DEFRA said details of the UK government's strategy to tackle carrier bag waste would be published in the autumn as part of a Performance and Innovation Unit report on Waste Strategy. Sun Valley Meat Purchasing and Fields International have both been renamed Cargill Integra UK as part of a rebranding strategy. Coldwater Seafood has acquired Fisher Foods, the Redditch-based supplier of seafood convenience foods to Marks and Spencer. Premier International Foods has completed its acquisition of Nestlé's ambient food business in the UK. Diageo has agreed to sell the Burger King Corporation to an American group composed of the Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners for $2.26bn. Asda has launched a new feature on its home shopping web site. Quick Start is meant to speed up ordering by compiling a personalised shopping list. Chilled and frozen food distributor Peter's Food Service has agreed to purchase Glanbia Food Service for an undisclosed sum. EPoS suppliers News Slave Computers and CTN Systems have joined WHSmith News' Connect2U venture, boosting the number of newsagents and CTNs using its online service to manage newspaper and magazine sales. Tesco and developer Sylfaen are buying a 100,000 sq ft plot in Merthyr Tydfil. Tesco aims to build a new superstore on the site. Colchester based Today's wholesaler ACWard has attracted five more stores to its new symbol group Express. The additions will take the Express portfolio to 15 stores. Over £26m worth of EU processing and marketing grants have been pumped into the Welsh agri-food sector since autumn 2001, revealed the Welsh Development Agency. Successful companies include South Caernarfon Creameries, which has just won a contract to supply M&S's Welsh estate with liquid milk. Uniq said operating profits continued to recover in the first quarter of 2002. However, sales were "marginally down" on the same period last year. Analysts said Nestlé and Dairy Crest were the most likely buyers for Uniq's branded yogurts and spreads businesses respectively. Friends of The Earth claims retailers including M&S and the Co-operative Group have backed its pledge to phase out risky chemicals from the products they sell. Tate & Lyle has launched a promotion on 22.5 million of its sugar packs offering free children's entry to tourist attractions. Hard discounter Lidl now has 349 stores across the UK as it continues its expansion programme. Citizen's Advice Bureaux staff will be in Asda stores between September 3 and 6 to offer customers advice in an Asda drive to raise awareness of the organisation. {{NEWS }}