All comment & opinion articles – Page 290
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Comment & OpinionLet's hear it for the olderpreneurs
I am in my early 60s and I find myself in a growing band of brothers dubbed the ‘olderpreneurs’, says Prime Fifty founder Max Gowland
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Comment & OpinionFrench Bake Off participants left baffled by jaffa cakes
The Great British Bake Off is a smash hit in our land of tea, crumpets, cakes and fat rascals
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Comment & OpinionPat prepares for the machines to take over
I tuned into the wireless and was alarmed to hear all our jobs will soon be undertaken by machines…
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Comment & OpinionResourcefulness in business is the most important currency
From coins to notes, money is changing in more ways than hands
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Comment & OpinionTesco-Booker debate all over bar the shouting (and screaming)
The CMA has decided that even beasts with such scale as Tesco and Booker did not have the power to damage competition even if they wanted to …
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Comment & OpinionNisa members have spoken. The rebels must accept the Co-op deal – or look elsewhere
Nisa rebels are promising to go on the offensive and plan to convince the Competition & Markets Authority to nix the deal
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Comment & OpinionOur petition could help fund 100 million meals for charity
You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Profits without costings. Diversity without staff data…
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Comment & OpinionDon't underestimate the value of repeating a good idea
Last month we held the Rude Health Porridge Championships – our annual cook-off competition – for the fifth time…
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Comment & OpinionBarilla is a pasta brand not to be overlooked
Sir, I was rather surprised to see that within your pasta winners and losers Barilla was not included…
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Comment & OpinionA big win on waste flagged up by The Grocer
Sir, We at City Harvest, applaud The Grocer’s initiative to push for financial support for food redistribution
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Comment & OpinionThe four next big disruptors in global fmcg
Staples companies are grappling with a bewildering increase in complexity
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Comment & OpinionRick Stein's Road to Mexico: artifice with heart
Some artifice is inevitable when it comes to making TV…
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Comment & OpinionWe are on the cusp of two watersheds in convenience history
Today, Nisa members will vote on their future. And on Tuesday the wisdom or folly of their decision will be tested
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Comment & OpinionPeople should be every business's number one priority
Four recent events have turned my thoughts to why treating people properly is so important, says Steve Parfett of AG Parfett & Sons
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Comment & OpinionFood redistribution is gaining traction
Food redistribution is a matter close to my heart. With so much food wasted worldwide, something simply had to be done..
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's first-half results: what the analysts say
Sales at Sainsbury’s jumped 17% to £16.3bn in the first half thanks to the acquisition of Argos, but losses at the catalogue retailer, keeping prices down and the national living wage all dragged down the supermarket’s profits
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Drink Awards deliver the real deal when it comes to great tipples
David Beckham couldn’t be there on the night, but there was plenty of glitz and glamour at our prestigious annual booze awards
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Comment & Opinion
Gü reverses time with hallucinatory backwards trip
What sets Gü’s ad apart is that it unfolds backwards
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Comment & OpinionPat reflects on Mr Burnley's appointment as Asda boss
It’s lovely that Mr Burnley has finally got to be the boss at Asda, don’t you think?…
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Comment & OpinionSupplier vision must be category wide
If suppliers want to have traction with retailers, they need to talk the language they understand