All Daily Bread articles – Page 77
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Analysis & FeaturesEdgy shareholders won’t scupper Tesco-Booker deal – but they can make it difficult
Two high profile investors have written to the firm to try and block the deal, although the threat is miniscule, the supermarket giant could do without their intervention
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Comment & OpinionMPs must eschew multibuys and head down the takeaway
A Health Select Committee report calling for a clampdown on supermarket promotions is out of touch
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Comment & OpinionGet ready for the smart home revolution
Smart home tech was all the rage at the Shoptalk conference in Las Vegas this week
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Comment & OpinionPrincess Anne lines up a royal rumble with GM comments
It’s always fun when the Royal Family weighs in on matters of national importance
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco-Booker clouds the air for Palmer & Harvey and the tobacco giants
No smoke without fire? P&H has been making moves to become less dependent on tobacco companies for sometime, but rely heavily on them for financing, but will it be one merger too many for industry?
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Comment & OpinionUK food & drink is staring down the barrel of Brexit
Article 50 will be triggered next Wednesday. Time to get serious about negotiating the right deal for UK food & drink
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Analysis & FeaturesLabour shortage fears need to be taken seriously
Labour shortages in the agricultural industry are a very real threat to the food industry already, warned Alison Capper
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Comment & OpinionPushing Britain’s buttons: online grocery goes patriotic
A ‘buy British’ button would be fantastic news for British producers. It’s not that far-fetched, either
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Analysis & FeaturesTips for winning business from The Grocer’s Own Label Conference
Expert speakers spill the beans on how to turn own labels into winning brands
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Analysis & FeaturesA letter to Tesco’s ‘endangered white male’ chairman John Allan
John Allan’s recent comments were intended to be humorous, but as the Tesco chair found to his cost, no one was really laughing and some even called for a boycott of the supermarket
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Analysis & FeaturesWill food safety regulation be too light-touch after Brexit?
The winds of change could be set to blow through the UK food sector’s regulatory landscape over the coming months
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Analysis & FeaturesA steady Budget with few surprises: Philip Hammond’s debut assessed
An almost boring budget from ’Spreadsheet Phil’ will have failed to set the city alight, but with Brexit around the corner some key isses were touched on, such as business rates and the sugar tax
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Comment & OpinionIceland’s Malcolm Walker celebrates independent retail spirit
The yearly celebration that is The Grocer Annual Lunch saw representatives from the UK’s Big 30 wholesalers and the Top 50 independent retailers come together to reflect on the past year and plan for the future
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Comment & OpinionLessons from this weekend’s ordering meltdown at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s handled the chaos well overall - but it could have done with being a bit more proactive
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Comment & OpinionPHE moves on from promotions to take different tack in obesity fight
Why do people consume junk food when it is more expensive than heathier food?
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Comment & OpinionBoris serves up a pineapple fever dream on exports
The foreign secretary tells the British Chambers of Commerce the future for UK exports (including pineapple jam) is bright
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda is buying into free-range milk, but will consumers?
The willingness of supermarkets to sell free-range milk in volume demonstrates how far the dairy sector has come in the past couple of years, so is it a fad or will it become the norm? Time will tell
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Analysis & FeaturesWould abolishing use-by dates really help stop milk waste?
Headlines suggesting consumers ’sniff’ milk to see if it is still fresh, has once again highlighted the controversy surrounding food labelling and the problem of waste in the industry
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Analysis & FeaturesTen portions of fruit & veg a day? It’s not going to happen
New research suggests we should double the recommended daily amount of fresh fruit and vegetables in our diet, but is it a case of easier said than done?
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Comment & OpinionReading the Brexit tea leaves at the NFU conference
The annual farming showpiece laid out its ambitions for a post-Brexit food sector as delegates discussed trade, labour and encouraging investment in agriculture