All Daily Bread articles – Page 103
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Comment & Opinion
A new front in the war on obesity
Could local authorities pick up the baton from central government in the battle to get consumers eating healthier food?
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FSA U-turn is a Pyrrhic victory for industry
The poultry industry has successfully lobbied the FSA into U-turning on plans to ‘name and shame’ companies in its campylobacter survey, but it shouldn’t rejoice.
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The new man in the Tesco hot seat
Much has been made of incoming Tesco CEO Dave Lewis’ lack of retail knowledge – but you don’t spend 27 years at Unilever without picking up a thing or two about retail.
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Clarke bows out
There could be no doubt about Philip Clarke’s passion for Tesco and his commitment to turning its fortunes around.
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Raising a glass for the silly season
Pernod is having to change its label so that people realise it is alcoholic.
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Why Tesco's gone all sheepish
If I ever have a rough day at work I often cheer myself up by thinking, well, at least I’m not Philip Clarke.
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Nine months is a short time in politics
Exiting his role as secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs today, Owen Paterson can look forward to spending the next 10 months sniping from the backbenches. His successor Liz Truss, meanwhile, can look forward to a potentially challenging tenure at Defra. Truss has said she ...
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Comment & Opinion
Winter wonderlands
’Tis the season to look at what the retailers will be selling at Christmas
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Hard work
All the recent economic indicators have been positive, but it seems we’re working harder to get there.
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Little and often
New data released this morning has claimed shoppers are increasingly looking beyond the hypermarkets and supermarkets for their grocery shop
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Cutting the mustard
In 2007, it was nearly all over for English mustard as we know it, thanks to a disastrous harvest of mustard seeds…
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End of an era
It’s a well-worn phrase, but yesterday really was the end of an era for Costcutter and Nisa.
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Comment & Opinion
BRC rethinks rates rethink
It was good to see MPs in their droves yesterday backing the BRC’s call for a fundamental overhaul of business rates
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Comment & Opinion
Snowball's chance
Snowballs – those chocolate- and coconut-covered marshmallow confections – have been classified as cakes, to the chagrin of the taxman.
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Comment & Opinion
(Not-so) plain sailing
With the headlines full of stories about sugar, the government chose an interesting moment to publish draft legislation on plain packaging for tobacco.
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Common sense on food waste
Developing the right technological solutions to help tackle food waste is just the first step…
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Sugar Thursday
Traffic-light labelling appears to have fizzled out. Will we ever achieve a universal system?
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England’s World Cup woes spark merchandise sell-off
England’s tears have barely had time to dry and already the World Cup merchandise sell-off is under way.
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Coining it in
What’s behind Morrisons’ ban on the use of the £2 coin at some self-service tills?