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• What Tesco Think About Local Foods

  Boy, do Tesco tell it like it is. Alistair Robinson,Senior Buying Manager buyer for the North of England, addressed the Institute of Agricultural Managers conference last week. His topic was "Local Foods Opportunities with Supermarkets". Here's... Posted Nov 25 2008, 04:44 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Tesco, local foods, premium foods, British farming [Edit Tags]

• Whither Ethical Purchasing?

  One of the questions of the day is whether rising food prices and a financially squeezed consumer will result in ethical purchase considerations taking second place to price. Not so far said the Institute of Grocery Distribution yesterday. Certainly the... Posted Mar 07 2008, 09:26 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Animal welfare, ethical purchasing, environment, local foods, British farming [Edit Tags]

• Consumers, Chickens and Changing the World

  Good heavens! Sales of free range chickens increased by 35% last month whereas standard sales dropped by 7%.(TNS data reported in yesterday's Independent). Free range sales could have been higher except the shelves were empty because supermarkets... Posted Feb 29 2008, 12:14 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Animal welfare, ethical purchasing, supermarkets, British farming [Edit Tags]

• Bottled Water Backlash

  All of a sudden, rumblings against bottled water are turning into a global outcry. Environmentalists condemn the product for the high levels of CO2 emitted while producing it, and the food miles clocked up in its distribution. Other critics just think... Posted Feb 17 2008, 05:37 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, environment, British farming [Edit Tags]