Archives for August 17, 2005

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Morrisons sells more stores to competitor

By  Ahmed ElAmin

Another shuffling of the deck in the competitive UK supermarket sector was announced today, as Morrisons plans to sells nine more former Safeway stores to rival Sainsbury's.

Wheat classification system aids UK exports

By  Lorraine Heller

A new, simplified wheat classification system designed to help the UK compete directly with other global wheat suppliers is bringing in results, with a breakthrough agreement that could see substantial quantities of UK grain shipped to Egypt over the...