Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 323
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Grocery needs new strategies for risky food commodities
Supplies of everyday food products like chocolate, coffee and tea are based on increasingly risky sources
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Bricks and mortar stores can get edge over digital with online
Long-dormant tendencies towards play could unlock some valuable brand potential and huge benefits for the grocery sector
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Frozen isn't exactly hot right now. But it's sure heating up
What is it about frozen? Here we are, with summer on our doorstep, and along comes another initiative espousing the virtues of frozen
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Processed food's effects on gut worry Joanna Blythman
A whole new reason to avoid processed food is being flagged up by Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology…
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The World's Most Expensive Foods: flush foodies flash the cash
Mind-blowing sex aside, the best things in life are certainly not free. They cost an absolute fortune.
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A brave new agm for The Co-op this weekend
With Leighton and Pennycook fighting on several fronts, The Co-op’s Manchester agm is a crucial one
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Food's future is going to get personal
Personalisation of food and drink products is not a desire of tomorrow, it’s right here as an opportunity in waiting
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Annabel Karmel tells Ella's: let's work together on babyfood
After last week’s letter to Annabel, she responds to criticisms raised by Paul Lindley
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Pig producers blast Viva's issue with profits
Also in this week’s letters - chemical problems with Manuka honey, the problems with self-service
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Responsibility Deal fiasco can show us how not to act on health policy
From start to finish the Deal has lacked credibility and today’s news seems to be the final nail in the coffin
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Nestlé and Google get together - what the experts think
Is the partnership cool or not? And will consumers care?
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Iceland's Food Warehouse will complement old format, not replace it
Sure, Iceland isn’t building any more Icelands - but that doesn’t mean the end, far from it
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Political parallels are both silly and instructive
A lot of parallels have been drawn between the general election and the grocery sector
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Annabel Karmel attitude is unpalatable says Ella's Kitchen
I read the Big Interview with Annabel Karmel with an unpalatable sense of disappointment and embarrassment…
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Clegg as Co-op and Cameron as Waitrose - General Election 2015 explained in groceries
As the nation goes to the polls, we go from market share to vote share and price war to Westminster battle
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Sainsbury's was taking action even before losses were announced
While the market continues to be brutal, Sainsbury’s has the potential to be the least affected of the big four
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'Beach Body Ready' is distasteful but regulation is uncomfortable
But the situation did prove that Carlsberg have one of the best marketing teams in the business right now
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The challenge of setting up seamless multichannel touchpoints
Since the 2008 recession, online-only brands and marketplaces such as Amazon have taken a disproportionate amount of overa…
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Making public health commitments count
New research commissioned by Fishburn for a recent industry round table chaired by Professor Susan Jebb found 83% of consumers cannot name any public information campaigns
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Discounters: it's time fmcg suppliers got real. But how?
OK, so are we are all agreed discounter share growth holds risks for UK consumers and suppliers…