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• Waitrose turns to AI to create recipes for successful food products

  23-09-2023 17:00
  
  The supermarket has used data from menus, online cuisine and social media posts to shape its Japanese rangeUnder fake pink cherry blossom, guests sipped House of Suntory cocktails and picked at plates of chicken karaage, prawn gyoza and cauliflower tempura from a kaitenzushi-style conveyor belt … This was the London launch of Waitrose’s new Japanese range.But without knowing it, and even if you live hundreds of miles away, your food choices may have had a hand in shaping the superma
  
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• ‘Nicotine-free’ vapes sold on Amazon found to contain nicotine

  23-09-2023 09:00
  
  Guardian investigation finds six of seven tested vapes were being sold in breach of UK lawVapes sold on Amazon as “nicotine-free” have been found by a Guardian investigation to contain the highly addictive substance.The Guardian tested seven products from the online marketplace that stated on the sellers’ pages that they contained no nicotine, and six were found to contain the stimulant. It is illegal in the UK to sell vapes containing nicotine as “nicotine-free”. C
  
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• Tesco locks prices on over 1,000 ‘everyday products’

  23-09-2023 01:01 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Tesco has frozen the price of more than 1,000 ‘everyday products’ until 2024 as part of its plan to deliver better value for customers.
  The supermarket’s price lock sits alongside its recent price cuts and Aldi price match on hundreds of items.
  As part of the latest round of Low Everyday Prices, shoppers will see Typhoo one cup teabags, Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup and Fairy Original washing up liquid locked in the price for the next three months.Subscribe to Retail Gazette for f
  
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