Archives for September 15, 2010

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Analyst: Asda's discounting has decimated milk margins

By Elaine Watson

Asda’s margin-crushing promotional activity on liquid milk has prompted a wave of price-cutting that has contributed to “a material destruction of category profitability”, according to one City analyst.

Could broccoli and garlic prove key weapons in fight vs arthritis?

By Elaine Watson

A groundbreaking study exploring the potential of bioactive compounds in broccoli and garlic to slow or prevent the breakdown of cartilage is one of nine projects to secure a share of £4m, in the final funding round of the Diet and Health Research...