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Sustainable Packaging: U.K.'s Asda to remove packaging from fruit and vegetables
Fresh fruit and vegetables are being stripped of their plastic covers as part of a project that could transform the way goods are sold by one of Britain's biggest supermarket groups. In an experiment next week, Asda is to revisit the days of the 1950s greengrocer by removing all packaging from most fresh produce at two stores in northwest England. If buyers are not put off, the policy will be applied to the chain's 316 stores in the UK. The development follows The Independent's campaign against waste, which urges retailers and the public to reduce packaging, which squanders resources and swells landfill sites.
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Private-label food and beverage sales set to soar past $56 billion by 2011
Leaving behind the nondescript packaging and "generic" identity of a decade ago, private-label or store-brand food and beverage sales are soaring, according to Private Label Food and Beverages in the U.S., a new report from market research firm Packaged Facts. The report estimates 2006 sales at more than $48 billion, and projects that sales will top $56 billion by 2011.
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