Archives for January 9, 2003

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Store design - is style more important than substance?

Supermarket operators are constantly striving to make the shopping experience as pleasurable as possible for their shoppers, a vital part of winning customer loyalty in an increasingly cutthroat business. But the look of the store is not necessarily...

Regular alcohol intake prevents heart attack - new evidence

Having a drink at least three times a week may help protect men from heart attacks, report researchers in the US in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. The observational study, which tracked the drinking habits of nearly 40,000 men over 12...

After the rumours, a bid for Safeway - from Morrisons

The future of the UK's Safeway supermarket group has often been linked to larger rival Asda, but it is in fact the smaller Morrisons group which is to become the new owner of the chain. Such a deal makes more sense, not least because Morrisons'...

FIPG outlines fire prevention for food manufacturers

The UK-based Food Industry Panels Group (FIPG), a broad consortium of trade associations in the food manufacturing, storage and distribution sectors,is set to publish its Fire Risk Minimisation Guidance.

Obesity - as harmful as smoking

Strong evidence emerges that shows obesity and being overweight in adulthood are linked to a significant decrease in life expectancy, according to new research from the United States.

NPD plant 'opens up'

A £3 million (€4.6m) pilot research facility for new food product development will be managed by Food Knowledge & Know-how (FKK) of Reading Scientific Services following a new agreement with the University of Reading.

Ping or pong - understanding the rice genome

Researchers studying rice genomes under a National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program award have identified the species' first active DNA transposons, or "jumping genes."