Although all products are checked at the retail store before being shipped to Grapevine, there are things that fall through the cracks.

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The BRC says 95% of its members' products have been checked, including all minced beef lines used by the UK's largest supermarkets.

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Employees, products, and customers are the three essential components of a business I checked out thoroughly before deciding to purchase a distressed company.

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