retail food

collocation in English

meaningsofretailandfood

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retail
noun[U]
uk
/ˈriː.teɪl/us
/ˈriː.teɪl/
the activity of selling goods to the public, usually ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition ofretailandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Farmworkers receive only 6% of theretailfooddollar12.
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This format, which involves a yes/no response to a defined amount, more closely resembles the kinds of choices people make inretailfoodenvironments than would an open-ended question29.
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Systematic community sampling was also conducted, with specimens collected from egg farms andretailfoodoutlets.
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Separate information forretailfoodand drink sales for 1971 and 1976 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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In addition, of course, she has had a more than passing acquaintance with theretailfoodindustry ever since childhood.
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We should consider also the much wider issue of theretailfoodand pet food industry handlers and processors.
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Forretailfoodbusinesses the corresponding number is thought to be of the same order.
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Were food subsidies not now being paid theretailfoodindex would rise by something like 12 or 13 points.
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Differences between the various officialretailfoodprice indices mean that no reliable calculation of this kind can be made.
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Does it take into account the fact that there is the reference to the independently-ownedretailfoodshops?
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It was based on theirretailfoodtrade.
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No figures are available of the numbers employed isretailfooddistribution.
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The fluctuations inretailfoodcosts over the last few years have been extraordinary.
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The effect onretailfoodprices will be felt only on milk.
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However, no industry is more dependent on road transport than the wholesale andretailfooddistribution industry.
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Theretailfoodindex comprises one quarter of the costs covered by the cost of living index.
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There are about 227,000retailfoodoutlets and a great number of other shops as well.
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This meant that anyretailfoodbusinesses which, in addition to selling other foodstuffs, were licensed for the sale of milk would have been excluded.
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I am not prepared to speculate on the likely future level ofretailfoodprices.
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I agree with the conclusions that competition in theretailfoodtrade helps to keep prices down and that consumers can help by careful shopping.
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