Healthy eating and the UK's major food retailers: A case study in corporate social responsibility

British Food Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 838-848

  Jones, Peter ^a   Comfort, Daphne ^a   Hillier, David ^b  

^a Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Diet; Food industry; Retailers; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749375476     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700610702091     Document Type: Article

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