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April 2009 - Posts

• The Rise and Rise of the Packed Lunch, and a Chilling Comment from Tesco

  In another example of people rapidly changing behaviour to save money, we learn from TNS, the market research company, that 28million of us ate a total of 4.2 billion packed lunches in the last twelve months. That's a growth of 6%, or 226 million... Posted Apr 23 2009, 04:08 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Tesco, lunch boxes, TNS [Edit Tags]

• Internet Grocery Shopping - How Big Will it Get?

  This week saw another salvo in the internet grocery shopping war with Waitrose scrapping its delivery fee on orders over £50. MD of Waitrose Mark Price, interviewed on Sky News, reckons that online grocery shopping it could be worth £13bn, or 10% of food... Posted Apr 20 2009, 02:27 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, internet grocery shopping, Ocado [Edit Tags]

• Consumers and the Credit Crunch - Latest Views on Food Buying Behaviour

  In the words of Justin King of Sainsbury, speaking during a business performance update last week - “the consumer is in a bad place just now”. Which is not really surprising, given the amount of depressing economic news. Nevertheless, both Sainsbury and... Posted Apr 06 2009, 01:53 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, Sainsbury, credit crunch, Morrisons [Edit Tags]