Illustrating some of the pitfalls in greening British business today, the Guardian has a lengthy article talking about how although Jamie Oliver has gotten junk food out of schools, the students are, shock, just going across the street for their packets of crisps. Not only this, but vending machine companies are actively boycotting the schools because they're losing so much money on the deal. (Hold fast fellas, the free market will take care of this.) Another problem is coming from Tesco: crisp company Tyrell's promised they would only sell their luxy crisps to Waitrose and indie stockists, but Tesco is stocking them anyhow and ignoring Tyrell's polite requests to the contrary. According to Tyrells “nobody is going to pull them up for their behaviour because they will get delisted as a supplier”. Eesh. [GT]
Pay more or we quit, canteen operators to tell schools as vending machine purge hits profits
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