Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 393
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M&S, Tesco, Morrisons - how the mighty have fallen
In our industry we have three big retailers who once could do no wrong and are now struggling…
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Why the lacklustre media response to GM and alcohol legislation?
As a journalist, it’s a strange thing to say, but I’m puzzled by the media…
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Plain packs - back on the shelf?
Today the Department of Health told me of its surprise at a story in The Sun proclaiming the news the PM had scrapped plans to force tobacco into plain packs…
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Digging for good in Kenya
Fourteen female execs from the food and hospitality industry are in Kenya this week digging a pond for a remote village…
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Bust-up on the high street
Can high-street tsar Mary Portas see eye-to-eye with Tesco on the future of the British high street?
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Lloyds deal collapse a bitter blow for Co-op's Peter Marks
This week, The Co-operative Group was forced to pull out of its deal to acquire 632 Lloyds Bank branches….
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Sour notes
Barely had the fuss over Weetabix’s sourcing of non-UK wheat died down last week than questions over another brand’s British credentials began to pop up.
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Chilled ready meals unfairly dragged into 'Horsegate'
The hugely valuable chilled ready meals category has been unfairly dragged into the horsemeat scandal, but the damage is d…
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Time management begins at home... not with a diary system
As I prepared for a ‘strategic’ time management workshop recently, I wondered what magic bullet the attendees were after…
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Watch out for fraudsters
Your article ‘Police close in on fraudsters posing as top grocery execs’ highlights one example of online scams that are becoming increasingly common.
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Why ITV1's Food Glorious Food leaves a bad taste
Why Food Glorious Food leaves a bad taste, despite charming contestants and not unglorious food…
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Britain needs a new food framework
Last week, David Heath, Defra minister for food, told the Telegraph Britain needs to produce more food. He’s right…
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NFU urges - don't let British cheese be devalued
Recent comments by First Milk chairman Bill Musto made me ponder the current state of cheese supply chains…
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Food policy: give consumers more of a say
The continuing horsemeat scandal has served to highlight the many challenges affecting the food chain…
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Waitrose's Mark Price: Help bees by banning neonicotinoids
Why have we just asked our growers to end the use of three formulations of neonicotinoids?…
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Gin deceit, Rich List disappointment and 'doing a Kensit'
The biggest secret among the middle classes is nothing to do with wife-swapping or Homes Under The Hammer parties…
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The Grocer leader, 10 December 1988: 'Hyper hypes'
Twenty-five years on from the Salmonella scandal, we look back at The Grocer’s leader article from 10 December 1988, which reflects on the role of the ‘forceful, controversial and insensitive Edwina Currie’…
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The toast of the egg trade
The Grocer looks back at the Salmonella crisis, 25 years on, and the role of then-junior health minister Edwina Currie…
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Evian's toddling dance moves for the easily amused
Evian is back with yet another child-themed ad….
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The North-South divide - in snacks
Northerners are fond of cakes, while southerners have a weakness for sushi. That’s not us resorting to lazy regional stereotype – it’s backed by the latest figures on snack food…