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  1. Sour times: pickled onions enjoy revival as Britons think outside the jar
    By Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

    With sales up 12%, pickles are moving beyond traditional role as a side to become an ingredient in their own right

    theguardian.com/food/2026/sep/

    #Food #Retailindustry #UKnews #Britishfoodanddrink #Picklingfermentingandpreserving #TheGuardian #SarahMarshConsumeraffairscorrespondent

  2. Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
    By Zoe Wood

    Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by the consumer group Which?

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Fooddrinkindustry #Fish #Food #UKnews #Consumeraffairs #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #Fishingindustry #Food #TheGuardian #ZoeWood

  3. Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
    By Zoe Wood

    Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by the consumer group Which?

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Fooddrinkindustry #Fish #Food #UKnews #Consumeraffairs #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #Fishingindustry #Food #TheGuardian #ZoeWood

  4. Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
    By Zoe Wood

    Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by the consumer group Which?

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Fooddrinkindustry #Fish #Food #UKnews #Consumeraffairs #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #Fishingindustry #Food #TheGuardian #ZoeWood

  5. Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys
    By Luca Ittimani

    Coles full-year results show that despite gaining market share over past 12 months, sales fell over four weeks of ‘competitor’s collectables campaign’

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Coles #Woolworths #Supermarkets #Business #Retailindustry #Australianews #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

  6. Alarm raised over ‘privacy dilemma’ of facial recognition technology at Coles and Woolworths
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    Supermarkets say they are exploring ways to keep people safe, but experts claim the tech is ‘normalising surveillance’

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Supermarkets #Australianews #Technology #Facialrecognition #Coles #Woolworths #Business #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  7. Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it | First Dog on the Moon
    By First Dog on the Moon

    Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths promise not to abuse this technology even though facial recognition algorithms have known biases

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Coles #Woolworths #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Costoflivingcrisis #TheGuardian #FirstDogontheMoon

  8. The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it?
    By Rachel Dixon

    Peat bogs are essential to the environment, holding twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But in the UK, 80% are damaged, most of what is extracted is used in horticulture – and some campaigners fear the problem is getting worse

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Plants #Greenhousegasemissions #Climatecrisis #Food #Farming #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #Vegetables #Fruit #Gardens #Lifeandstyle #Wetlands #Soil #Compost #Environmentalactivism #TheGuardian #RachelDixon