Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 468
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Editor's Comment: The EU’s attempt to simplify labelling has created a multi-headed monster
An England victory, hot sunny weather. The perfect ingredients to deaden the blows from this week's Emergency Budget? Not quite.
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Make way for a home-made takeaway
The scratch-cooking revolution continues apace! Now a new book is set to oust the hardback gospels of Jamie and Delia from kitchen shelves.Despite its title, The Takeaway Secret is not a Dan Brown potboiler about what sort of meat that...
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Saturday Essay: The freezer is fuller but there’s room for more
Consumers should be encouraged to spend more time seeking out high-end frozen products, says Norman Soutar
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Tales of Titania: From Dolestretcher to Kandipants
You know how we PR girls work. Give us money, food, sex, shoes, and clothes (not necessarily in that order, apart from the money) and bingo: you get award-winning campaigns. Happy clients.
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Third Party: Businesses must prepare for the unexpected
Take steps to ensure the loss of senior staff doesn’t cause long-term disruption to your organisation, warns Rob Walker
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Critical Eye... on why kids all love an asparagus frittata
There were sparse pickings to be had on the food show front this week thanks to the World Cup. And the one programmeI would have written about Mary Queen of Shops we covered last week.
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Tales of Titania: Smallcox in Hoxton
OMG! Must Titania do everything? Juggling more accounts than Bernie Madoff is one thing, but being forced to dip my impossibly dainty toes into the slimy pond of advertising yuk!
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Second Opinion: Minimum pricing doesn’t work
And determining the right unit price for alcohol isn’t as easy as it looks, says Kevin Hawkins
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Critical Eye... on a slapdown for the Queen of Shops
Mary Portas, the self-styled Queen of Shops, is back to save the high street from itself. She breezed in on a gust of messianic zeal, striding past derelict shops under ominous London...
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Third Party: Fmcg brands must get connected to digital
TV ads are proliferating during the World Cup but online engagement is notable by its absence, says Scott Knox
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Saturday Essay: The government should leave VAT well alone
Raising and extending VAT would dampen consumer spending, hit the poorest and fuel inflation, says Melanie Leech
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Don Pumsey: a DRIP retrospective
After offending and delighting readers in equal measure, the satirical column of Don Pumsey – at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing (DRIP) – ended last week as a new era opens for politics. We look back at the wit, wisdom, wanton spending and idle wickedness of a legend
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Critical Eye... on Rick Stein's special speciousness
As pointless goes, I've seen worse, I suppose. There was the S-level question on whether the only meaningful literature in the future would be written by Catholics or other groups with strong value systems.
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Saturday Essay: Killing our cows won’t help save the planet
But using the world-class UK dairy industry as a blueprint for best practice in other countries could, says John Allen
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Third Party: Nutrition claims are damaging our industry
Food and drink manufacturers must cooperate more to communicate scientific truths about food, says Ben Hickey
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Second Opinion: Why the FSA should be left alone
The agency is gaining trust, and integrated advice on food makes sense, says Tim Lang
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World Cup Watch: Group H
Chile has enjoyed a vibrant viniculture since the Spanish conquistadores landed in the 16th century.
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Third Party: Coalition has yet to clarify its full food policy
There’ll be ‘honesty’ in labelling but uncertainty still surrounds the FSA, VAT and employment law, says Parmjit Singh
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Saturday Essay: The deflation of the great discounter bubble
For a while the discounters thought their time had come – but now the sector has reverted to type, says Ed Garner
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Critical Eye... on gameshow gastronomes and apprentice nerds
I love a bit of car-crash TV and this week there were two generous helpings. First up was a Come Dine with Me gameshow host special (9pm, C4, 24 May) featuring former Fun House frontman Pat Sharp (sans mullet), Wheel of Fortune babe Jenny Powell...