71.   Food retailers suffered from negative broker comment.

72.   Food retailers also suffered from negative comment by analysts.

73.   The project was funded by the Sainsbury food retailer.

74.   The week was not a good one for the large food retailers, which were hit by weak current consumption and disappointing results from Sainsbury and Kwiksave.

75.   It named the carrier DHL and the food retailer Sainsbury as newcomers.

76.   Other food retailers were broadly higher after the data.

77.   Other British food retailers said they were monitoring the situation carefully.

78.   Rumours of a possible tie up between the food retailers Asda and Argyll caused shares in both companies to rise.

79.   The company warned of intensifying competition among food retailers, but pointed to improved second half results.