Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 279
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Childhood Obesity Plan: or COP-out for short
It is quite some achievement to have spent the best part of two years drawing up a strategy only to produce a document that leaves all sides in the debate feeling almost equally underwhelmed
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Supplier councils can help wholesalers cut costs
It is inevitable that the uncertainties generated by the Brexit vote are going to make life very tough for the foreseeable
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Time for clarity on zero-hour employment
We need to clarify exactly what we expect from employers. And we need to do it fast
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What do Instagram’s new Business Tools and Stories features mean for brands?
Both launches have created new and easier ways for businesses to interact with customers, so what do they mean for fmcg?
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Dessert bandits strike in the US and Canada
In Canada, thieves have made off with £15,000 worth of maple syrup from a depot in Montreal
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William the worm turns at Tesco
What do you do if you find a worm in your supermarket cucumber?
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Pat reveals his economic plan for 'the bigger pound'
Although I’ve been running a shop for nigh on 40 years I don’t know much about economics
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Recalls don't have to mean waste
In the last year alone there have been more than 100 product recalls as a result of food not being correctly labelled
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Post-Brexit, we need a gutsy plan for rebuilding the UK
We policy to improve, for once, the supply-side productivity, capability and capacity of the UK
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Get ready for gender pay gap scrutiny
Paving a clearer and more accessible path towards the top for women in the workplace is still a very real problem, says Shirley Hall of Eversheds
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Grocers are right to play the long game with new payment apps
In today’s smartphone-obsessed society, it’s hard to find a grocery retailer that doesn’t have an app
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What are the essential components for online profitability?
How do you create an online future that delivers for consumers but also makes compelling business sense?
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Stick a 'roo on your barbecue, suggest Aussie scientists
Tie me kangaroo down, sport! And then kill and eat it
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Dispatches: A sobering look at life outside the EU
Nothing is certain in this new post-Brexit age. Will the pound sink to new lows? When will Theresa May pull the trigger?
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Why working for a small business is 'actual fun'
A colleague has left the power and strength of a supertanker for the manoeuvrability and fun of a yacht, says Camilla Barnard of Rude Health
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Pat muses on the Which? report into promotions
If there’s one thing we retailers enjoy more than anything else it’s when people who don’t know what they’re talking about
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'Commonsense Dave' Lewis is succeeding without being drastic
It was The Grocer that gave Tesco boss Dave Lewis his nickname ‘Drastic Dave’ back in his days at Unilever
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“Share what you’ve achieved” and enter Top New Talent 2016
It’s a straightforward process, completely free and the rewards are well worth it
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Cockroach milk is new fitness frontier
Pacific beetle cockroaches feed their babies a formula particularly rich in protein, fat and sugar
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Peanut alarm is only a Lidl bit scary
Lidl is recalling a snack because it forgot to include a warning on the label