Comment & opinion – Page 230
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Comment and OpinionNever mind Robomart and Bodega - think local to grasp the future
Silicon Valley has a way of making a headline. Amazon grabbed consumer attention with drone delivery and no-checkout store
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Comment and OpinionSeismic fmcg portfolio shifts loom in 2018
The speed of change in fmcg is forcing companies to try to ascertain where they will still have competitive advantages…
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Comment and OpinionIt's time for Britain to get serious about plant-based innovation
The odd falafel wrap won’t do anymore. It’s time for suppliers and retailers to up their game, says Tesco’s Derek Sarno
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Comment and OpinionResolving our food differences with the US could be nearly as tricky as Brexit
As the chlorinated chicken row rumbles on, resolving differences with our friends across the pond could become as challenging as the Brexit negotiations
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Comment and OpinionWhy isn't food part of Theresa May's reduced-waste future?
Food is nowhere to be seen in Mrs May’s vision of a less wasteful future
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Comment and OpinionWe forget the lessons of Horsegate at our peril
It has become the reference point for anyone concerned about the integrity of our food supply chains and the integrity of the food business more broadly, so what’s changed?
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Comment and OpinionDoes Marks & Spencer need a Plan B?
The tale of the cauliflower steak is another reason for suggesting it does
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Comment and OpinionHow can we bring more young people into entry-level roles?
Last month, I highlighted the fact that many sixth form students have little idea what they want to do career-wise
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Comment and OpinionRotten: glossy Netflix series raises uncomfortable questions
The US series opens by looking at the US honey industry, beset by dying or absent bees and adulterated imports from China
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Comment and OpinionTesco’s conversion to the cause means DRS now has credibility
Whether it is the government, or Tesco, that gets there first, some form of DRS is on its way. What else may follow in the war on plastic in the next 25 years, who can say?
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Comment and OpinionVoice is loud at CES, but be wary
Hey Google’ proclaim posters across the Las Vegas monorail and convention centre as the Consumer Electronics Show opens…
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Comment and OpinionResurgent Tesco is Christmas victor
On the surface, 2017 was a good Christmas for food retail. Nielsen data shows this was the best for at least six years
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Comment and OpinionKevin Hawkins is less optimistic about 2018
Anticipated fall in consumer spending and confidence means a bleaker outlook than the ‘movers and shakers’ predicted…
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Comment and OpinionYes, food price inflation should ease – but we can’t afford to get complacent
It’s been a bruising 18 months for consumers since the Brexit vote sent sterling crashing
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Comment and OpinionMore Change4Life junk
Could there can be a sadder case of terminally atrophied eating advice than Change4Life’s children’s snacks campaign?
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Comment and OpinionCan Dave Lewis really get suppliers to cut the price of healthier food?
Lewis accused suppliers in some cases of failing to do enough to tackle obesity by keeping their prices artificially high
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Comment and OpinionProfit is a problem at Pat's Mart
I can assure all of you now that there will be no warning from me of any profits whatsoever this year
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Comment and OpinionNot classy or glassy: burglarised bottle found
The world’s most expensive vodka bottle was pinched from a bar in Copenhagen last week
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Comment and OpinionRed Ed Sheeran picks a side in sauce struggle
Pop singer Ed Sheeran has built a chart-crushing empire on his gift for crowd-pleasing tedium and an everyman image
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Comment and OpinionDance with your dinner at new cooking show
A music-dance-scran production by a company called Luca Silvestri’s Protein, is coming to a village hall near you next month