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Now on sale at Ikea: horse-free meatballs
National: 21 Mar 13
Swedish meatballs are once again being sold at Ikea, with the Swedish furniture giant promising customers its version of the classic Swedish dish is now free of horsemeat.
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Horsemeat lasagne sent to Stockholm's homeless
Business & Money: 20 Mar 13
Several tonnes of frozen lasagne pulled from store shelves in Sweden because it contained horsemeat will be donated to Stockholm's homeless population by Swedish food retailer Axfood.
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Swedish shops to churn horsemeat into biogas
Science & Technology: 15 Feb 13
Horsemeat-hit Swedish supermarket chain Ica has recalled so many ready-made meals that its overstuffed warehouse in southern Sweden has started sending excess food to be recycled into biogas.
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More Swedish retailers hit by horsemeat scandal
National: 13 Feb 13
Swedish supermarket chains Ica, Coop, and Axfood all confirmed on Wednesday that their lasagne products contain horsemeat, with the retailers' produce all coming from the same French chain that Findus had employed.
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Swedish schools may have served horsemeat
National: 11 Feb 13
As food safety officials hold crisis talks in Sweden, it has emerged that lasagne containing horsemeat may have been served in Swedish schools and hospitals.
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Swedish horsemeat scandal grows
National: 9 Feb 13
After Swedish company Findus' withdrawal of its frozen single-portion lasagne, food retailers Axfood, Coop and Ica have pulled ready meals from supermarkets too, for fear they may contain horsemeat.
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Organic product sales slump in Sweden
National: 9 Dec 12
After years of growth, organic product sales are either dropping or remaining constant at Swedish supermarket chains like Ica, Coop and Axfood, with dairy products taking the biggest hit.
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Salmonella scare causes major meat recall
National: 29 Jul 12
Food giant Axfood AB has been forced to recall two tonnes of pork, following test samples showing salmonella bacteria present in the meat.
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Swedes' tacos marred by grisly maggot-surprise
Society: 16 Apr 12
A Friday night taco dinner at the Lindström household in central Sweden didn't turn out as planned after hundreds of crawling brown maggots emerged from a container of canned corn.
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Cashier-free grocery store opens in Malmö
National: 9 Mar 12
Sweden's first cashier-free grocery store has opened. At Green Matmarknad in Malmö, all customers pay for their weekly shop though automatic self checkout systems.
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Sweden in sprouts recall after new EHEC scare
Science & Technology: 29 Jun 11
Swedish grocers stepped up a nationwide recall of raw sprouts after new reports that a Swedish man had been infected with the same deadly E. coli bacteria strain that has claimed dozens of lives across Europe.
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Fruit giant to dole out $200,000 over Bananas!* lawsuit
Society: 29 Nov 10
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that food giant Dole Foods must pay $200,000 (1.4 million kronor) to cover the lawyers' fees incurred by the Swedish filmmakers behind a controversial documentary criticising the company.
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Apoteket rated highest by Swedish customers
Business & Money: 29 Nov 10
Sweden's Apoteket and Systembolaget were rated highest by their customers, according to a new measurement of retail outlets gauging customer satisfaction.
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Swedish grocers demand talks with Dole over Bananas!* lawsuit
Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
Swedish grocery store chains ICA and Axfood have said they want to meet with the Swedish subsidiary of Dole Foods to discuss Dole’s attempts to ban a Swedish documentary film about the US food giant.
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Milk price hike to save dairy farmers
Business & Money: 31 Aug 09
Dairy company Milko will raise the price of milk next week by one krona ($0.14) in order to save the livelihoods of dairy farmers.
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Arla facing steep fines in competition probe
Business & Money: 26 Jun 09
Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods faces more than 7 billion kronor ($900 million) in fines if the company is found to have breached laws ensuring fair competition.
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Arla probe reveals milk monopoly plans
Business & Money: 24 Jun 09
Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods was engaged in a plan to “completely shut competing companies out of the market”, Swedish competition authorities allege.
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Lower food prices to give consumer boost
Business & Money: 23 Dec 08
Hard-pressed Swedish consumers are set to benefit from lower prices for basic food items in 2009, retailers forecast.
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Three Swedes among world's most powerful businesswomen
Society: 29 Sep 08
Three Swedish women are among Fortune magazine’s most powerful business women in the world, with SEB bank CEO Annika Falkengren coming in seventh place.
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Axfood and Coop join meat cheat scandal
Society: 12 Dec 07
ICA's supermarket rivals Axfood and Coop have both repackaged old meat in order to change the best-before date.
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ICA tops satisfaction survey
Business & Money: 10 Dec 07
Embattled supermarket chain ICA has topped a customer satisfaction survey carried out by the Swedish Quality Index.
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Swedish companies accused over Thai working conditions
Business & Money: 27 Sep 07
Swedish food companies are facing criticism for not doing enough to ensure their foreign suppliers treat their workers ethically.
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Axfood slams employers' organization for blocking wage deal
Business & Money: 27 Mar 07
Axfood has accused the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise of damaging the credibility of the current round of wage negotiations when it intervened to block a deal in the trade sector.
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Swedes give cut-price stores low marks
National: 27 Nov 06
Cut-price supermarkets such as Netto and Lidl get low marks from Swedish consumers, who prefer traditional retail giants. Customers of Apoteket and Systembolaget would like to see the back of the monopolies.
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Swedish supermarkets cash in on Ramadan
Business & Money: 17 Oct 06
The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan has boosted sales in Swedish grocery stores, with many chains reporting a surge in demand for their international products.
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SAS unveils new chief
Business & Money: 16 Oct 06
Scandinavian Airlines Systems announced on Monday the appointment of 54-year-old Swede Mats Jansson as the group's new president and chief executive officer.
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Fresh apples for sale - one year old
National: 4 May 06
Supermarket chain ICA is selling apparently fresh apples which are in fact up to a year old. A new chemical process prevents ageing but Swedish apple growers are suspicious.
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Willys brands merge as Axfoods profit stutters
Business & Money: 19 Apr 06
Grocery chain Axfood, which owns the Hemköp and Willys brands, has posted an operating profit of 226 million kronor during the first quarter of 2005, a slight fall on last year's figure.
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Coop slumps as ICA dominates Swedish grocery sector
Business & Money: 5 Jan 06
Sales in the Swedish grocery sector increased in 2005 by 2.5%, to 211 billion kronor. Coop declined, while Lidl and Netto increased their market share significantly. But ICA is still the nation's grocer.
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Swedes dissatisfied with retailers - but love ICA
Business & Money: 21 Nov 05
Swedes prefer to shop at the ICA supermarket chain, are satisfied with Apoteket, the state-run pharmacy, and think that Systembolaget has improved since last year. The best DIY store is Beijer.
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Willys penetrate Uppsala market
Business & Money: 9 Mar 05
Axfood, owners of the discount food chain Willys, are investing almost 400 million kronor in three new stores in Uppsala.
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Sweden "on the brink of deflation"
Business & Money: 3 Mar 05
With inflation hovering around 0%, Swedish bank SEB says that the rumoured supermarket price war could send the Swedish economy into deflation.
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Gunnebo under pressure from steel prices and dollar
Smörgåsbord: 8 Feb 05
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Sweden's Capio to acquire Spanish hospital group
Smörgåsbord: 2 Feb 05
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Sony Ericsson tops Sweden's handset rankings
Business & Money: 11 Jan 05
Swedes continue to support the home team and nordic neighbours Nokia in the battle for mobile handset supremacy.
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