All Daily Bread articles – Page 133
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Comment & Opinion
Guess who's back!
It’s a year almost to the day since Philip Clarke issued Tesco’s first profit warning in two decades.
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The GM detox
There was much to admire in Mark Lynas’s speech about his personal journey from anti-GM campaigner to GM advocate at the Oxford Farming Conference last week…
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Morrisons got talent?
As expected Morrisons reported a rather gloomy Christmas with like for like sales down 2.5% for the six weeks to 30 December.
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Going cold turkey
And we’re back. Well for us at Grocer Towers that is the case, but for many in the industry Christmas and New Year is not only the busiest time of the year but also the most critical in terms of sales.
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Don't blame retailers for the Christmas crime wave
The police have been getting quite political of late and it’s not just former Tory chief whips who appear to be in the firing line…
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Value for money?
Several newspapers have run stories this week about own brand budget lines getting more expensive at the supermarkets…
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Warcabinet
With hopes of the nation’s economic recovery on a knife edge, just how far the government will go come the New Year to try to force up alcohol prices…
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Full beam ahead
Shares in Diageo were down by nearly 2% this morning after the drinks giant confirmed it had ended long-running talks to acquire tequila brand Jose Cuervo…
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Thank you Mr Paterson
Let’s be frank: Owen Paterson didn’t exactly have a dream start when he took over as Defra secretary of state after the reshuffle…
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Escalating problems
How many more organisations, businesses and MPs must raise their voices against the annual increase…
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Fresh & not so Easy
It’s a long way from South Queensferry to Los Angeles and there’s not a lot in common if truth be told, apart from a suspension bridge.
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One fine day
Competition minister Jo Swinson today gave MPs, industry bodies, action groups and pretty much everyone you care to mention (apart from the supermarkets, obviously) what they demanded…
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Minimum pricing - The debate begins
This week’s worst kept secret is out and the government has finally come clean with its plans for minimum pricing.
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Paint it black
For American retailers the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales that follow in the immediate wake of the Thanksgiving holiday are the highlight of the year…
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Fine time for the Groceries Code Adjudicator
To fine or not to fine? It’s the debate that has raged all week over the power, of lack of it, which will be afforded to the incoming Groceries Code | Adjudicator.
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Ups and downs at Premier Foods
Premier Foods has impressed the City with its rationalisation work over recent months
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Farewell then, Vion
While it’s baffling that a global meat giant such as Vion cannot succeed in the UK, today’s news that it is to exit the UK will come as no surprise…
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Asda explains it all
The Grocer headed to Carnaby Street this morning for Asda’s Q3 results - which CEO Andy Clarke revealed were up 0.3%…