Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 299
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Asda's back in play: watertight ways to deal with desperation
After months of silence and reorganisation, Asda is now engaging with its suppliers on 2016 plans
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Tesco to buy Morrisons? It doesn't need to
Dave Lewis and Tesco don’t need Morrisons even if they can have them (which they probably can’t)
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Chewing over the question of gum in the classroom
Wrigley vs. the teaching profession: has it really gum to this?
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Food waste: the final mile
If supermarkets are to ensure more surplus food makes it to the hungry, retailers have to empower local people
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Frankenstein of food: surgeon screens freaky films
Foodies, fetishists, weirdos and any combination of the three rejoice!
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Gau mutra: a moo brew that isn't good for you
It’s an exotic Indian speciality, popular for its religious and/or medical properties
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My Week… by Buy One, Get One Free (as told to Bill Tush)
Looks like I will soon be consigned to the Elysian Fields of promotional activity
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Has Tesco hit on a new solution in the war on sugar?
The Sugarwise certification scheme is billed as sugar’s equivalent of the Fairtrade marque
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Suppliers selling directly to consumers is a disruptive tactic retailers must watch keenly
‘Disrupt yourself before someone else disrupts you.’ It’s the kind of maddening advice you read a lot in consultancy white papers on the…
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Cost cutting by retailers needs to be 20% not 2%
What many retailers really need to do is dramatically change their cost position
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Good fruit and veg driven out of the country
Having worked in produce for 20 years, I have seen how the grocers have driven value out of this sector
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Sainsbury's is listening to customers saying bogof to multibuys
Another week, another brave move by Sainsbury’s, with its plans to scrap all multibuys by August
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Build a relationship with your boss and control your career
If your boss had a hand in hiring you, then you can be confident that he or she already thinks well of you
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Philip Hampton has a tough job, but an important one: fmcg needs women
It’s ironic the government is seemingly unable to find a suitable woman to take on the role of business equality tsar
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Sorting the Beef from the Bull: a considered food fraud take
Other food fraud scandals have been far nastier than Horsegate
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My Week... by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (as told to Bill Tush)
Perhaps you knew I was Greek. What you might not know is my birthday falls on Valentine’s Day
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We need education on sugar, not a tax
Tax is deeply addictive – without it government has to borrow
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Grocers still need help getting to grips with e-cigs
As specialist vaping chains and online players cashed in, it seems the grocers were unworried, or out the back having a fag
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Is UK farming facing a Brexit vote decided by the Britain’s Got Talent audience?
Lots of food for thought for the sector and potentially very little time to consider before we all go to the polls
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Will Jamie turning ‘ninja’ scare the government into a sugar tax u-turn?
As the government continues to box itself into a corner, the prospect of that mother of all u-turns remains in the shadows