The postal network has been extended, with new outlets in supermarkets and longer opening hours.
But in supermarkets and restaurants, the goods generally have a single, published price tag.
There has been some disruption to food supplies, with some people complaining about bread shortages in supermarkets.
It aims to encourage the doubling of food in supermarkets covered by ethical trading schemes by 2008.
What should investors do with their investments in supermarkets and grocers in this kind of an inflationary environment?
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Softnecks, grown mostly in the West, are what you usually find in supermarkets.
And the day after a product patent expires, copycats show up in supermarkets.
Some were found stacking shelves in supermarkets or driving taxis - and that's if they were employed at all.
The paperless operation takes up just 500 square feet in supermarkets and drugstores.
One factor behind this, some argue, is the availability of cheap alcohol in supermarkets, which they believe promotes over consumption.
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Banks are increasingly moving business out of expensive bricks-and-mortar branches to cash machines, home computers and low-cost mini-branches in supermarkets.
But Don Shenker, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, said the sale of cheap alcohol in supermarkets was a real problem.
There is a Korean language boom, Korean food is prominently displayed in supermarkets, and Korean pop music and films are all the rage.
In addition, the Environmental Working Group last week published an analysis of existing data on antibiotic-resistant bacteria contained in meat sold in supermarkets.
Yurun is best known in China as a processor of pork and meats sold in supermarkets, but also has department store and other investments.
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Mr Duran also intends to increase the range of products on offer by as much as 15% in hypermarkets and by one-tenth in supermarkets.
The restaurant industry has lobbied for the prepared foods in supermarkets and convenience stores to be included, saying they are selling essentially the same things.
Green Mountain owns the wholesale side of Tully's brand, which includes coffee in bags and single-serve packs that are sold in supermarkets and other stores.
In the U.S., steep price hikes in supermarkets have hurt volume.
So too in finance from Bankingshops, found in supermarkets, to Buy-out.
Occasionally it also cut deals to provide flu shots in supermarkets.
And comments from people I work with, they say, I have never seen so many fresh vegetables in supermarkets since the Latino community have moved here.
Some polling stations were open over the weekend or in supermarkets, while some councils have also used mobile polling statoins, electronic voting and more postal voting.
The three-month Scottish consultation, which will launch on Wednesday, is part of an SNP manifesto commitment to "seek to phase out free plastic bags in supermarkets".
Fairtrade coffee, like the organic produce sold in supermarkets, is used by retailers as a means of identifying price-insensitive consumers who will pay more, he says.
Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs committee, has argued that a minimum price for alcohol in supermarkets is the only way to tackle binge drinking.
The figures from the States of Jersey Statistics Unit showed islanders bought 6% less in supermarkets and 5% fewer non-food items, such as clothes, furniture and books.
As Andrew Hacker points out in the New York Review of Books, teenagers are a significant source of low-paid labour in supermarkets, shopping malls and fast-food franchises.
Since the Welsh Government imposed a 5p charge last year (giving the cash to charity) there's been fall of up to 96% in single use bags in supermarkets.
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