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• How one woman’s crusade against plastic sparked a new era at Waitrose

  08-06-2019 16:00
  Catherine Conway tells how herlong campaign led last week to a supermarket trial of unpackaged goods that could change the way we buy our food
  It all started with a mouse. Catherine Conway was unpacking all her food from the supermarket into glass jars to prevent it being eaten by a mouse that had taken up residence in her home when she had an idea. “I remember very distinctly, one day, having all this packaging in my hands, thinking: why I can’t I just go to a shop and refill everyt
  
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• British ski champion and guide dog barred from Sainsbury's store

  08-06-2019 12:00
  Blind Paralympian John Dickinson-Lilley says his treatment was humiliatingA blind British ski champion has spoken of feeling shaken and humiliated after being denied access to a Sainsbury’s store with his guide dog.Paralympian John Dickinson-Lilley tried to enter the store in Holborn, central London, with his guide dog, Brett, but said he was stopped by a security guard. Related: Sainsbury's boss paid £3.9m despite collapse of Asda mergerContinue reading...
  
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• Sole traders: why there's a whiff of money in old trainers

  08-06-2019 09:20
  London’s StockX is doing a roaring trade dealing in the booming market for rare sneakers Sniffing strangers’ trainers for a living sounds like a bad job, but standing at his work station Matt Miller is inhaling a Nike Air Jordan shoe with the enthusiasm of a sommelier.Mercifully, the shoe has never been worn. Miller is getting notes of leather and suede but can probably smell money too. The sought-after Nike Jordan 1s – designed by the rapper Travis Scott - are among the most c
  
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