All comment & opinion articles – Page 471
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The lazy games
Yesterday Daily Bread flagged up research showing Britons couldn’t care less where their food comes from. Today we found out why…
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Food insecurity
The amount of noise being generated over dairy production might suggest otherwise, but Brits don’t care about where their food comes from. That’s the finding, anyway, of a recent report for the European Commission on attitudes towards “food security, food quality and the countryside”.
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All's fair in love and dairy
Shoppers spent just shy of €5bn on Fairtrade goods last year – up 12% on the previous year. That was also the rate growth in the UK, which remains the biggest market for the ethical kitemark…
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Comment & OpinionAldi down on Disco Biscuits
Aldi is changing the name of its Disco Biscuits snacks after finally learning the name is a slang term for the drug ecstasy.
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Critical Eye: Gordon Behind Bars makes uncomfortable viewing
The premise of Gordon Behind Bars suggests prisoners working in catering is unprecedented…
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Bribery, booze and Sugar Puff living
Ask the pretty young PR exec what she’s doing as she gazes adoringly into the eyes…
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Time for brands to get sweet on diabetics
Diabetes is on the rise. Almost 60% of people tested at a recent health roadshow were found to be at risk of diabetes.
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An ethical supply chain will need work
A voluntary Grocery Code of Conduct appears to have failed UK dairy farmers, whose numbers have halved over the past 10 years.
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Lawyers will have a field day with copycat damage claims
Some big brands are apparently set to take “copycat” brand owners to court, allegedly fired up by “powerful new…
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Why dairy has got its sums tragically wrong
Can it be right that milk costs less than water, Coca-Cola or Red Bull? The Robinsons Fruit Shoot…
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Shopping with Google specs
With a level of fanfare that would have made even Steve Jobs blush, Google unveiled the first working prototype of its Google ‘Goggles’ last month.
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Identifying who you are selling to is key, not just how you sell
It was brilliant. It had a rip-tape case, which saves time stacking shelves.
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If the cap fits...
A few days ago a host of respectable news sources, and the Daily Mail, were hoaxed by a video - admittedly, one that was pretty well made - purporting to show a giant leap in packaging by Coca-Cola.
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Pint taken, says Paice
One popular movie magazine has a strand of quick-fire interviews called How Much is a Pint of Milk? The idea is to find out whether the stars of the silver screen have their feet on the ground or their head in the clouds…
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Dixon's next trick
Taking over a business where like-for-like sales are falling by more than 6% is not an enviable task…
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Click and connect
Over the weekend, FT.com’s Robert Shrimsley - whose column is modestly sub-headed ‘the national conversation’ - riffs at considerable length on his emotional separation from ‘Ocado man’…
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A quality move by the Birmingham Balti
ADAS is currently consulting on an application by the Birmingham Balti Association for EU protected name status…
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A quality move by the Birmingham Balti
ADAS is currently consulting on an application by the Birmingham Balti Association for EU protected name status for the ‘Birmingham Balti’ as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed.
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Bribery and corruption is still prevalent in grocery
I once asked a Tesco executive why there were no plans to enter Russia. His answer was short and simple…