Comment & opinion – Page 332
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Comment and Opinion
Billion Dollar Chicken Shop: KFC doc is mesmerising
Dear Fried Chicken, I love you. Will you run away with me? As long as it’s just you, me, and a Pepsi, nothing else matters…
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Bacon family bag a tiny egg treat
In Dorking, Surrey, a chicken has laid what might be the world’s tiniest egg
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Health food lessons from the US
And there was I thinking Europe was doing well on the whole health agenda……
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Coca-Cola's commitment to choice in health debate
The VP of Coca-Cola Enterprises GB speaks out on the iconic soft drink’s rebranding
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Comment and Opinion
The barcode can help battle food waste
A recent report by UK waste experts Wrap warned one third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste…
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Profitability and predictability: Ousting retail’s ‘like-for-like’ facade
Every year the key players in retail release their annual ‘like-for-like’ data, but is this really painting an accurate picture of their successes?
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Sainsbury's Mike Coupe already faces the ticking of the clock
Isn’t it funny how little the media writes about Sainsbury’s? Tesco is a national obsession…
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The New Zealand government made basic errors in dealing with extortion threat
Shane Russell speaks out on the recent threats to contaminate the NZ food supply
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Grey shoppers are still teen boomers at heart
Your compiled letters from the previous week
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Grocery, politics, kitchens: What Britain's Biggest Brands say about us
Delistings, pricing disputes, tumbling prices… the claws are out in grocery these days
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Doritos dork gets a taste for heroism... from Bonnie Tyler
Need a hero? It’s hard to resist Bonnie Tyler’s 1980s hit, so Doritos has replaced its flagging mariachi band
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Does Swallow This herald another annus horribilis for food?
Joanna Blythman’s book has received an awful lot of press, but what are the consequences for the industry?
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How the Budget will affect our industry
Reactions from around The Grocer’s staff to the most important parts of today’s Budget
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Ant & Dec following Dalton out the Morrisons door shows shift in focus
With David Potts comes a renewed focus on product, not gimmick
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News
Storm brewing over PG Tips pack size is milking the issue
Unlike reductions in confectionery and crisp sizes, the consumer is unlikely to ever notice the difference in teabag sizes
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Comment and Opinion
Sales promotions can withstand the demands of modern marketing
Simon White of Campaign Marketing illustrates why promotion marketing has remained a robust field since the ’80s
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Discounters force SKU hierarchy reappraisal
Private-label development in the UK has been characterised for some years now by the ‘good, better, best’ hierarchy…
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Timeshift's story of how eating out went exotic
During the Second World War the strict rationing meant cooking at home became a daily struggle. The solution? Government-owned canteens, serving up puddings for two pence.
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Titania's PR nonsense prediction comes true as K hits the meat
Did I mention hybrid products in my crystal ball of PR nonsense this January?
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Recruiting staff is about hiring when you really need to
Obviously we can’t hire anyone if they’re not going to help us grow, so we’ve come up with a simple strategy for the coming year