Category - supermarkets

Polish priest in supermarket 'sell out' row

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:41:45 +0100

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.

‘Heartless’ stores in Valentine storm

agency reporter — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:12:24 +0000

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.

Supermarket war over bananas will hurt world's poor

staff writers — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:13:15 +0100

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.

Sainsbury's goes bananas over Fairtrade

staff writers — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

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.