The FT fuelled rumours this week that Scottish & Newcastle would be getting a new owner with its scoop on Monday that Diageo and SABMiller had held talks about breaking up the brewer. The drinks companies, according to the paper, had planned to bid about 710p a share for S&N, some £9bn, with Diageo buying its UK beer business and SABMiller retaining control of its international assets.
The Daily Mail was underwhelmed by Morrisons' new green and yellow brand identity, which was unveiled this week as part of the £450m makeover of the chain. "It was hailed as the great overhaul of the dowdy Morrisons image - but few would spot the difference," it reported on Wednesday.
The Daily Express broke the news thousands of begrudging dieters have been waiting to hear - that scientists are developing a food supplement that promises to keep people slim for life. Its front page splash on Monday revealed that infant formula would be boosted by hunger-suppressant leptin and said the breakthrough would help solve the country's obesity and diabetes crises.
Monday's Guardian ran an analysis into the supermarkets' ethical and environmental initiatives after claims from charity Action Aid that supermarket deals have locked suppliers into poor pay and dangerous conditions abroad. The paper reported that Indian women who process cashew nuts, for example, receive only 1% of the retail price compared with the 45% margin taken by the supermarkets.
Bernard Matthews got a roasting from the papers over the £600K payout it received following the bird flu outbreak, but The Sun put the boot in the hardest. Under the headline 'Mickey Turk!' it revealed the compensation came despite a report that showed the infected site had a leaking shed roof and holes in the turkey sheds made by rats.
The Daily Mail was underwhelmed by Morrisons' new green and yellow brand identity, which was unveiled this week as part of the £450m makeover of the chain. "It was hailed as the great overhaul of the dowdy Morrisons image - but few would spot the difference," it reported on Wednesday.
The Daily Express broke the news thousands of begrudging dieters have been waiting to hear - that scientists are developing a food supplement that promises to keep people slim for life. Its front page splash on Monday revealed that infant formula would be boosted by hunger-suppressant leptin and said the breakthrough would help solve the country's obesity and diabetes crises.
Monday's Guardian ran an analysis into the supermarkets' ethical and environmental initiatives after claims from charity Action Aid that supermarket deals have locked suppliers into poor pay and dangerous conditions abroad. The paper reported that Indian women who process cashew nuts, for example, receive only 1% of the retail price compared with the 45% margin taken by the supermarkets.
Bernard Matthews got a roasting from the papers over the £600K payout it received following the bird flu outbreak, but The Sun put the boot in the hardest. Under the headline 'Mickey Turk!' it revealed the compensation came despite a report that showed the infected site had a leaking shed roof and holes in the turkey sheds made by rats.
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