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  • 3 Feb 2011
    Tories, Labour and Lib Dems accused of being 'supermarket parties'

    Greens in Scotland have criticised the vote by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MSPs to block a proposed tax on large retailers.

  • 11 Mar 2010
    Tesco faces legal action over 'West Bank' produce

    Human rights campaigners in Swansea are seeking the prosecution of Tesco stores for their trade in produce from Israeli settlements in Palestine. They accuse the company of misleading shoppers.

  • 20 Jan 2010
    Fight supermarket power

    Given their substantial shareholdings in Tesco and other supermarkets, the Church Commissioner's probably won't be there.

  • 17 Jul 2008
    Polish priest in supermarket 'sell out' row

    A Polish priest has defended his decision to allow his parish to be used to advertise and recruit staff for a new Tesco hypermarket, despite previous church criticisms of the UK retail giant.

  • 14 Feb 2008
    ‘Heartless’ stores in Valentine storm

    Supermarkets today are being branded “heartless” over exploiting overseas workers who face poor wages, health problems and job insecurity supplying flowers sold as Valentine’s Day gifts in Britain. The accusation comes from War on Want.

  • 3 May 2007
    Supermarket war over bananas will hurt world's poor

    Fairtrade campaigners have expressed their alarm at the announcement by Asda Wal-Mart that it has slashed the price of loose bananas by approximately 17p per kilogram (kg) to 68p per kg.

  • 12 Dec 2006
    Sainsbury's goes bananas over Fairtrade

    The Fairtrade Foundation has confirmed that today's announcement by supermarket chain Sainsbury's that all its banana supplies will be Fairtrade certified, is the biggest ever commitment to date by a single company anywhere in the world.