Opinion – Page 17
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The benefits of next-level data interrogation
Sometimes, we obsess about day-to-day performance to the detriment of bigger changes
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Price rise refusals could be bad news for UK shoppers
The fluctuations in currency exchange rates have been well documented since the vote for the UK to leave the EU
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Shape the post-Brexit things to come
Change brings volatility but also opportunity and in the emerging environment
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Boris 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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Dispatches 'reveals' obvious consequences of Brexit
Less than a year post-EU referendum and, shock horror, the price of our shopping basket has gone up
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Your Brexit procurement in-tray
the opportunity arises for the humble procurement function to shine in the Brexit transition
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Brexit could mean a flood of US foods the public don't want
Much of the recent discussions between Theresa May and Donald Trump were centred around a trade deal
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Big ag shows how to weather Brexit
Food and drink companies facing Brexit will need to find strategies to uncover efficiencies
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Food and drink's nobility and stoicism undermined by politics
Food and drink’s noble aims and stoic resolve at odds with ruthless self-interest at the heart of President Trump’s agenda
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Ways to manage two years of uncertainty
Marketplace uncertainty is here for at least two years, so we can’t easily assess the spending mood of swathes of consumer groups
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Own-label supplier consolidation is on the way
It would be shocking if the next six months didn’t reveal increased costs for food manufacturers
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The Great British Brexit Mystery continues
Farmers remain in the dark over future plans for their industry after environment secretary Andrea Leadsom’s speech in their own backyard
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Farage, fishing and disentanglement from the EU net
Fish stocks don’t respect international boundaries but is Britain heading into stormy waters as it fights, post-Brexit, to save its fishing industry?
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Unity in challenging times
I am so proud of the way my FDF colleagues mobilised so quickly in the wake of the EU referendum
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Navigating the new world of rising import costs
The latest trade data by the Office for National Statistics confirms that sterling’s post-Brexit slide has significantly impacted the price of imports, signaling new challenges ahead for the UK food industry.
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Fortnum & Mason sizes up the Brexit price ticket
Ewan Venters took over as CEO of Fortnum & Mason four years ago. Here are his thoughts on everything from Brexit, Black Friday to business rates …
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Co-op's record on waste
Our long-term ambition is for all packaging to be recycled where it can be, and we are making a bold start
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Justin King is being conservative: the only way prices can go is up
Justin King during his time as Sainsbury’s CEO Not many ex-supermarket CEOs have escaped the upheaval of the last few years with their reputations intact. Justin King is one of them. Former peers include Phil Clarke (Tesco 2011-2014), Dalton Philips (Morrisons 2010-2015) and Andy Clarke ...
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Marmite is now a lightning rod for post-Brexit trade negotiations
The plot, like one of Unilever’s Knorr stock pots, thickens
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Mults, suppliers and consumers must face up to price rises
Two weeks ago we saw one of the first tangible implications of Brexit in a very public pricing spat