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December 2008 - Posts

• Pros and Cons of a Locally Sourced Xmas Dinner

  According to a recent report from Farmers Weekly Farmer of the Year John Geldard and Henry Brown of Westley Consulting the local foods market could grow from its current £2.34bn to over £15bn in 10 years. A growing number of consumers believe that local... Posted Dec 27 2008, 10:37 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: local foods, Farmers Weekly, John Geldard [Edit Tags]

• Tesco Outgunned by the Competition - Some Reasons Why

  So Tesco is getting outgunned by the competition. Third quarter results show their sales up by a miserable 2% compared with Sainsbury up 4.3%, ASDA up 6.9% and Morrisons up 8.1%. The root cause is customer defection. An analysis by TNS the market research... Posted Dec 04 2008, 04:10 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Sainsbury, Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, ALDI [Edit Tags]