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December 2, 2020

Supermarket and fast food chicken fuelling deforestation in Brazil

Chicken sold in Britain’s supermarkets and fast food outlets is being fattened on soya linked to deforestation and fires across a vital region of tropical woodland in Brazil, says Greenpeace.
September 8, 2020

UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025, says new report

Supermarkets could make big cuts to the amount of plastic waste they produce by focusing on just a few ‘problem products’, a new Greenpeace report has found.
January 23, 2020

Asda workers overcome latest hurdle in battle for equal pay

The mainly female employees from the shop floor are claiming equal pay for work of equal value when compared to predominantly male employees who work in Asda’s distribution centres.
May 13, 2019

Employment Tribunal hears second stage of UK’s largest equal pay claim

Workers employed by Asda will have the second stage of their equal pay claim heard by the Employment Tribunal in Manchester beginning on Monday 13 May 2019.
September 13, 2018

Morrisons facing equal pay claim worth over £1 billion

Law firm confirms it is now bringing Equal Pay claims against all of the ‘big four’ supermarkets after launching a claim against Morrisons.
May 9, 2018

NEF says 2,500 supply-chain jobs at risk in Sainsbury’s-Asda merger

Up to 2,500 jobs in super market supply chains could be at risk in the wake of the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda, analysis by the New Economics Foundation has found.
February 10, 2018

IFAN repsonds to the ASDA, Trussell Trust and FareShare announcement

The Independent Food Aid Network says it is deeply disappointed by the partnership announced between the ASDA, the Trussell Trust, and FareShare.
December 6, 2007

Poverty pay shames Primark, Tesco and Asda

Workers are still paid only 5p an hour for 80-hour weeks producing clothes for leading UK retailers Primark, Tesco and Asda in Bangladesh, says a charity. This is despite the publication a year ago of a report which exposed their 'sweatshops'.
May 3, 2007

Supermarket war over bananas will hurt world's poor

Fairtrade campaigners have expressed their alarm at the announcement by Asda Wal-Mart that it has slashed the price of loose bananas by approximately 17p per kilogram (kg) to 68p per kg.