All comment & opinion articles – Page 496
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on campaign fatigue and a snog from Greg
I reckon people are suffering from a tiny bit of campaign fatigue at the moment. And who can blame them? They're confronted by a constant stream of celebrity chefs leaping on to the soap box to decry some iniquity or another.
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Third Party: Beware the gifts that could be seen as bribes
New anti-bribery laws come into force later this year. Break them and you could face fines – or prison, says Catriona Munro
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Saturday Essay: Osborne, stop bashing beer and freeze duty!
Taxes on this lower-strength alcohol should be lower than on other drinks as it costs more to produce, argues Dr Isaac Sheps
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Second Opinion: Calories are not all created equal
WeightWatchers US has dropped its points system. The DoH must take note, says Joanna Blythman
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Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: To go or not to go, that is the question
By not attending conferences and shows, you close the door to some useful experiences, says Kishor Patel
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Cravendale changes tack with cats’ new rule of thumb
They say you can tell how crazy a woman is by how many cats she keeps. It's usually one for each time she was jilted at the altar. There's something rather sinister about these purring barometers of post-menopausal desperation, which...
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Kronen-four?
Today the government’s Responsibility Deal was made public, along with the names of 170 companies that have signed up to its various well-meaning pledges.
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Looking after number one
A little later on this afternoon, BBC Radio 4 will broadcast an interview with Sir Terry Leahy. Filmed in the final few weeks of his reign, the former Tesco chief will trace his path from Toxteth tearaway to retailing legend.
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Third Party: Why higher food prices are here for good
Soaring demand from emerging economies and rising production costs mean cheap food is history, says Dr David Dobbin
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Saturday Essay: Farmers finally get some tender loving care
Milk price is a hot topic but Dairy Crest is showing how a little focus can yield great returns for all, says Mark Taylor
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Scare tactics and cereal boxes
Our plans to drum up a bit of business from food paranoia have at last come to fruition. We've been part of secret PR consortium SCARE (Stoking Concern About Rare Events) for ages, responsible for funding some research by serious Swiss white coats...
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Letter of the week: Brand placement - a big turn-off?
Sir, Your piece on paid-for product placement was spot on from a brand perspective but overlooked a critical element of the product placement pact: viewer reaction ('Brands get their big TV break', The Grocer, 26 February). Viewer...
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Critical Eye... on the smoke police's propaganda bandits
So ciggies will soon be kept under the counter, will they? Out of sight, out of mind? Yeah right. Tobacco products are not impulse purchases, so removing them from display is about as likely to stop smokers buying fags as rehab is to stop Charlie...
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Careers File: Hacking away at your people budget is counterproductive
John Wanamaker once said, with regards to advertising, that he was sure half his spending on it was wasted but he didn't know which half. Well, I wonder how many chief execs and finance directors actually think the same way about their training budget.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: The Co-op’s call to arms is a very bloodless revolution
You might think DC10's talk about adopting a granny is cynical rhetoric that aims only to mask the wreckage of savage spending cuts, like a razor blade hidden in a cupcake. And you'd be right.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Decline of Mars is more about the whisper than the Wispa
In January last year, Mars announced plans to reformulate the Mars bar. It was a historic move: while other chocolate confectioners were signing up to Fairtrade this and Rainforest that, the UK’s favourite chocolate bar invested £9m over five years…
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Dalton's web of intrigue
Morrisons today unveiled its latest annual results, with profits up a healthy 13% and like-for-likes increasing by an altogether more modest 0.9%. More eye-catching than the underwhelming sales performance was the news that Morrisons is sensationally taking on both the US and the whole internet in one fell swoop.
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Smoking guns, ticking timebombs
Andrew Lansley today confirmed that the controversial tobacco display ban is to go ahead, dashing the genuine hopes for a reprieve still harboured by many retailers.
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Children of the revolution
Grocer Towers is often the scene of fearsome debate, as our newshounds compare leads, dissect the strategies of the companies we write about and, most commonly, row about whose turn it is to make the tea.
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Second Opinion: The trouble with Grand Plans...
... is that they are bedevilled by a lack of realism and joined-up thinking, says Kevin Hawkins