Supermarkets are keen to portray themselves as loyal and supportive business partners, nurturing suppliers in their quest for the best deal for consumers.
… chain to win the title of ‘Overall Wine Merchant of the Year’ in Wine Magazine’s 2002 ‘Oscars’, it publicly … success to the fact that its knowledgeable wine buyer had been in the job for four years …
Parliament has recommended it, Sainsbury’s has tried it and Tesco is doing it, but what is the future for sustainable transport along the UK’s inland waterways?
… freight by canal’. The scheme is simple: wine shipped from as far away as Australia, … of 4mph. Ten hours and 40 miles later, the wine reaches Manchester, where it is unloaded, …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… coherent message’. 5 Getting support – free wine helps ‘It’s crucial to get all or at … an art gallery donated space and free wine for Hosking’s first meeting, and a local …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… coherent message’. 5 Getting support – free wine helps ‘It’s crucial to get all or at … an art gallery donated space and free wine for Hosking’s first meeting, and a local …
Are you a ‘premium loyal’, a ‘loyal low spender’, a ‘can’t stay away’… or don’t you care? Tesco does, and uses the data collected from your loyalty card to dictate what you buy, when you buy and how much you buy.
… suppose you enjoy asparagus and organic wine, only shop late in the evening when you … open to Clubcard members to join – World of Wine, Healthy Living, Kids and Baby and …
A tireless crusader for rural revitalisation, Kate Eshelby meets the septuagenarian who beat Tesco out of town and is now at the heart of Suffolk’s local food revival
… time I ever go to the supermarket is to buy wine, yoghurt or white bread to feed the …
The most successful celebrity endorsement ever, Prunella Scales’ TV ads have added more than £2.2 billion to Tesco’s profts. And yet she says she really cares about the environment.
… from an in-store display of French and German wines. French music led to French wines outselling German ones, whereas German …
Laura Laker discovers the joys of farmers' markets, the convenience of vegboxes, and the horror of plans for a nearby Tesco Metro that will threaten her local corner shop
… food outdoors, and tasting local, organic wine at 11am on a Saturday. Last weekend I met …
For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court.
… Monsanto informational evening where you are wined and dined. A lot of people are also …
'I can tell you what farm every cow came from, how long it's been in the family, where it's been killed and if it had a name.' Laura Sevier meets an inspirational Orcadian food supplier
… not yet 18 months) is dark, the colour of red wine, rich in Omega 3 and very lean. …