finally proud Brit Andy Murray. And nobody is happier for him than Daily Bread.Murray’s spectacular triumph in Monday’s rain-delayed final of the US Open completes a redemptive arc that saw his traumatic loss in the Wimbledon final followed by a cathartic win on the ...
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The new edition of The Grocer is now online
“Cynical political maneuvering of the worst kind”. No, that’s not a reaction to the clockwork regularity at which Boris Johnson seems to turn up when there is something good happening in London…
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London calling
Well there you have it. While some analysts were predicting retail Armageddon when Morrisons revealed its half-year performance this morning, the Bradford-based based retailer was actually able to delight investors by not being quite as bad as everyone was predicting…
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Comment & Opinion
Reshuffled
It takes a lot to get booed at the Paralympics. But George Osborne managed it last night as he handed out medals for the Men’s T38 400m.
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Fuel for thought
The Olympics put a smile on the nation’s face and even the rain held off for the most part. Those factors came together in whatever the opposite is of a perfect storm (a sunny day, presumably) to help UK grocers notch up their best month in a long time…
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Bolland's brave new world
You could feel the white heat of innovation burning furiously yesterday at the opening of Marks & Spencer’s new northern flagship. Or maybe the air conditioning wasn’t fully operational yet…
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Comment & Opinion
The moral maize
‘FAMILY FOOD BILLS TO SOAR’ roared the front page of the Daily Mail today, alongside gems including ‘What your walk says about your sex life’. You can guess where Daily Bread turned first…
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Comment & Opinion
Manchester United
Media interest in The Co-operative Group has never been greater after the society scored a deal to acquire 632 Lloyds TSB branches last month…