All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 4
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Comment & Opinion
The lazy games
Yesterday Daily Bread flagged up research showing Britons couldn’t care less where their food comes from. Today we found out why…
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NewsPhilips defends Morrisons track record
Dalton Philips has issued another passionate defence of his track record as Morrisons boss.
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Comment & Opinion
Food insecurity
The amount of noise being generated over dairy production might suggest otherwise, but Brits don’t care about where their food comes from. That’s the finding, anyway, of a recent report for the European Commission on attitudes towards “food security, food quality and the countryside”.
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NewsDiscounters up again as premium own-label slows
Aldi and Lidl continued to make gains in the past three months, new figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal.
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Comment & Opinion
All's fair in love and dairy
Shoppers spent just shy of €5bn on Fairtrade goods last year – up 12% on the previous year. That was also the rate growth in the UK, which remains the biggest market for the ethical kitemark…
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Comment & OpinionAldi down on Disco Biscuits
Aldi is changing the name of its Disco Biscuits snacks after finally learning the name is a slang term for the drug ecstasy.
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Comment & Opinion
If the cap fits...
A few days ago a host of respectable news sources, and the Daily Mail, were hoaxed by a video - admittedly, one that was pretty well made - purporting to show a giant leap in packaging by Coca-Cola.
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NewsKingsmill squeezed but Jubilee baking boosts ABF
Associated British Foods has warned of continued pressure on margins at its grocery business, where sales were flat in the past three months.
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Comment & Opinion
Pint taken, says Paice
One popular movie magazine has a strand of quick-fire interviews called How Much is a Pint of Milk? The idea is to find out whether the stars of the silver screen have their feet on the ground or their head in the clouds…
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Comment & Opinion
Click and connect
Over the weekend, FT.com’s Robert Shrimsley - whose column is modestly sub-headed ‘the national conversation’ - riffs at considerable length on his emotional separation from ‘Ocado man’…
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Comment & OpinionTickled purple by Milk Link's mystery fingers
Milk Link has pitched its Tickler as the ideal cheese for those tricky-to-cater-for menopause discussion groups.
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NewsRain forces Morrisons to call off M Fest
Morrisons has been forced to pull the plug on M Fest due to the recent heavy rain in the north of England.
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NewsDiageo brings £99-a-bottle Chinese spirit to UK
Diageo is launching its Chinese white spirit Shui Jing Fang in the UK – at £99 for a 500ml bottle.
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Comment & Opinion
Kellogg's crying over spilt milk
As another dairy processor today cut the price paid to its farmers, Kellogg’s was also left crying over spilt milk.
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Comment & Opinion
Out of pocket, out of love
The thing about London buses is that you’re never quite sure if they’ll turn up at all. On the other hand, there was a grim inevitability about today’s news that first Dairy Crest and then Arla would follow Robert Wiseman’s lead in cutting the farmgate price of milk…
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Comment & Opinion
Live fast, die young
So Euro 2012 is done and dusted and, for today at least, a nation turns its hungry eyes to SW19 in the hope that Britain’s brave Andy Murray doesn’t become Scottish flop Andy Murray again…
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Comment & Opinion
Fifteen minutes of Jamies fame
Is Jamie Oliver the Andy Warhol of food? Probably not. It’s unlikely he’ll immortalise Yeo Valley the way Warhol did Campbell’s soup, but at the very least he’ll guarantee the yoghurt brand, along with Uncle Ben’s rice, 15 minutes of fame…
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NewsToken profit for Ocado as Steiner cites Jubilee ‘disruption’
Shares in Ocado slid this morning after the online retailer eked out another modest profit for the past six months.
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Comment & Opinion
Ocado's summer od discontent
Ocado has confirmed its new finance chief, with former Fitness First beancounter-in-chief Duncan Tatton-Brown taking up the position, as widely reported yesterday.
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NewsM&S menswear boss Price defects
Marks & Spencer has been hit by the departure of its head of menswear.