All Daily Bread articles – Page 103
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Comment and Opinion
Pastures new
In Justin King and Peter Kendall, the National Farmers’ Union conference yesterday served up two major industry figures on their way to pastures new.
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Comment and Opinion
A bruising battle
The Fairtrade Foundation is making bananas the centrepiece of Fairtrade Fortnight. But will it make a difference to banana pricing?
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarkets taken to task
Which? has criticised supermarkets once again for their pricing tactics. But just how dramatic are its charges?
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Comment and Opinion
Blue sky thinking
The BRC’s ideas on reforming business rates have certainly produced a few curveballs - but will they fly?
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Comment and Opinion
A plea for help
Plea for help or PR stunt? The Co-op wants your views on its future.
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Comment and Opinion
CASH’s smartphone app could be on the money
Last week, Professor Graham MacGregor, the scientist behind Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) – and the campaign for new targets on sugar reduction - accused prominent anti-sugar campaigners of being “nutters”.
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Comment and Opinion
Pods become hot (and cold) stuff
Nestlé could be forgiven for feeling a little bitter this week. For years, it had jealously – and successfully – kept its Nespresso coffee pod…
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Comment and Opinion
In for a penny
You wait ages for a pound shop to start selling online and then three come along at once…
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Comment and Opinion
Sochi missed opportunity
As the Winter Olympics opens, where are all the sponsoring brands?
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Comment and Opinion
Bagging order
Defra’s plan to impose a 5p charge on carrier bags in England has been labelled a “complete mess”. But it doesn’t have to be that way…
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Comment and Opinion
Pricing floored
The below-cost crackdown is not the same as minimum unit pricing - though you could be forgiven for being confused…
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Comment and Opinion
Ocado: Jam tomorrow
So after 14 years and a lot of ups and downs, Ocado still hasn’t turned a profit. But dig deeper and there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic…
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Comment and Opinion
Stitch up? Not so much
The Daily Mail has revealed ‘secret stitch up’ meetings between ministers and the food industry. But is the reality as sinister as it sounds?
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Comment and Opinion
A bumpy ride
As if the European Commission didn’t have enough on its plate with the reform of the CAP, it recently decided to tackle commodity speculation…
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Comment and Opinion
King's reign ends
What did Justin King do for Sainsbury’s in his 10-year reign? We take a look back…
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Comment and Opinion
E-cigs: Agreement breaks out
The unthinkable has happened – the government has announced not one but two new policies around smoking that everyone in the industry and anti-smoking groups are all in favour of…
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Comment and Opinion
Down on the farm
Tesco is doing its bit in the obesity debate by launching an ambitious plan to teach kids about food and farming…
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Comment and Opinion
Georgian homes
With the announcement of George Home, Asda made plain it has its heart set on becoming Britain’s biggest multi-channel retailer for general merchandise…
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Comment and Opinion
Bellwethers ring true
The surprising and encouraging news in this week’s trading figures from Unilever and SABMiller is the resurgence in emerging market growth.