Cutting-edge technology has been in the newspapers this week. The Mail on Sunday revealed that scientists have invented an attachment for shopping trolleys that remembers a customer's shopping list and will actually guide them to the right part of the store. It even uses the list to plot the quickest route around the shop and doubles up as a checkout-and-go device to help customers avoid long queues. The Financial Times had a page devoted to internet shopping and the possibility that Marks & Spencer will set up internet points in-store so that its customers can place online orders for items that are not stocked in that particular store. The paper also reported that Tesco was planning an overhaul of its internet operations, including building its own supply and distribution chain to support internet sales of a wider range of products. Also making the headlines this week was the news that Anchor butter has been banned from Europe. The Daily Mail reported that the decision to ban all New Zealand butter was taken by EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson following a complaint from a German dairy firm. In another development, The Financial Times reported that budget sandwich group Benjy's has gone into administration. Private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw has acquired the company for an undisclosed sum and will take on the running of the business.
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