All articles by Mark Dishman – Page 23
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Comment and Opinion
Keith Harris puts his hand up as Farmfoods seeks retro appeal
Frozen discounter Farmfoods has pulled off a major ad coup by signing up Keith Harris and Orville…
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Comment and Opinion
One Direction to sweet (Love) hearts
The funsters at Swizzels Matlow have long been playing with Love Hearts – and our hearts….
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News
Supermarket bosses call for extension to Sunday trading hours at Christmas
Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips and his Asda counterpart Andy Clarke have written to business minister Michael Fallon to call for the extension of Sunday trading hours this Christmas.
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News
Hoy and Murray help out at Highland Spring Sports Day
Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy and tennis coach Judy Murray were both on hand at the annual Highland Spring Sports Day yesterday.
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Comment and Opinion
Ups and downs at Premier Foods
Premier Foods has impressed the City with its rationalisation work over recent months
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Comment and Opinion
Farewell then, Vion
While it’s baffling that a global meat giant such as Vion cannot succeed in the UK, today’s news that it is to exit the UK will come as no surprise…
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Comment and Opinion
Cheese that's not so relaxed
You know how cheese gives you nightmares? No chance of that with this chilled-out concoction….
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Comment and Opinion
Ad of the Week: Knorr gravy pots chef in the shadow of Marco
Knorr’s tie-up with Marco Pierre White seems pretty solid.
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News
Bower-Nye joins Wrigley as UK & Ireland marketing director
The Wrigley Company has appointed Pamela Bower-Nye as its new UK & Ireland marketing director.
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News
Co-op Group unveils £22m Avonmouth distribution centre
The Co-operative Group has officially opened its £22m new distribution centre in Avonmouth.
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Comment and Opinion
Game on
It’s been a tough year for supermarkets selling video games. Although gaming is enjoying a boom in popularity, mobile platforms have become major competitors to the console format.
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Comment and Opinion
Ad of the Week: Waitrose advertises that it isn't... advertising
Like the first spots of rain on a winter’s night, the big Christmas ads have started to drop.
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Comment and Opinion
Mum's the word at Asda
“Just watched the @Asda Xmas advert - ffs, what the hell?! Can’t decide if it’s more insulting to women or men.”This was just one of many tweets condemning Asda’s ‘Behind every great Christmas, there’s mum’ ad, in which a ‘busy mum’ almost single-handedly sorts out the decorations, presents and food, ...
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Comment and Opinion
Ad of the week: Jesse Metcalfe turns up the heat under Rooster Potatoes
Albert Bartlett made a virtue of a slightly strange celebrity tie-up when Marcia Cross popped across the Atlantic to ‘unwittingly’ advertise its Rooster potatoes back in 2009.
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Comment and Opinion
A new way to get stuffed with Heston Blumenthal
Heston Blumenthal rarely lets us down when it comes to ‘eccentric’ food…
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Comment and Opinion
Meaty hunks are a turn-off
Another reason to avoid red meat: it puts girls off….
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News
Waitrose to donate money saved on 'unglamorous' Christmas ad to charity
Waitrose is rolling out an ‘unglamorous’ Christmas TV advertising campaign, in order that it can donate more money to good causes.
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News
Carers Trust unveiled as Co-op Group charity of the year 2013
The Co-operative Group today unveiled its charity of the year for 2013 - the Carers Trust.