The British Retail Consortium said part of the increase was likely to be down to shoppers making more short trips to stores, rather than a single big weekly shop.

英国零售商协会表示，增加的一部分可以通过让购物者去更近的商店购物而不是去大型的超市来缓解塑料袋的使用量。

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Whilst ordinary consumers handle COINS infrequently for short periods of time, many shop assistants and cashiers in shops, Banks and post offices handle COINS during large parts of their workday.

普通消费者一般只是偶尔短时间接触硬币，但是许多售货员，商店、银行和邮局的收银员因为工作原因却要长时间和硬币打交道。

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Spenders shop in an often uncontrolled manner, particularly when feeling low - and get a short-lived high, often followed by guilt.

经常毫无节制地购物，尤其是情绪低落时；购物后短暂的兴奋之后经常是愧疚感。

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With few mothers working, shop opening hours could be short, schools could open for only half the day (most start at 8am) and child-care assistance was superfluous.

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Scottish National Party fisheries spokesman Richard Lochhead wished the new council well - but agreed that it would be "nothing short of a worthy but glorified talking shop".

BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | First meeting for fishing summit

Food prices have fallen a real 7% since 2000 (though they are rising again with higher international commodity prices), choice has widened as some 2, 000 new products have been added to the shelves each year and most people in Britain live a short drive away from at least one large shop.

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