affordable housing see housing
anaerobic digesters 112
apples: loss of variety 51, 94
Asda: CSR publicity 77; reducing plastic use 107; square mile initiative 148; see also Walmart
Bakan (psychopathic corporation) 51
Balmore (Tesco) 68
bananas: production 126; rationed in hospitals 170; see also known value item (KVI)
Bangladesh: clothing industry 127
Bartky, S.L.: deformed desires 38
beef: food miles 91
Bisphenols 102
Blue Planet II (TV programme) 27, 33, 102, 171, 182
Booths supermarket (milk price support) 121
bottled water 93–4; see also bottle recycling
Brent Spar 33
Bristol (UK): Stokes Croft Tesco dispute 65–6
buyers (supermarket) 118
café (supermarket) see Waitrose
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) 24, 33
carbon labelling 142; see also greenhouse gases
Carrefour: entry to China 73
charity see food donations
chemicals (harmful) 58; see also exploitation
Chicago (US) food education 171
children and diet 40–1, 149, 159–63, 167, 172; see also Oliver, Jamie; school meals
Chile: avocados and water use 93
China: entry of European supermarkets 73; work conditions 128
chocolate producers 137–8, 141
coalition on corporate accountability (CORE) 54
Coles (Australia): autism provisions 146; exploitation of workers 135; fish conservation 96; food waste 111; milk price 122; see also Woolworths (Australia)
Concentration Ratio see supermarkets
Corporate Social Responsibility: common themes of supermarkets 27; increase in reporting 26
Costa Rica: fruit industry 125
cotton: environmental issues 106–7
country of origin 141
deskilling: rural employment 95; supermarkets 84
Devinney, T.M.: consumer social responsibility 34
dioxin contamination 19
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (UK) 145
Elkington, J.: Triple Bottom Line 23
environmental costs of food 20, 23
Espigoladors 116
European Union: as world regulatory centre 31–2
exploitation: of farm workers 134–7; fishing crews 136; harmful chemicals 136–7; injuries 137; trolley collectors (Australia) 135
Fairtrade 27; bananas 126; meaning of label 141
farmer’s markets: location issues 152; see also farm shops (and markets)
farm shops (and markets): environmental impact 92; food taxes 174
Fish Aggregation Devices 97
food chain contamination 19–20
food ethics 42
food justice 37
food riots 42
food waste: and plastic packaging 106
France: food waste laws 113
freegans 112
Freidman, M.: duty to make profits 50
Fresh and Easy see Tesco
Gather report: defects in CSR 34
Giffen Goods 174
Grampian Condition see planning gain
greenhouse gases 88–90; see also carbon labelling
Hampshire (UK): retail changes 25–6; see also Tesco
High Streets see independent stores
hospitals: food sales 170
Iceland supermarket: CSR rating 32; palm oil 98–9
independent stores: competition with supermarkets 7, 16, 63, 78–9, 82, 134; costs (fixed and variable) 81–2; in developing countries 80–1
Internet of Things (privacy issues) 158
Israel: citrus fruits and water use 92
Japan: Basic Law of Food 167
Kant, Immanuel: categorical moral imperative 45
Kaufland: fishing industry 96
Kimball (USA) see Walmart
kirana see India
law: hard and soft 21–2, 46–50, 55, 60
lazy foods100
Let’s Move! Campaign (Obama, 2010) 40
Lidl: energy saving 89; plastic bags 104–5; Romania CSR 153
limited liability (companies): origins of 1
Malaysia: palm oil 99
Marks & Spencer’s: energy savings 176–7; support for homeless 151
mezzanine floor loophole 70
Migros: energy saving 88; palm oil 98
military and diet 169
milk: food waste 110
misshapen produce 110–11, 115–16
Morecambe Bay cockle pickers tragedy 134–5; see also Gangmaster Bill (UK)
obesity: costs of 13, 35; diseases from 13; prevalence in UK 14
Oliver, Jamie: Rotherham school 167–8
One Stop 25, 85; see also Tesco
Orkney beef 91
Paracelsus 11
Paris (France): preservation of local retailing 64
pineapple price (Costa Rica) 125
potatoes: Romney Marsh Company 133
psychopathic corporation 51
Public Health England Report (2018) 37
public houses: decline in UK 79
Red Bull see energy drinks
Romania (Lidl and road safety) 153
Romney Marsh Potato Company see potatoes
Safeway: attempted closure in Edinburgh 76–7
Sainsbury: reducing food waste 115
Seacroft (Leeds) see Tesco
Shareholder see stakeholder
shrinkflation 164
slavery see exploitation
Slow Shopping 147
social supermarkets 114
stakeholder: duty of care to 53–5
strawberries: variety in supermarkets 94
sugar tax 174
supermarkets: Concentration Ratio 8; High Street abandonment and partial return 15–16; international expansion 17, 19; market share 7–8, 9; size and sales 9, 15; Sunday opening 15–16; supply chain dominance 17–18; see also Corporate Social Responsibility
supply chains see supermarkets
sweets at the check-out 159
Tesco: CSR 30, 178; Eat Happy Project 160–2; energy saving 89; entry to USA 75; food waste disclosure (2013) 182; fruit for children 160; Hampshire (UK) 25–6; school donations 150–1; Seacroft (Leeds) renovation 83; town planning issues 65–6, 72; wage levels 85
thrifty gene theory 12
Thurlow, Baron 51
ugly food see misshapen produce
United Nations ‘right to food’ (2015) 36
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) 36
Waitrose 49; café 75, 147–8; coffee cups 107–8; Community Matters (charity donations) 148; elderly shoppers 147; environmental CSR 103; ethical CSR 29; Hotel Chocolat dispute 131
Wales: deprivation 48; housing 48
Walmart: abandonment of Kimball 76; competition strategy 181; education of staff 83; entry to Germany 73–4; ‘family’ identity 56; supplier conditions 128, 181(Asda); wages 85–6
Whitchurch (Hampshire, UK) see Tesco
Wolverhampton (UK): supermarket planning issues 67
Woolworths (Australia): dispute with ACCC 131–2; pig production 125; scholarships 152; see also Coles (Australia)
World Food Programme (2018) 35