Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 260
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The Top 50 is a fantastic advertisement for entrepreneurship
How can Iceland not be independent, with Malcolm Walker at the wheel?
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What we can learn from the Budget - and how it's presented
This week has seen Philip Hammond’s first Budget
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The benefits of next-level data interrogation
Sometimes, we obsess about day-to-day performance to the detriment of bigger changes
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Mary Berry gets controversial with 'Everyday' bolognese
Controversial isn’t the first word that springs to mind for Mary Berry
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Price rise refusals could be bad news for UK shoppers
The fluctuations in currency exchange rates have been well documented since the vote for the UK to leave the EU
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Digital signage: a reactive revolution
Digital signage creates the opportunity for grocery retailers to deliver dynamic pricing
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Shape the post-Brexit things to come
Change brings volatility but also opportunity and in the emerging environment