All articles by Mark Dishman – Page 27
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Comment & OpinionOne Direction to sweet (Love) hearts
The funsters at Swizzels Matlow have long been playing with Love Hearts – and our hearts….
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NewsSupermarket bosses call for extension to Sunday trading hours at Christmas
Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips and his Asda counterpart Andy Clarke have written to business minister Michael Fallon to call for the extension of Sunday trading hours this Christmas.
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NewsHoy and Murray help out at Highland Spring Sports Day
Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy and tennis coach Judy Murray were both on hand at the annual Highland Spring Sports Day yesterday.
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Comment & Opinion
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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Comment & OpinionCheese that's not so relaxed
You know how cheese gives you nightmares? No chance of that with this chilled-out concoction….
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Knorr gravy pots chef in the shadow of Marco
Knorr’s tie-up with Marco Pierre White seems pretty solid.
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NewsBower-Nye joins Wrigley as UK & Ireland marketing director
The Wrigley Company has appointed Pamela Bower-Nye as its new UK & Ireland marketing director.
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NewsCo-op Group unveils £22m Avonmouth distribution centre
The Co-operative Group has officially opened its £22m new distribution centre in Avonmouth.
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Comment & Opinion
Game on
It’s been a tough year for supermarkets selling video games. Although gaming is enjoying a boom in popularity, mobile platforms have become major competitors to the console format.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Waitrose advertises that it isn't... advertising
Like the first spots of rain on a winter’s night, the big Christmas ads have started to drop.
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Comment & Opinion
Mum's the word at Asda
“Just watched the @Asda Xmas advert - ffs, what the hell?! Can’t decide if it’s more insulting to women or men.”This was just one of many tweets condemning Asda’s ‘Behind every great Christmas, there’s mum’ ad, in which a ‘busy mum’ almost single-handedly sorts out the decorations, presents and food, ...
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Comment & OpinionAd of the week: Jesse Metcalfe turns up the heat under Rooster Potatoes
Albert Bartlett made a virtue of a slightly strange celebrity tie-up when Marcia Cross popped across the Atlantic to ‘unwittingly’ advertise its Rooster potatoes back in 2009.
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Comment & OpinionA new way to get stuffed with Heston Blumenthal
Heston Blumenthal rarely lets us down when it comes to ‘eccentric’ food…
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Waitrose to donate money saved on 'unglamorous' Christmas ad to charity
Waitrose is rolling out an ‘unglamorous’ Christmas TV advertising campaign, in order that it can donate more money to good causes.
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NewsCarers Trust unveiled as Co-op Group charity of the year 2013
The Co-operative Group today unveiled its charity of the year for 2013 - the Carers Trust.
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A turn-up for the high street
Is Mary finally making an impact on the high street? It might not get as much attention as her eye-catching ideas for pop-up shops, markets and crèches, but The Distressed Retail Property Taskforce, set up as a result of a Portas Review recommendation, is serious stuff…