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Under the headline "Not such a goody bag" the Mirror was first to stick the boot in following the revelation that the £5 Anya Hindmarch bags that caused a consumer frenzy at Sainsbury's stores across the country were made in China, a country where many workers earn just 20-30p an hour, using non-Fairtrade cotton.
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The Telegraphed revealed that the government's free fruit and vegetables policy for school children was under review after an independent report found that the initiative had failed to significantly improve pupils' diets. The £77m scheme was launched three years ago but has had no lasting impact on what children were eating, according to the paper.
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Asda got a savaging at the hands of the Daily Mail this week as part of its Wage War on Packaging campaign. Asda had promised to report the findings of its "scorecards" on unnecessary waste back to suppliers, the Mail had reported (following The Grocer's story on 14 April), but two days later it featured the retailer's own-label dried apricots, which were individually wrapped. Shoppers were paying up to three quarters more for packaged fruit and vegetables, the paper also found.
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While other newspapers were extolling the virtues of a healthy bowl of cherries and pistachios, the Express had a front page splash on how regular alcohol consumption can massively increase the risk of women getting breast cancer. According to the paper, just two small glasses of wine a day can fuel a tumour.
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The FT continued on the trail of a possible buyer for Scottish & Newcastle with the news that Carlsberg had emerged as the most likely bidder for the brewer. It said the Carlsberg Foundation planned to drop its equity stake in Carlsberg from 51% to 25%, sparking suggestions that it was preparing to buy S&N.
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