All Daily Bread articles – Page 134
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Comment & Opinion
Tilting at Mills
They say that a good big’un beats a good little’un. But while scale has its advantages, stealth isn’t usually one of them.
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Comment & Opinion
Curiosity killed the Kat
Today Diageo claimed a decisive victory in its long-running dispute with InterContinental Brands over the Vodkat brand name.
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Comment & Opinion
VAT's life
The British Retail Consortium today said it was “nonsense” to suggest retailers would use the VAT rise in January as a cover for price increases.
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Comment & Opinion
Muscling in
Just a couple of months ago Malcolm Walker was making optimistic noises about retaking control of Iceland, the chain he set up, then left, and has since restored to significant growth.
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Comment & Opinion
Will Diageo swallow Yankee spirit?
Chances to stock up on Christmas booze may have been thwarted by the weather, but one company with a new opportunity to bolster its drinks cabinet is Diageo.
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The snow must go on
Whether you're marooned at home or smugly sitting at your desk wondering what all the fuss is about, it won’t have escaped your notice that there’s a bit of snow around. Or rather, a lot.
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Comment & Opinion
Whiteout
There’s been a spot of bad weather today round The Grocer’s Gatwick command bunker, which means the magazine is running with something of a skeleton staff.
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Comment & OpinionWhite Paper, not carte blanche
Andrew Lansley today outlined what he called a “radical shift” in the way we tackle public health challenges.
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Brash and Brasher
In retail there’s no such thing as a Christmas ceasefire. Except for the day itself, of course, when most of us are too stuffed to move, the festive season is when the fighting is at its fiercest.
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Northern's Irish bailout
Most of the time, Jerry Marwood leaving Spar would be the big story of the day.
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Andy's Christmas carol
After a rollercoaster year, it seems quite a while since Asda was flying.
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Comment & OpinionMarc's masterplan
Today we got our first real glimpse of what Marks & Spencer will look like under Marc Bolland. And the early signs are… not that different.
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Comment & Opinion
Away with the Fairies
While organic struggled and brands promoted themselves towards oblivion, Fairtrade proved surprisingly hardy during the recession. Some principles, it seemed, were non-negotiable.
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Comment & OpinionTwo Harts are better than one
When Mike Davies in May announced his departure from Thorntons, it was amid the clatter of profits warnings.
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Comment & OpinionDunn and dusted
The best double-act since the original Gold Blend couple have officially called it day.
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Comment & OpinionDiageo's Champagne moment
Today one of Diageo’s many overseas interests hit the acquisition trail, with East African Breweries splashing out $60m on rival Serengeti. But the Guinness brewer has rather bigger fish to fry on the deal markets.
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Comment & OpinionVlad the Enabler
Premier Foods needed some good news. Tesco has just de-listed a raft of Hovis lines, it’s in the kind of debt that would give George Osborne nightmares – and to compound things, the company is getting a visit from a bunch of The Grocer’s top hacks later this week.
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Comment & OpinionLucky dip or double dip
For politicos, pundits and number crunchers, yesterday’s Comprehensive Spending Review was a dream.
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Comment & OpinionCharity, clarity and a flamingo-tinged ringmaster
So the trophies are safely atop fireplaces, the tuxedos at the dry cleaners and the hangovers (mostly) subsided.
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Comment & OpinionMarmite's brave new world
Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it. Marmite seems to be everywhere at the moment.