As we report on this site, a new report from the WWF has named and shamed some of the grocery trade’s worst offenders for using palm oil from non-sustainable sources. While Sainsbury’s topped the poll as most environmentally friendly, Waitrose is among those criticised. The Independent reports.
Retailers are feeling more optimistic about Christmas than they have in years, also according to the Indy.
The Daily Telegraph gravely notes that Weetabix has upset Welsh consumers by leaving the island of Anglesey off a map used a competition. It’s the second time the locals has been left red-faced by a competition omission.
Elsewhere in the Telegraph, columnist Kate Colquhoun bemoans the notion of a vegetarian world, prompted by Lord Stern’s warning yesterday that we might have to give up the beef if we want to save the planet from climate-change oblivion.
UK farmers might moan about a lack of government support but the French have no such concerns, after President Sarkozy unveiled a €1.65bn rescue plan for the country’s farms. The Financial Times reports.
The FT also notes the surprise decline in sales at household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser. But it’s even worse news for First Quench, owner of Threshers, which could be facing administration as the (ongoing) recession eyes up another victim.
An amusing/horrifying tale in the Daily Mirror – apparently six shop workers are abused by customers every minute in the UK. Not all in the same store, obviously. The Mirror also reflects on the price war between Tesco and Asda over toys ahead of the frantic Christmas rush.
And the always level-headed Daily Express reports that junk food is “as bad as heroin” in some sense or others. Although less great literature has been written about an addiction to pizza.
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