In early 2002, the Royal Ahold subsidiary, Stop & Shop Supermarkets, offered to purchase the Big V supermarket chain, which was in bankruptcy court after three successive, unsuccessful leveraged buyouts over the past ten years.
Cotterill, Ronald W.
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Identifying knowledge barriers to agroforestry adoption and co‐designing solutions to them
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Compared to monocultures, agroforestry can promote biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and climate resilience, whilst maintaining or enhancing production and profits. Despite this, uptake in temperate regions remains low. Knowledge gaps amongst land managers are a primary barrier to uptake, but little is known about which aspects of ...
Amelia S. C. Hood +7 more
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Associations between food-related concerns, food security status, and food support use: a secondary analysis of the Food and You 2: Wave 6 dataset. [PDF]
J Nutr SciTaylor N +4 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara +4 more
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Feasibility and User Experience of Immersive Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation in Patients With Stroke: Single-Arm Pretest-Posttest Pilot Study. [PDF]
JMIR Serious GamesArlati S +6 more
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Supermarket: dissident art-making against the capitalist common-sense
Martin Fowler, from the Arts Research Initiative (ARI) research group at the Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria, gives a lecture about his recent exhibition 'Supermarket', which took place at Carlisle Market Hall in April 2019 (see http ...
Fowler, Martin
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Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip +2 more
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen +3 more
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Slushies before school: exploring how nearby food outlets impact the eating behaviours of secondary students in Perth, Western Australia. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthMossenson S +6 more
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