Tesco: British Farming Can Benefit From Imported Produce

Supporting British farmers and growers does not necessarily have to mean moving to 100 percent British on certain grocery lines.

Jun 9, 2014
Tesco

Supporting British farmers and growers does not necessarily have to mean moving to 100 percent British on certain grocery lines, Tesco’s group technical director, Tim Smith, has suggested reported The Grocer, a grocery trade publication based in West Sussex, U.K.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/fresh/british-farming-can-benefit-from-imports-says-tescos-tim-smith/357763.article

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