He received three unpalatable meals a day usually a sandwich of bread and cheese, or cold rice with canned vegetables, or soup.

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There is no way frozen or canned vegetables taste like fresh.

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Taylor Nelson Sofres, a market research firm that measures the preferences of 15, 000 shoppers, says sales of fresh vegetables were up 6.8% last year, compared with just 2.6% for canned vegetables and 1.9% for frozen.

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He drove into Shepperton, broke a window of the supermarket, and collected several cartons of canned meat and vegetables, rice, and sugar.

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It sells canned fruit and vegetables in Asia under the Del Monte brand, and one of its subsidiaries is Coca-Cola's bottling affiliate in Japan.

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While a child-sized serving of these foods may result in BPA exposure at a level of concern, the repeated servings of canned soups, pastas, vegetables, fruits that a child eats in a week, in a year, and throughout her developing years, are what drive our Cans Not Cancer campaign.

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In 1999 Johnson launched "Operation Excel, " shutting down 20 factories and selling the Weight Watchers business to better focus on foodstuffs--ketchups, condiments, sauces, canned tuna and jarred and frozen vegetables.

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And in developing nations, processing (just getting your produce washed, canned or packed before it goes to market) takes a huge toll on the amount of available fruits and vegetables.

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