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20.12.25 - 13:12
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Christmas ads put on a diet as UK ban on TV junk food advertising bites (The Guardian)
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Gone are shots of puddings and sweets as advertisers try to market other foods to stay within rules coming into force on 5 JanuaryThe festive season is traditionally a time of national culinary overindulgence but eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that this year's crop of big-budget Christmas TV ads have been decidedly lean and sugar-free.From Tesco and Waitrose to Marks & Spencer and Asda, the UK's biggest exponents of extravagant festive food marketing have put their Christmas ads on a diet to comply with new regulations banning junk food products from appearing in TV ads before 9pm. Continue reading......
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20.12.25 - 12:48
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Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ′give food to the needy′ (The Guardian)
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Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis Dressed in red suits and backed by masked elves, a group of Santas marched into a Montreal supermarket, loaded their bags with thousands of dollars worth of groceries and disappeared into the night.The bandit Santas later released a statement saying the food would be distributed to the needy, and saying the Robin Hood-style stunt was intended to highlight the spiralling cost of living crisis that has pushed basic necessities increasingly out of reach for ordinary Canadians. Continue reading......
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20.12.25 - 12:48
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′Borrowed time′: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis (The Guardian)
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Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerableHow climate breakdown is putting the world's food in peril – in maps and chartsThe destruction of food supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the climate crisis, with losses expected to surge, an analysis has concluded.Researchers said the world was lucky to have so far avoided a major shock and was living on borrowed time, with action needed to diversify crops and boost natural predators of pests. Continue reading......
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19.12.25 - 21:06
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Big Global Events Will Help To Spark Consumer Spending: Telsey (Bloomberg)
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Dana Telsey, CEO and Chief Research Officer at Telsey Advisory Group talks about her outlook for retail sector into 2026. She mentioned how there are many big global events in 2026 like the Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and America 250, that could drive consumer interest and spending. She joined the conversation on "Bloomberg Markets" with Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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19.12.25 - 16:09
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Neue Lebensmittel: Ist doch eigentlich wurscht! (Sueddeutsche)
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Veggie-Wurst, Seitan-Schnitzel oder Hafermilch, erbittert wird in der Politik darüber gestritten, wie Lebensmittel heißen dürfen oder auch nicht. Um die Sache geht es dabei längst nicht mehr. Haben wir wirklich keine wichtigeren Sorgen?...
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19.12.25 - 13:18
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ROUNDUP: Nike kämpft mit geplanter Kehrtwende - Aktie fällt deutlich (DPA-AFX)
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Der US-Sportartikelkonzern Nike ist auf dem Weg aus seiner Krise wieder ins Straucheln gekommen. Zwar konnte der Rivale von adidas und Puma insgesamt mehr Geschäft vorweisen als von Experten gedacht. An entscheidenden Stellen hapert es aber weiterhin, im wichtigen Riesenmarkt China etwa oder bei der Marke Converse. Nike-Chef Elliott Hill, der das Unternehmen nach einigen harten Enttäuschungen wieder an die Spitze führen soll, sieht den Konzern nach dem zweiten Geschäftsquartal (Ende November) noch nicht am Ziel. Anleger zeigen sich ungeduldig und ließen die Aktie am Freitag kräftig fallen, auch weil im laufenden Quartal wieder ein Umsatzknick droht.. --- Nike verliert heute 10% an Wert..
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19.12.25 - 12:09
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Bundesrat billigt Entlastung von Pendlern und Gastronomie (DPA-AFX)
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BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Pendlerinnen und Pendler, Gastronomen und Ehrenamtler werden zum 1. Januar steuerlich entlastet. Dafür gab der Bundesrat in Berlin grünes Licht. Die Pendlerpauschale in der Steuererklärung steigt, die Mehrwertsteuer auf Speisen in Restaurants ......
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19.12.25 - 11:24
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Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide (The Guardian)
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Researchers noticed 'dramatic' changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in leadMore carbon dioxide in the environment is making food more calorific but less nutritious – and also potentially more toxic, a study has found.Sterre ter Haar, a lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and other researchers at the institution created a method to compare multiple studies on plants' responses to increased CO2 levels. The results, she said, were a shock: although crop yields increase, they become less nutrient-dense. While zinc levels in particular drop, lead levels increase. Continue reading......
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