Health insight and analysis – Page 76
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Comment & Opinion
Tobacco margins: who's fooling who?
Cigarettes and tobacco have always been an essential element of a convenience offering, often accounting for 40% or more of sales…
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Analysis & FeaturesTime for a new debate on food affordability
Poor households are making drastic cuts to food budgets. But notions of which foods are affordable are often wide of the mark.
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Comment & Opinion
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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Comment & Opinion
Retailers: time to make sure you've got a plan P
Public health interest is growing in endocrine disrupters: chemicals that alter hormones and body functions…
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Comment & Opinion
Cancer study should give pause for thought
This week, we broke a story on thegrocer.co.uk about a highly controversial new French…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Roundup cancer link even bigger than GM angle?
A new study shows tiny doses of best-selling weedkiller Roundup raise the chances of cancer in rats.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's the deal now as the Responsibility man goes?
Does the departure of Andrew Lansley as secretary of state for health herald a return to zealous regulation by the government?
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Comment & Opinion
DH should claim nursery milk subsidy
Sir: With regards to your article (‘Proposed government Nursery Milk scheme changes could ‘save £364m”…
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Comment & OpinionMarmite: naughty but niacin
Marmite has been causing arguments round the breakfast table for decades but it might soon be part of the…
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Comment & Opinion
Why we need ministers
As the summer holidays end, Whitehall speculates about ministerial shuffles. Will this affect food?
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Comment & Opinion
The Hairy Bikers' eating adventure reveals inspiration for diet plan
It was a bit odd watching the Hairy Bikers complete their fat boys slim transformation in the Hairy Dieters…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Dairymen 2012: Sports and milk
The Grocer speaks to sports experts about selling the white stuff…and commissions its own bottle design…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs opposition to traffic lights coming to an abrupt halt?
With Tesco and now Aldi doing a u-turn at the traffic lights, has the time come for suppliers to abandon their opposition?
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Comment & Opinion
Say no to imported soya
Visionary farmers are trying to break Britain’s unhealthy reliance on imported soya for animal feed…
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Comment & Opinion
Finally, Tesco has seen the (traffic) light
There’s no doubt that our nation’s health is a matter of vital importance. After the magnificent spectacle of…
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Category ReportDownload the full results of our food hygiene survey
The Grocer analysed thousands of hygiene ratings by local authority food safety officers. You can download the full results here.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco's crossroads over traffic lights
There will have been a few red, amber and even green faces at Tesco HQ this week, the way the news…
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Analysis & FeaturesTomato prices bounce back after E.coli crisis
After last year’s deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, demand for salad vegetables across the EU tumbled…
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Comment & Opinion
Kevin Hawkins: People don't do as they say
Most people don’t change their lifestyles or eating habits quickly. A few weeks ago…
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Interviews'Plain packs for tobacco is a step too far'
As the tobacco trade faces up to yet another battle, this time it’s different, says JTI boss Martin Southgate.