Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 365
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Sainsbury's silver lining
Sainsbury’s negative numbers, which saw its 36 consecutive quarters of growth come to an end, are not as bad as they appear at first glance.
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How retailers should tackle flood damage
Retailers are potentially facing significant losses and disruption as a result of the recent floods and weather damage
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The Responsibility Deal must do more for public health
It is three years this week since the launch of the Public Health Responsibility Deal…
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The unpalatable truth of the costs of food
At what point does society change when faced with unpalatable facts?…
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Why retailers should get behind Wi-Fi
Waitrose is rolling out free Wi-Fi – and frankly I’m amazed more retailers and supermarkets aren’t doing the same…
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Mary Berry is queen of cooks despite that cheeseboard faux pas
I was all set to watch ‘celebrities’ making complete asses of themselves as they attempted to resurrect ailing careers…
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The Co-op Group board game: not so much Cluedo as Clueless
With its bizarre cast of disparate characters, The Co-op Group board game is not so much Cluedo as Clueless…
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Is the high street's future beyond retail?
The UK’s high streets are engaged in a battle for survival…
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Sugar witchhunt is simplistic and infantile
Original estimates that suggested 50% of the population would be obese by 2050 now seem optimistic…
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Morrisons wakes up to the discounters
For the best part of two years before Morrisons tied up its deal with Ocado ahead of its online launch CEO Dalton Philips faced endless questions about when it was going online, and how it was going to do it. At the same time Philips began using the mantra of ...
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What to do about the problem of underemployment?
Underemployment is a dark truth in the world of recruitment…
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Exceedingly good marketing
Is Premier Foods about to ditch the ‘Exceedingly good cakes’ slogan from Mr Kipling? Not so fast…
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Hidden in plain sight
Timed to coincide with Salt Awareness Week (10-16 March), a study funded by the British Heart Foundation claims that teenagers are “unknowingly putting their health at risk by eating too much salt”.
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Own worst enemy
In December we dubbed 2013 an ‘annus horribilis’ for The Co-operative Group. But it doesn’t look as if 2014, so far, is going much better.
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Hungry Britain: why Panorama's documentary is like food poverty
Today’s Panorama is a pale imitation of the programmes overseen by the late Sir Robin Day…
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Science won't reveal the whole truth
In a webinar I joined, Google Glass was presented as more cost-effective eye-tracking than current research technology…
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A GM spud we just don't need
The latest push to get GM food on our plates came from the John Innes Centre in Norwich…
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Why Coke is a backbone of the economy
George Osborne has reawakened concerns about the fundamental problems besetting the nation’s manufacturing sector…
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Tesco should focus its price investment on fruit & veg
Milk is not an incremental category. Fruit & veg is. Let’s hope Tesco’s price investment is focused there then…
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Brakes moving into cash & carry? What's going on?
Brakes is opening its first-ever cash & carry. It’s an interesting move for the delivered foodservice giant, and one that’…