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      <title>Positive feedback on donated lasagne</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Positive-feedback-on-donated-lasagne/</link>
      <description>St Clara Church is distributing five tonnes of lasagne containing horsemeat to people in need in Stockholm. There was a very positive reception for this initiative among the people receiving the food, volunteers from the Church, internally and in the media. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Axfood donates withdrawn lasagne to St Clara Church</title>
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      <description>The lasagne that Axfood withdrew when it was shown to contain horsemeat is now being distributed among people in need in Stockholm by St Clara Church. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Garant reward ecological initiatives</title>
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      <description>Three companies have been nominated for the Garant Ekostjärna of The Year. The nominees are milk producer Sju gårdar, meat producer, restaurant and hotel Ängavallen and meat producer Gröna gårdar. The prize was founded by the Axfood's private label Garant and the winner will be chosen on the Eco Gala.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Notice of Annual General Meeting of Axfood</title>
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      <description>The shareholders of Axfood AB are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 March 2013. Location: Cirkus, Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, Stockholm. Registration will open at 4 p.m. As stated in the AGM notice, the Board of Directors proposes a dividend of SEK 12.00 per share and 18 March 2013 as the record date for payment of the dividend. The AGM notice is ava...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Willys+ gives you an even better deal</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Willys-gives-you-an-even-better-deal/</link>
      <description>Willys has launched what it calls Willys+. When you become a Willys+ customer, you’ll receive lots of great offers on products at Willys and Willys Hemma shops every week. This information tells you about Willys+ and how to become a Willys+ customer. If you have any questions, ask a member of staff in your shop or call our customer service centre on 0771- 71 70 00. Why should I become a Willys+...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Axfood ABs Interim Report webcast and conference call</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Axfood-ABs-Interim-Report-web-cast-and-conference-call/</link>
      <description>Axfood AB will publish its year-end report for 2012 on Thursday 7 February. In conjunction to the report Axfood will hold a webcast and conference call for media and the capital market. CEO Anders Strålman and CFO Karin Hygrell-Jonsson will present and comment the report. After the presentation there will be time for questions. Observe that the time is 09.15 a.m. CET. Time: Thursday 7 February,...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mobile payment coming to Willys and Hemköp stores</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Mobile-payment-coming-to-Willys-and-Hemkop-stores/</link>
      <description>Axfood has entered into an agreement with Seamless for introduction of SeQR Pay mobile payment at Hemköp, Willys and PrisXtra stores. Rollout of the new service will begin during the autumn. SeQR Pay has been tested during the summer and early autumn at Hemköp stores in Stockholm. "The system worked without problems during the trial phase, with a positive response from both customers and checko...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interim Report web cast and conference call</title>
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      <description>Axfood ABs Interim Report web cast and conference call Axfood AB will publish its interim report for the period January-October 2012 on Tuesday 23 October. In conjunction to the report Axfood will hold a web cast and conference call for the Media and the Capital Market. CEO Anders Strålman and CFO Karin Hygrell-Jonsson will present and comment the report. After the presentation there will be ti...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>President and CEO Anders Strålman comments on the interim report for January-June 2012</title>
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      <description>Once again Axfood delivered a solid profit and favourable sales performance. Good store operations, a larger number of customers and continued high efficiency and cost control have contributed to the profitable growth. Favourable earnings for all units Willys posted good sales with continued strong earnings. The operating margin of 4.4% is well in line with the target of 4% over time. To defend...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interim report and conference call</title>
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      <description>Axfood AB will publish its interim report for the period January-June 2012 on Monday, July 16. In conjunction to the report Axfood would like to invite the Media and the Capital Market to a teleconference. CEO Anders Strålman and CFO Karin Hygrell-Jonsson will present and comment the report. Time: Monday July 16, at 02.00 p.m. CET. To participate, call: UK: + 44 203 043 24 36 SE: + 46 8 505 598...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Interim report and conference call</title>
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      <description>Axfood AB will publish its interim report for the period January-June 2012 on Monday, July 16. In conjunction to the report Axfood would like to invite the Media and the Capital Market to a teleconference. CEO Anders Strålman and CFO Karin Hygrell-Jonsson will present and comment the report. Time: Monday July 16, at 02.00 p.m. CET. To participate, call: UK: + 44 203 043 24 36 SE: + 46 8 505 598...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Award-winning diversity work</title>
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      <description>Axfood’s Head of HR Louise Ring won the award for Diversity Work of the Year at the Competence Gala organised by Swedish business magazine Chef.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Axfood is nominated for this year’s Diversity Award</title>
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      <description>Each year, Swedish business magazine Chef issues awards to managers and companies that have excelled in the fields of Leadership, Diversity and Health. Axfood is one of the companies nominated in the Diversity category.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Support for My Big Day</title>
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      <description>Axfood has a Christmas tradition to support the organization My Big Day each year. My Big Day helps seriously ill children to have their dreams fulfilled.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>High marks for sustainable palm oil </title>
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      <description>Axfood received high marks in a new international report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on the consumption of sustainable palm oil. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Own organic milk </title>
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      <description>Organic milk is launched under our private label Garant Eko. The milk will be sold primarily at Willys, Hemköp and Tempo. There will only be a very small price difference between Garant’s organic milk and conventional milk. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Own organic milk </title>
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      <description>Organic milk is launched under our private label Garant Eko. The milk will be sold primarily at Willys, Hemköp and Tempo. There will only be a very small price difference between Garant’s organic milk and conventional milk. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Support for Save the Children’s work to combat discrimination in sport </title>
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      <description>The project “I want to join in” tackles the issue of discrimination and assault in sport for children and young people in Sweden.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Awards for financial communication </title>
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      <description>Axfood has been named the best company on the Stockholm Stock Exchange for financial information online and the large company with the best interim report. The Swedish Shareholders’ Association and financial consultants Kanton issued the awards as part of the ‘Listed Company of the Year’ competition. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Snabbgross launches online shopping </title>
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      <description>Axfood Snabbgross has launched online shopping from Malmö in the south of Sweden to Luleå in the north. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dagab receives two environmental awards </title>
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      <description>Axfood’s logistics company Dagab has received two environmental awards on the same day. The ‘Climate Comet of the Year’ award recognises Dagab’s environmental work on transport. On top of that, Dagab has also won Haninge Municipality’s annual eco-award. 

