Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 390
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Brands should be careful with those 'British' claims
Misleading advertising claims can incite consumer anger and result in challenges from campaigning and industry groups…
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The discounters will keep adapting
The term discount isn’t what it used to be, particularly in the grocery aisle…
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The lowest footprint'
It was interesting to read about the introduction of Joya soya yogurts in Sainsbury’s…
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Anyone for a picnic?
The sun is shining and a gentle breeze is stirring through the trees outside Grocer Towers this afternoon, putting us in the mood for a picnic.
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Tesco slims down
It’s not very often that you hear a leading retailer – let alone one like Tesco – announce a policy of “active withdrawal”, but that is the phrase CEO Philip Clarke used today…
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Off their trolleys?
As The Grocer first reported on Saturday, this week sees the launch of a new app aimed at ridding the UK’s canals, parks and housing estates of the scourge of abandoned trolleys…
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Back to the future
The walls here at Grocer Towers are lined with beautiful, leather-bound volumes of The Grocer dating back to its origins in 1862…
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Ferrero fights fans of Nutella... and then makes up with them
Enthusiastic, time-rich spread enthusiasts recently set up a ‘World Nutella Day’ on Facebook….
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Cornish ‘perfect cream tea’ cover-up
‘Scientists’ have come up with the formula for the perfect cream tea
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Does Coke campaign signal an era of mass personalisation?
You have to be brave to remove the logo from your products on the supermarket shelf…
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Ben and Marina Fogle fail to fire up Typhoo tea ad
Typhoo’s latest ‘oo’-themed ad again stars reality TV hangaround Ben Fogle…
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Aldi award haul will cause furrowed brows at supermarkets
Aldi’s record haul at the Own Label Food & Drink Awards this week will make uncomfortable reading for supermarkets…
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Making a specific proposal is key to closing a sale
From time to time, I see it as my duty to dismantle some of the old myths of selling…
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Titania on hangovers, social media and three years in PR
What have you been doing for the past three years?…
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Humble pie and TV dinners
I had written off Tesco’s free Clubcard TV service before it even launched…
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In search of excellence – and finding it
It’s never been a better time to be a shopper in the UK with the high quality and breadth of products available to the consumer, according to chef and businesswoman Thomasina Miers…
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Joanna Blythman should heed GM feed facts says NFU
Joanna Blythman is wrong to suggest GM technology is being used in food…
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Scots lead in responsibility
There is a different approach to many food issues emerging north of the border…
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Why everyone's talking about sustainable diets
What is a sustainable diet? This innocuous question raises fiendishly complex issues…