Supermarkets: The naked truth

The Ecologist

| 15th January 2006

The Ecologist September 2004 issue caused a sensation with its report on supermarkets: From the chemicals in a bagged salad to the destruction of local shops the report reveals all the facts the supermarkets don't want you to know...

PERMANENT GLOBAL SUMMERTIME
SALAD
APPLES
MY 'BIG WELCOME'
READY MEALS
BREAD
CHICKEN
FISH
TESCO
BEWARE THE SUPERMARKET BUYER
LIFE ON THE CHECKOUT
GHOST TOWN BRITAIN
HOW TO STOP SHOPPING IN SUPERMARKETS

A world without communities…is this a world you want? This special report on supermarkets has been built on two remarkable books: Shopped by Joanna Blythman and Not on the Label by Felicity Lawrence. We urge you to read both of them. Having read them we doubt you'll ever shop in a supermarket again. Don’t keep the truth about supermarkets to yourself – buy copies of both books for friends and family. There’s only one thing that allows supermarket bosses to sleep well at night and that’s the sound of ringing cash tills.

This article first appeared in the Ecologist September 2004

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Whole Foods failure

Chris Milton

| 1st March 2008

Only a few years ago, stories about Whole Foods Market became famous for their poetic quality, as journalists waxed lyrical about how the fresh, organic fruit in their stores was proof that you could be a successful business while remaining environmentally friendly. Last year, however, sustained questioning by consumers and regulators alike saw the shine come off the company’s glossy image.
The trouble with organics

Joanna Blythman

| 17th June 2005

Organic food is not necessarily the automatic choice for the ethical consumer
Permanent Global Summertime

Joanna Blythman

| 1st September 2004

As the supermarket doors glide open there they are – cosmetically perfect, irresistibly firm, brilliantly coloured fruit and vegetables. And yet, when you get them home, they taste of nothing. Is it the way you cooked them, or have you just selected badly? No, you’ve been conned.

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