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Asda is urging thousands of Wimbledon-bound fans to shun the overpriced strawberries on sale in the grounds.

Planet Ark has announced that Aldi is the first company to join the Carbon Reduction Label programme in Australia. By the end of this year, Aldi's everyday olive oil range will feature the Carbon Reduction Label highlighting Aldi's ongoing commitment to the environment.

In its search for a solution to the financial challenges ahead, Denmark-based Hirtshals Co-operative Dairy has approached Arla Foods with a view to merging the two companies.

The UK's Office of Fair Trading has ruled that the Co-operative Group must dispose of 126 local stores in order to complete its purchase of the Somerfield supermarket chain.

The Co-operative Group has become the first UK retailer to roll out 100% recycled PET bottles, thanks to the Silver Spring Mineral Water Co.

Tesco has been given the go-ahead to build Britain's first straw-powered Combined Heat and Power plant to meet the electricity and heating needs of its Goole Distribution Centre, according to an AFN report.

Fresh & Easy, the fledgling US venture from Tesco, has restarted its openings programme after a three-month pause to review its performance.

UK brand consultant Intangible Business has revealed a report that shows Tesco at the top of a table of "most valuable brands".

Latest figures from Tesco Stores in the UK confirm that the supermarket’s localchoice milk is shaking up the milk aisle as shoppers choose to support smaller dairy farmers in their local area.

Tesco is the world’s first supermarket group to launch a major trial of carbon labelling on its own brand products.

UK supermarket chain Tesco is making considerable moves to increase local sourcing across the country with plans under way to implement the programme in more of its 2,000 stores across the globe.

US-based Cabot Creamery Cooperative has launched Cabot Greek Style Yogurt.