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Annanova:

Militant farmers are meeting today to decide whether to step up blockades at depots belonging to Tesco.

Farmers For Action has threatened the UK's most profitable chain with the biggest mass action since the fuel protests of September, 2000, unless it agrees to begin high-level talks.

The group is angry at the prices Tesco pays farmers for produce and wants a face-to-face meeting with chief executive Sir Terry Leahy.

With Tesco saying there's no prospect of a meeting, 27 Farmers For Action co-ordinators are due to meet at a secret location in Wiltshire this evening to plan their next move.

more:  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_489681.html?menu=

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The Times:

POLICE chiefs have been told by militant farmers that they intend to step up protests against the supermarket giant Tesco from tonight unless the company agrees to negotiate over farm prices.
The grassroots Farmers For Action plans to target distribution depots and numerous stores. A hardcore of about 500 farmers aim to disrupt supplies of staple goods such as milk, bread, meat, fresh vegetables, fruit and flowers.

more:  http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002012048,00.html

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The Scotsman:

THE buying power of the major supermarkets and the effect of that on suppliers is under attack again - directly in the case of Farmers For Action, which plans to picket Tesco distribution depots throughout the UK from midnight tonight.

As an example Handley claims that Tesco is buying mild cheddar cheese from processors at £1,800 per tonne then retailing it at up to £5,800 per tonne. He quoted those figures to Terry Leahy, Tesco’s chief executive, when asking for a meeting, arguing that the company with last-year profits of £1.2 billion was putting profit before moral and ethical treatment of producers.

more:  http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/business.cfm?id=24992002