The following articles have been tagged with "Willys":
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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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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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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Business & Money: 10 Apr 12
The threat of a toilet paper shortage looming large over Sweden on Wednesday after a labour union warned it would block deliveries from several Swedish toilet paper factories in a show of solidarity with another union group.
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Business & Money: 22 Mar 10
The Swedish Commercial Employees' Union has served notice of strike action from April 1st, covering 5,000 employees and affecting retail chains such as Ica, H&M, Ikea, Åhléns and Hemköp.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 09
Around 80 percent of the 700 school nurses interviewed by Swedish radio program Kaliber would like to impose an age limit for the purchase of energy drinks such as Red Bill, Burn and Monster.
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National: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between a wave of arson attacks in Södertälje with a US-hostile extreme left wing group.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 09
Fish products from unsustainable sources remain on sale in many Swedish retail outlets, a new report shows. "Unsustainable double standards", according to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SNCC).
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Business & Money: 9 Jul 08
Sweden's pensioners have noticed a marked increase in the price of food over the last year, a new study has shown.
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National: 31 Mar 08
23-year-old man who stole milk, threatened a woman, flashed at passers-by and tried to bite a police officer may face a six kronor ($1) fine.
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National: 27 Feb 08
A 42-year-old has been caught using a fishing line to claim multiple deposits on a single recyclable bottle. (Photo: A person doing it right).
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Society: 30 Mar 07
A woman with an unpronounceable name was appalled to find that the new name she had chosen for herself was also a slang term for the male genitalia. But now she might be stuck with it.
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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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Politics: 26 Mar 07
The Commercial Employees Union has called for a complete stoppage at 94 workplaces around the country. 6,000 employees across the country will be called out of work.
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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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Society: 13 Jul 06
If you're looking for cheap groceries, it doesn't matter which store you go to. Prices of low-price products at most supermarket chains are almost identical.
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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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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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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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National: 11 Jun 04
The cost of eating falls and Stockholmers no longer need to pay more than their west coast cousins - but Swedes are still being ripped off.
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