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French retail giant Carrefour has started putting stickers on products that have shrunk in size but cost the same or even more to warn customers against "shrinkflation" - ahead of new contract talks that are set to begin soon. This as the government is planning to temporarily lift a ban on retailers selling fuels at below-cost, to help households struggling to cope with stubbornly high inflation.
In Lille, nothern France, the charity "Tent of Gleaners", which collects unsold produce from the Wazemmes market and redistributes it to those in need, says it has seen an increase in demand with rising inflation. "The end of the month is very difficult... you have a hard time getting by," says one person who has come to collect food. Others, meanwhile, are also encouraged by the intiative's anti-waste concept.
Coronavirus pandemic: supermarkets turn to French farmers to supply food. Down To Earth's Mairead Dundas reports.
In this special edition of People & Profit, we take a look at the future of food. In France, leading supermarkets are losing ground in the retail race. Meanwhile, in the UK, farmers are worried about their place in the global supply chain. Kate Moody asks Guy Smith, deputy president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, about the biggest challenges facing the industry. We also check out the growing trend of zero-waste food stores in Paris.
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A number of London police have stepped back from firearms duties after a fellow officer was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man, a force spokesman said Sunday. Police in Britain are not routinely armed and the small proportion who are authorised to carry guns are highly trained.
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