All comment & opinion articles – Page 452
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Booze blues
I rarely get on my high horse about an issue. Even as a student in the 80s, I’d sit with my mates in the pub as they got passionate about the miners’ strike or yuppies or something, while I’d be more concerned about whether my Snakebite was better with or without the Black…
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Which? survey shows shoppers need price clarity
The latest Which? supermarket satisfaction survey has shown the extent to which shoppers are focusing on quality and price…
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What's Cooking is crude as Cowell's competition is formulaic
What’s Cooking in Sainsbury’s Kitchen is as crude as Simon Cowell’s cooking competition is formulaic…
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The food chain's culture of arrogance
I’ve already received one briefing note from a media centre implying the horsemeat scandal is fading…
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Over-cautious OFT will hamper growth
With a tough underlying market and in the face of pressure from the multiples…
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The obesity crisis is a personal problem, too
Last week’s recommendations from the Academy of Medical Colleges highlighted the growing obesity crisis in the UK…
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Pippa Middleton's Waitrose gig and 'al desko' eating
Karoline (with a K) wants to know why she wasn’t asked to contribute to The Grocer’s bonfire of the horsemeat vendors last…
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Five simple strategies to help you manage your performance
Two months into the new year, how are you faring? Are you defaulting to more of the same or stepping up?…
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Can Innocent maintain momentum without its founders?
There’s more to grocery than contamination and fraud. I want to turn my attention to more innocent matters…
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Shutting the stable door?
There’s just no pleasing some people. Philip Clarke had barely left the stage at the NFU conference in Birmingham…
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Another year
A year ago this week the government’s flagship approach to saving the high street was in full flow. It consisted of a competition on YouTube for town’s to come up with ideas to impress the self-styled Queen of Shops, Mary Portas.
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Keeping their cool
Tomorrow retailers will be bracing themselves for the latest supermarket share figures, with many worried for all sorts of reasons, not least of all the impact of the horsemeat scandal - and the numbers are not likely to be pretty, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s Ed Garner.Speaking at the British Frozen ...
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Pointless Portas Pilots and Citrus calamity
There’s nothing like a great government-sponsored gravy train to make onlookers jealous…
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Saving Findus will take brilliant leadership and communication
This week, financier Tom Lindsay makes a brilliant case for Warren Buffett et al’s apparently toppy valuation of Heinz…
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After horsegate, value products need better values
No surprise that 15% of 6,221 consumers interviewed by Kantar said they would think twice about buying value ranges…
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Heinz deal shows Warren Buffett understands value of food cos
Warren Buffett’s landmark valuation of Heinz has been queried, but the value of food companies needs more contemplation…
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Our food system is unbalanced by the concept of 'cheap food'
Waitrose CEO Mark Price waded into the horsemeat saga last weekend…
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Is employee welfare the next health scare to face the industry?
When I worked at The Grocer, the spotlight was on BSE, e.coli and food colouring…
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Making a virtue of junk
After horsegate, people might prefer to make their own spaghetti bolognese. Hopelessly idealistic?…
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Government policy on high street regeneration is a shambles
For once, all sectors involved in the high street were completely united this week. The government’s handling is a shamble…