Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 444
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Weathering the Twitter storm
Tesco has lost at least one customer as a result of the News of the World scandal: Labour MP Chris Bryant won’t be shopping there this evening.
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Balancing hacked
Many of us will have woken up this morning to news of the latest depressing twist in the tragic story of Milly Dowler.
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Size matters
Size isn’t everything. Then again, as anyone who forked out £15 to watch David Haye on Saturday night will tell you, a good big’un beats a good littl’un.
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Second Opinion: Red tape needs to be final resort
Retailers may be slow to criticise regulation, but its burden should be lifted, says Kevin Hawkins
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Tesco has run rings round Premier’s flabby conglomerate strategy
Here’s a ‘Great Little Idea’ for you. Buy a bunch of tired old brands. Pay a premium for them. Add a ton of debt to the balance sheet.
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Careers File: You, not the government, should decide the right training for your business
As the big half century looms for me, I am in danger of becoming a grumpy old man. Not exactly a reincarnation of Victor Meldrew but more one of Wogan's I've lost count of how many times a day I find myself thinking: "Am I one of Terry's Old Geezers?"
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Critical Eye... on iffy biscuits and sharing hyenas
Hannibal Lecter, contestants on The Apprentice and the French: you might not invite them to dinner, and you certainly wouldn't let them cook. Alan Sugar's reality show (BBC One, Wednesday 9pm) has an iffy track record on food.
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A healthier future will be better for business
Tackling obesity will require ambitious solutions that stimulate rather than stifle the bottom line, says Richard Evans
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Tales of Titania: An Arctic roll in the hay
I have been comforting one of my clients all evening after the focus group we staged to test his new oh-so-seasonal/retro/convenience deep-frozen toastable Arctic roll.
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Third Party: Consumers want consistency in all channels
Retailers must carefully measure if in-store, online and telephone shopping are satisfying shoppers, says Jamie Thorpe
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Premier's price of success
Bad news travels fast. This week The Grocer has been investigating reports that one of the major supermarkets has de-listed a raft of Premier Foods products.
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Everything must go
As if it wasn’t already obvious, today we got another vivid symbol of the turbulence on the high street.
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Critical Eye... on pandas' dirty laundry
Disappointing. Dispatches: Conservation's Dirty Secrets (Channel 4, Monday 20 June) did not lift the lid on the twisted porn shame of trans-gender pandas. Nor did it trawl the suspiciously fishy laundry basket of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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The future is bright for food waste recycling
The Waste Policy Review may have lacked bite, but it is not all bad news for the grocery retail sector, says Ian Goodfellow
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Careers File: Tell your boss his jokes at your expense are no laughing matter
My boss is forever cracking jokes, normally at my expense. Some of them are quite funny but there is a vindictive undertone. If I need to change the way...
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Tales of Titania: Shrinking Mars Bars and Marianne Faithfull
As you get older, everything gets smaller. Except men's ears, according to Karoline (with a K), but definitely including the main attraction. This conversation was prompted not by some of the unfortunate Lycra shorts on show at the Wimbledon...
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Balance of power may soon shift in suppliers' favour
The protracted sale of Iceland looks like giving analysts and media commentators lots more opportunities to comment on the space…
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Third Party: Relentlessly pushing price isn’t always right
Retailers must work with suppliers on much more savvy and motivating marketing communications, says Ian Humphris
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Second Opinion: CAP reform must address health
But policymakers shouldn’t base all forecasts on Western eating patterns, says Tim Lang
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Back of the net
Typical. You wait months for a sustainable fish initiative and then a whole bunch come along at once.