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Letters: Fresh & Easy's weakness
Re "Fresh & Easy may check out for good," Business, Dec. 6 I am not surprised. While Fresh & Easy grocery stores have charm, and much of the food is fresh, shopping at them is certainly not "easy." I try to avoid my neighborhood store. What irks me...Tags: Marketing
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Fresh & Easy supermarkets may be sold off by Tesco
British supermarket giant Tesco said it is considering selling its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores and will probably leave the United States altogether. The sprawling retailer, which owns more than 6,000 stores worldwide, has already received...
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'Lipstick effect' hits China as economy slows
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkSHANGHAI (China Daily/ANN) -- When the economy declines, some people will start to buy inexpensive lipsticks or makeup that are not high-end items to make themselves feel good. People are more willing to spend on small indulgences such as cosmetics....Tags: Entertainment, KPMG, Gucci Group NV, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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L.L. Bean skips Bangladesh pact
Portland Press Herald, MaineL.L. Bean will not join the growing list of retailers that have signed a contract to make factory conditions safer in Bangladesh, a company representative said Wednesday. Despite customers' concerns about safety at its garment factory in Bangladesh...Tags: Walmart, Bangladesh, Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Economy, Business and Finance
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Tesco Lotus property fund seeks more assets
The Bangkok PostThe Tesco Lotus Retail Growth Freehold and Leasehold Property Fund (TLGF) will add more assets to its portfolio in the second half of this year. The assets will be a Tesco Lotus branch in the Nava Nakorn area of Pathum Thani and other potential stores....Tags: Thailand, Bangkok (Thailand)
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Food courts toe government price line
The Bangkok PostMall food-court operators have agreed to continue capping the prices of 10 a la carte items for another year despite the cooking gas price being set to rise by 50 satang a month from June. Santichai Santawanpas, deputy director-general of the Internal...Tags: Prisons, Petroleum Industry, Thailand, Bangkok (Thailand)
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Alltech's 2013 Symposium offers a glimpse of crisis management in a 24/7 world
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Europe's horse meat scandal has put food once more in world news and left a legacy of consumer distrust in the food industry. A host of top players have been caught up in the spiraling scandal including Nestle - the world's largest food...Tags: Arts and Culture, Food Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Customs and Tradition
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Ireland: Plant sent horse labeled 'beef' to Czechs
DUBLIN (AP) - An Irish slaughterhouse has been caught labeling horse meat as beef and shipping it to a company in the Czech Republic, Ireland's government said on Feb. 22, in the latest crackdown on alleged fraud in Europe's month-old scandal. No...Tags: Conservation, Food Industry, Ecosystems, Pies and Tarts, Environmental Issues
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Britain finds horsemeat in school meals, hospitals
LONDON (AP) - Tests have found horsemeat in school meals, hospital food and restaurant dishes in Britain, officials said on Feb. 15, as the scandal over adulterated meat spread beyond frozen supermarket products. Results were coming in after U.K. food...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Food Industry, Norway, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Food producers given week to test beef products for horse
LONDON - Britain's Food Standards Agency gave food makers a week to test all their beef products after a range of lasagnas produced by Findus Group was found to contain more than 60 percent horse meat. The agency also said it involved the police in...Tags: David Cameron, Biotechnology Industry, United Kingdom, Bloomberg L.P., Food Industry
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Poland: No proof yet horsemeat came from country
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland is conducting DNA tests on meat samples at seven facilities to see if any are the source of horsemeat discovered this month in Irish-produced burgers, a senior meat safety official said on Jan. 31. So far, there hasn't...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Corporate Crime, United Kingdom, Burger King, Breach of Contract
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