Comment & opinion – Page 262
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Comment and Opinion
Ditch the stereotypes and get real
just asking them what consumers want often doesn’t reflect how they behave and feel in real life
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Comment and Opinion
The reputation of British food & drink is a hot property abroad
Sir, It was encouraging to read that food and drink exports from the UK are in such good health
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Doritos' baby dragon breathes warmth into chip campaign
“New Doritos Heatburst. It’s a bit like getting a baby dragon.” Rather hard to prove
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Stressed-out Mr Hammond unburdens himself to Pat
Over the years I’ve developed a special rapport with my customers
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Analysis and Features
A steady Budget with few surprises: Philip Hammond’s debut assessed
An almost boring budget from ’Spreadsheet Phil’ will have failed to set the city alight, but with Brexit around the corner some key isses were touched on, such as business rates and the sugar tax
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Comment and Opinion
Women in fmcg must be bold for change
Propercorn’s Cassandra Stavrou reflects on International Women’s Day and how fmcg can encourage more women to be ‘bold for change’
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Comment and Opinion
Iceland’s Malcolm Walker celebrates independent retail spirit
The yearly celebration that is The Grocer Annual Lunch saw representatives from the UK’s Big 30 wholesalers and the Top 50 independent retailers come together to reflect on the past year and plan for the future
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Comment and Opinion
Lessons from this weekend’s ordering meltdown at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s handled the chaos well overall - but it could have done with being a bit more proactive
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Comment and Opinion
How the government can address business rate unfairness
If forecourts, ATMs and other business properties have their own business rates, why not one for online retailers?
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Comment and Opinion
PHE moves on from promotions to take different tack in obesity fight
Why do people consume junk food when it is more expensive than heathier food?
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Comment and Opinion
My space-saving plan to outsource and avoid 'stuffocation'
When we moved into this office a year ago, I remember saying “it’s so big we’ll never need to move again”
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Comment and Opinion
Radio 4 explores transformation of Thailand's opium fields
Thailand used to be more famous for heroin than for a delicious green curry
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Comment and Opinion
Business rates stifle c-store investment
The Chancellor must address the fundamental issues that make the business rates system unfair and perverse
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Comment and Opinion
Crumbs from Tesco's table?
The idea that an independent would be prepared to act as an unpaid labourer for Tesco is unforgivably insulting
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Comment and Opinion
Digital signage: a reactive revolution
Digital signage creates the opportunity for grocery retailers to deliver dynamic pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Shape the post-Brexit things to come
Change brings volatility but also opportunity and in the emerging environment
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Comment and Opinion
Edeka ad shows benefits of eating like a bird (or a German)
An epic new ad in Germany, for the Edeka supermarket, shows a town populated by Augustus Gloop-esque fatties
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Comment and Opinion
Pat's strategy for milk use-by dates proves innovative
I couldn’t help smiling when I saw that the Powers That Be are to remove use-by dates from milk
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Comment and Opinion
Icelandic PM pulled up on pineapple pizza prejudice
In an interview with some Akureyri kids last week, Icelandic PM Guðni Jóhannesson talked pizza toppings
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Comment and Opinion
KFC gets into clean eating with blogger Figgy Poppleton-Rice
Ella Mills might need a deep breath before she checks out KFC’s latest marketing lark