Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 476
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Third Party: Connect with new audiences by going online
Grocery companies risk being left behind if they are too cautious about digital communications, says Andy Poole
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Saturday Essay: Let’s not drink to localised alcohol regulation
Knee-jerk reactions by councils will heap new burdens on retailers. Partnerships are the way forward, says James Lowman
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Editor's Comment: Media has ignored the most obvious profiteering since Al Capone
Next month, the BBC plans a new series called Ripoff Britain. There’s nothing original about the name, and you won’t be surprised to hear supermarkets feature extensively.
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Second Opinion: Is the party over for promotions?
With improved price stability, suppliers - and retailers - may promote less, says Clive Black
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Editor's Comment: Can Marcia do a Johnny Rotten for Roosters?
The emergence of several new brands in the fresh produce category is intriguing. I've always found the fresh produce fixture in supermarkets enormously frustrating.
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Third Party: Food companies still care, despite recession
The winners of the FDF's Community Partnership Awards exemplify all that is great in the grocery trade, says Melanie Leech
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Saturday Essay: We need your help in fighting business crime
Closer partnerships between industry, police, local authorities and government is the way forward, says Alan Campbell
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Don Pumsey on blue rinses, donkey carts and the BNP
How many years is it since Marks & Spencer beat a pathetic and humbling retreat from Europe? Before Rosey's time, of course, otherwise he might just have learned something from it. But never mind, eh?
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Second Opinion: Scotland should prepare for a hangover
Alcohol restrictions are both misguided and contrary to competition law, says Kevin Hawkins
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Third Party: Research needs to be grounded in real life
Segmentation studies can offer vital insight, says Bryan Urbick - but only if they allow for the complexity of human nature
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Don Pumsey on the canonisation of St Peter Marks
From the DRIP to the IGD conference
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Go on, tell us the one about the old bint...
Remember Horsham c-store owner John O'Sullivan, who hit on the cunning ruse of using humorous fake headlines on his news stand to attract punters? A bit like the Express printing all those hilarious spoof stories about the assassination of Princess...
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Don Pumsey on Tati by Tel and King Justin's grin
It's been a vintage week here at the DRIP underground bunker...
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Critical Eye... on beards, bikers and the true smell of Scotland
On the screen, beards generally signify either depression or evil (or both in the case of Jeremy Beadle). So how refreshing that despite the ample chin-moss of the Hairy Bikers, whose Food Tour of Britain (Friday, BBC2) concluded this week, they...
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Don Pumsey nails the flag to Lord Mandelson's pole
What a week. In my unflinching fervour to deliver maximum value for hard-working families and also to get my end away I've been crashing at a dodgy Brighton seafront hotel while attending fringe events at the Labour Party Conference.
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Second Opinion: We need to protect Britain’s soil
Good food needs good soil. More money must be invested in soil science, says Tim Lang
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Third Party: Industry must adapt now to a ‘new norm’
As recession radically changes the business environment, supply chains must rethink operations, says Alan Leaman
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The space race is well and truly on
This time, so far, it’s a much more restrained affair - according to Clive Black
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on simple suppers versus the professionals
I was planning to watch Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers (BBC1, 7.30pm, 23 September) this week, but when I arrived home (by which I mean my parents', as we're 'between homes' at the mo), I was greeted by howls of derision from my mum that for once...