UK: GM CROPS TO BE BANNED BY SUPERMARKETS

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Supermarkets have announced plans to ban sales of meat, eggs and dairy products from animals fed on genetically modified (GM) crops. The move is a serious setback for GM crop sales, because the supermarkets were the crops' largest remaining market. Although many supermarkets had already banned the use of GM crops in their own products, they had been willing to sell meat and dairy products from animals that had been fed on GM foods. The supermarkets are all at different stages of implementing the plan. Iceland is the most advanced following an announcement it made earlier in the year that all its livestock would be reared on GM-free meat. Asda, Marks and Spencer, Tesco and CWS/Co-op are all planning to abolish GM-fed meat as soon as possible. The decision by the supermarkets follows a recent GM-crop court victory won by Greenpeace and an NOP opinion poll, which reveals that 67% of people in the UK want a ban on GM crops being fed to animals

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Convenience Stores, Company Planning/Goals, Grocery Stores, Plant Genetics, Cases, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Product information, Grocery industry, Brief Article, Greenpeace Foundation Inc., ASDA Group Ltd., Tesco Stores Ltd., CWS Ltd.

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Whatever happened to the Asda promise? (or how Wal-Mart has brought Asda a trolley-load of troubles)

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Developments at supermarket chain Asda since its purchase by Wal-Mart in Jun 1999 are discussed. Asda's sales expansion has slowed down, and this will make it hard to meet financial goals.

Sales & consumption, Financial management, Finance, ASDA Stores Ltd.

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Image fix needed for M&S and House of Windsor

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The challenges facing the UK's long-established brands such as Marks & Spencer and the House of Windsor, or the royal family, are discussed. In both cases, there is a need to ensure that the right product is being presented and that internal communications are properly managed.

Marketing/Advertising Methods, Methods, Column, Product management

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