Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 385
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Royal baby envy, lardy plan and broccoli glut good news
Although this is an office full of women we are being determinedly unbroody as babymania reaches new heights…
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The social media baby boom
It remains undeniable that the future king has been born into a social media world…
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Morrisons fish mislabelling shows need for label accuracy
The mislabelling of fish at Morrisons Peterhead shows consumers are now more concerned with accurate information…
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SuperScrimpers offered excellent advice to an undeserving lot
I was awaiting SuperScrimpers: Deals on Meals with anticipation…
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End of the nanny state?
After years of clamour for state manipulation of eating habits, a health minister has rejected dietary micro-management…
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Pay attention to the purchase experience
You’d have to pay me to get me to my local Asda, bombarded as you are by hanging signs and blaring radio ads…
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Mars UK on why food is a community affair
This year at Mars Food UK we’re celebrating 50 years of manufacturing at our site in King’s Lynn in the UK…
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Soft drinks fizz
After last year’s non-starter of a summer, the recent hot spell is welcome news for soft drinks companies…
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A baby is born
Did you hear the news? A baby was born yesterday – and the nation has gone into meltdown…
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Clarke's new era - or not
Tesco boss Philip Clarke supposedly signalled the end of an era for cheap supermarket produce this weekend…
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Hot weather leads to lolly debate at Puff & Fluff PR
Karoline (with a K) normally wafts through life and the office like a chiffon-clad battleship…
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Multi-tasking is dead! Concentrate on maintaining focus
An interesting problem surfaced this week: a client described her life as feeling subject to a “tweeting effect”…
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Tour de France presents a cycling chance for fmcg brands
For fmcg brands, sports sponsorship is an highly competitive market…
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Supermarkets operating on an uneven playing field? No kidding
It’s extraordinary that Dalton Philips is already calling for a tax on his fledgling online business…
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The sobering truth about alcohol sales in 2013
With alcohol sales still falling, and no major set piece events to stimulate demand, brands and retailers must work harder…
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"So far, there has been little sign of the industry rising to the challenge"
It has been encouraging to see the spotlight back on children’s food in the past couple of weeks…
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What cost changing the food system?
For years, public health people thought if they provided figures on the cost of poor diets, policymakers would respond…
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Dorset Council backs away from badger cull objection
Dorset County Council is to urge the government to find a humane solution to the current spread of bovine TB – stopping short of objecting to the forthcoming trial badger cull.
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A cracking idea
Bananas, fags, booze and eggs. They’re the grocery categories that never fail to capture the public’s imagination…
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Happy calories = Unhappy Coke
Coca-Cola may be feeling a little hard done by today. Its TV ad, ‘Be OK’, which launched with some fanfare in March, was today banned by the ASA for misleading consumers.