Comment & opinion – Page 319
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Bake Off’s back – but what other categories need the TV treatment?
With a new pretender on the scene in the form of ITV’s BBQ Champ, we’ve had a think about some other potential winners
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Like Ryanair, discounters will find low prices are not everything
As price becomes less of a priority for shoppers, lessons can be learned from similar upheaval in air travel
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How to get your pricing strategy right at Christmas
For many grocers, the Christmas period is crucial as it allows them to drive a substantial portion of their sales and margin for the year
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Farmers must be careful to keep consumers on side
The current restrained protests have kept public opinion behind the farmers, but caution is needed
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The golden rules of launching at Christmas
Christmas is a huge opportunity for NPD but standing out from the crowd is tough. Gareth Evans of Five by Five looks out how to get your festive launch right
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Aldi and Lidl may prove decisive in living wage debate
There are fewer hot potatoes in grocery right now than the living wage…
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Food Unwrapped: lifting the lid on summer diets
Channel 4 wheeled out the team once again for Food Unwrapped Diets for Summer
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Prepare for when it goes pear-shaped... and be passionate!
In the fmcg world, there are a vast number of components that must be right in order to sell your product…
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Delegate and sweat the big stuff instead
Three months ago, there were three of us…
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Amazon Fresh faces a tough challenge in the UK grocery market
Fresh food delivery isn’t just a question of logistics. It’s a question of, well, fresh food
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Food fraudsters be warned: science is closing in on you
The technology does now exist to provide a comprehensive picture of the genetic content of any foodstuff…
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Ribena-gate reveals consumer dislike of 'choice editing'
Tesco’s pioneering move was portrayed as a witch-hunt against childhood favourites
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Tesco to rid supermarket checkouts of that phrase
Tesco has been nothing if not prolific when it comes to reinventing great British traditions of late – and, no, we’re not talking about Ribena…
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My Week, by Mel (Checkout 11) as told to Bill Tush
Some middle-aged man came in last night and offered me £50 to write “something funny about supermarkets”…
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The Special Kase of Kellogg's Tube travel breakfast
Isn’t it annoying when you get on the train and someone starts eating next to you?…
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Bad summers pose pricing challenge for independents
As we keep waiting for summer, Steve Parfett reflects on how the weather affects trading for wholesalers and indies
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Where’s the chocolate brand for the sophisticated, mature man about town?
Chaps don’t do really do chocolate. The sector’s focus is overwhelming feminine; think Audrey Hepburn munching on a Galaxy as…
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Food price deflation will ease at best
British food is grappling with deflation, which has been part of the trading scene for all of 2015
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Compelling indications of some recovery in latest Kantar Worldpanel data
This morning’s market share data is both positive and negative, depending on how you read it
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Amazon Fresh: why the supermarkets should be worried
When it comes to grocery right now, all the noise is about Amazon