All comment & opinion articles – Page 454
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Michel Roux Jr and co mull the bleak future of Food & Drink
After an 11-year hiatus, Food & Drink is back, presented by a bug-eyed and skeletal Michel Roux Jr…
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Buyers views are vital - even if they are indecisive
Ten roses for a tenner mate?” the scruffy lad shouts at me through the car window…
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What's your social media policy?
How do I shut down Twitter?” were the exasperated words of HMV’s marketing director reported last week…
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Still in the red
After years of heavy losses, Ocado is tantalisingly close to making a profit…
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Averting a recipe for disaster
Yesterday saw the launch of an ambitious project to create a food manifesto for the under-fives, to tackle the problems of poor diet among young children.
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All in the name of progress
Sir Terry Leahy is a legend in grocery. He grew Tesco from a retail contender to an all-conquering giant, pioneering initiatives like Clubcard and online shopping along the way…
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Another limp effort as Dispatches takes on WeightWatchers
Dispatches has been terrible lately. Last week it dramatically revealed c-stores were pricier than supermarkets…
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Horse burger scandal should be a wake-up call to government
News that horse meat and traces of pig have been found in burgers should be a wake-up call…
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Meet on the bones
As I write this, retailers and meat processors are meeting the Food Standards Agency and Defra to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing meat mislabelling/DNA traces saga…
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Comment & OpinionMild profanity in the hot sauce aisle
Bogof’s spies have been hard at work again this week; one of our best men spotted this jar on sale in a shop in Brixton…
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Food policy: a controversial start to 2013
Food policy dived straight into deep waters as 2013 began…
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The alcohol access debate is a threat to off-licences
The alcohol trade, thanks to David Cameron, is preoccupied with the debate about alcohol responsibility and price…
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Alcohol minimum pricing will hit the responsible
The WSTA is leading the Why Should Responsible Drinkers Pay More? campaign against minimum pricing…
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Comment & OpinionAsda mystery is simply red - not blood
Dramatic scenes at Asda in Newton Abbot this week…
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Titania's Black Energy bad dream comes true
Inspired by the Mike Tyson endorsed Black Energy drink, we’re approached by a new start-up…
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Comment & OpinionHungry Harry gets the Camp Bastion blues
Jocular nudist-cum-scourge of the Taliban, Prince Harry certainly uses up plenty of energy as he travels the world…
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Why is Michael Clarke quitting Premier Foods?
When you’re fixing a trainwreck like Premier Foods, it’s not the same as well-oiled corporations like Coke and Kraft…
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For true innovation you need a culture that embraces it
Many organisations risk the opportunity of great success by discounting the value of real innovation…
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A bad day for good news
After three weeks of being hauled over the coles by Tesco and co for its part in the #horsemeat scandal, this week, ABP Food Group finally had some more positive news to announce (with a little nudge from The Grocer)…
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Getting busy with the fizzy
As the days tick buy to the budget on 20 March, how many people think it will be a good time to bring in an entirely new tax to make hundreds of products on the shelves more expensive?