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Articles in Oct 27, 2007, issue of Grocer

• Opinion
  by Liz Hamson
• Well-meaning but heavy-handed tactics from the Soil Association
  by Fiona McLelland
• Suppliers to go greener
  by Beth Phillips
• Carrefour scraps flag-planting strategy for more focused international growth
• Alarm over tough airfreight stance
• Brands told: give health a hard sell
  by Rachel Barnes
• Asda puts 150m [pounds sterling] into festive cuts
• Fears that Scots booze laws could limit consumer choice
  by Robyn Lewis
• Tyrrells goes into Sainsbury's—could it go into Tesco next?
• Explore global opportunities at FFB forum
• Jam boy gets Tesco deal
• Consumers spurn chocolate biscuits for healthy options
  by Sonya Hook
• Supply Something New goes abroad
• Dunnhumby scoops up all Clubcard data
• Live longer: work for Sainsbury's
• Midcounties Co-operative buys out Hazlemere Foodhall from Chalfont
  by Beth Phillips
• Mail strike holds up Warburtons ballot
• Germans want GDAs
• Local shop drive
• Blitz on plastic bags
• Somerfield seeks more forecourts
• PayPoint goes nationwide at Thresher
• Costcutter accused of double standards over ordering levy
  by Ronan Hegarty
• Irish c-stores welcome sales boost as expansion kicks off
• Irish ministers launch wage investigation
• Government pushes for more cuts to packaging
  by Bill Doult
• Web alerts members to hottest deals
• Pork Farms moves within PGI pie zone
• Lidl boosts its brand appeal
• Appleby Westward boosts local links
• Chains squeeze assets and ditch flag planting
  by Fiona McLelland
• Phone scheme ads air on TV
• Local shops loyalty card set to expand
• Trader Joe's axes foods from China
• Lidl drops plans for Lithuania, Latvia
• Italian pasta makers face inquiry
• Wal-Mart to take over Japanese chain
• Auchan set to open eco-friendly store
• Spar seeks to recruit retailers in China
• Owen set to retire
• FSA director for Wales
• New role for Wylie
• Saxton due to leave
• Brown joins Liberty
• Commercial director for Greencore cake division
  by Alex Beckett
• RH Amar role for Graham
• Morrisons seeks to boost its wine offer
• Livsey to head Gangmasters Authority
• Scotland Food & Drink signs McLaughlin
• Cains starts search for marketing chief
• Nijhar to deal with Spar PR. Ltd.
• We work together
• Thank God for a great store: store manager Andrew Ball has taken service at Asda's Frome branch in Somerset to a new level. Shoppers have access to affordable top-quality products and even an in-store chaplain
  by Alex Beckett
• This week a year ago the winner was …
• Weekly winners since 16 June 2007
• Price survey
  by Alex Beckett
• Availability
• Top-up shop
• Rivals feel the crunch as McVitie's takes charge: McVitie's continues to pull away from the pack this year, building on its lead in 2006 with 45% of featured promotions
  by Kay Staniland
• Share of space: weekend 21/10/2007
• Obesity—is the industry sleepwalking into a crisis? To turn around the public debate about the looming obesity crisis, the food industry needs to be more consistent and display confidence
  by Eddie Bensilum
• The Guardian
• FT
• The Daily Telegraph
• The Independent
• The Times
• Binge drinking is really no surprise: alcohol abuse is not a time bomb. It's been happening for 30 years and it'll take more than tinkering with licensing to rectify the problem
  by Kevin Hawkins
• Heinz has done well with HP Sauce
  by Steve Parfett
• What happens if you neglect substance
  by Don Williams
• We have not lost our innocence
  by Adam Balon
• Be grateful for the Chorleywood process
  by Gordon Polson
• Tesco: no, we do not flout planning rules
  by Jonathan Church
• Keep employment laws nice and simple
  by Alan Tyrrell
• Carrefour: out with the old world, in with the new: in a rare interview, Jose Luis Duran talks to Liz Hamson about the aggressive global expansion plans at the heart of its growth strategy
  by Liz Hamson
• A green light for the best of both worlds? Major research commissioned by the FSA could finally decide the GDA vs traffic lights issue
  by Richard Clarke
• Has GM's time finally come? Extreme weather caused massive crop damage this year. Some European farmers think GM could be the answer. But is the UK consumer ready to embrace 'Frankenfoods'
  by Nic Paton
• Thinking outside the box: in his first interview as the new MD of Green & Black's, Dominic Lowe tells Stefan Chomka how he's turning a niche player into a multinational brand
  by Stefan Chomka
• Deal creates ripples across wholesale: Palmer & Harvey McLane consolidated its position as the UK's biggest wholesaler last month by buying rival T&A Symonds. Beth Phillips looks at what the deal means for P&H and the rest of the wholesale sec
  by Beth Phillips
• We ask … how did the wet summer hit sales?
• Rising prices take the biscuit: cake and biscuit makers have been hit hard by rising raw material costs but they're responding to key trends, so growth prospects remain strong
  by Patrick McGuigan