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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Humitarian crisis in the Ivory Coast</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Humitarian-crisis-in-the-Ivory-Coast/</link>
      <description>Axfood support Save the Children´s work in the Ivory Coast. Half a million children has been forced to flee their homes since the conflict in Ivory Coast intensified in November last year. Many children are separated from their families and at risk of abuse and exploitation.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hemköp to open a new store in central Stockholm</title>
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      <description>Hemköp is launching another store in central Stockholm. During spring 2012, a brand new store of around 1,500 m² will open on Birger Jarlsgatan in Stockholm, with an emphasis on delicatessen products, fresh produce and ready-meals. The people of Norrmalm will be able to enjoy good value at a quality store.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Garant has a new website </title>
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      <description>Axfood’s private label Garant has a new website where it welcomes comments on its products. The discussions about the assortment and suggestions for new products have been moved to Facebook.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Support for children in Ivory Coast</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Support-for-children-in-Ivory-Coast/</link>
      <description>Axfood supports the work of Save the Children in conflict-hit Ivory Coast. The country is facing civil war, so money that used to go into education is now being channelled into disaster relief. </description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Willys helps customers to make sustainable choices</title>
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      <description>The Enkla Vägen (Easy Way) label marked the first step in making it simpler for consumers to make sustainable choices. Now Willys is taking things further with new environmental guides on the shelf edges. </description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wind turbines working on Dagab’s roof</title>
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      <description>The wind turbines that Dagab has installed on its two largest warehouses, located in Backa in Gothenburg and in Jordbro, are now operational. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Member of new climate network</title>
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      <description>Axfood is one of the initiators of the Haga Initiative climate network. The network aims to reduce business sector emissions, bring climate change into focus and act as an inspiration for companies to take proactive climate responsibility. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Willys has the best fish counter</title>
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      <description>Willys is the safest place to shop for fish since it sells no red-listed fish at all, according to this year’s survey of supermarket fish counters by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Diversity Charter initiator</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Diversity-Charter-initiator/</link>
      <description>Axfood is one of the initiators of Diversity Charter Sweden, a business network for sharing information and experiences relating to diversity. The network will promote successful and profitable diversity initiatives.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Campaign for Save the Children </title>
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      <description>the autumn Axfood’s own brand, Garant Ekologiska, organised a campaign in which SEK 1 per sold item was donated to Save the Children. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ramadan trade sets new record </title>
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      <description>Ramadan is making an increasing impression on Willys’ sales figures. During this year’s Islamic month of fasting, sales of Ramadan products were up around 33 percent on last year.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Best at female representation on the board</title>
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      <description>Axfood is the best in its class when it comes to female representation on the board. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Business benefits and climate benefits go hand in hand</title>
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      <description>The BLICC report for 2010 is out. The companies of BLICC have reduced their emissions and plan to reduce emissions by at least 30 percent by 2020. Business benefits and climate benefits go hand in hand.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cheapest bag of organic groceries</title>
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      <description>Willys offers its customers Sweden's cheapest bag of organic groceries. Green doesn't have to mean expensive! Willys' business concept has long been to offer Sweden's cheapest bag of groceries. This concept is now being expanded to also include organic products. To make sure that Willys lives up to this promise, we continuously compare the prices of some 300 organic products with our competitor...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Career paths within Axfood </title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Career-paths-within-Axfood-/</link>
      <description>At Axfood our core values act as a guide in everything we do, with each individual core value focused on key areas for the stores and the staff. One of Axfood’s core values is You are important, which emphasises how crucial our employees are in making the business work. One aspect of the core value is the way all employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their own development within the group and Esther Lundkvist is one of those who has done just that. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Axfood joins organisation for sustainable palm oil production</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Axfood-joins-organisation-for-sustainable-palm-oil-production/</link>
      <description>Since we use palm oil in a number of our private label products, last autumn saw Axfood apply for membership of the RSPO, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. The RSPO works to ensure that palm oil is produced in a more sustainable way. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hemköp reached its target of 300,000 loyalty cards </title>
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      <description>Just over 300,000 customers have chosen to take up Hemköp’s loyalty card. Hemköp thus achieved its target for cardholding customers in 2009.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Axfood supports the work of Save the Children in Haiti</title>
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      <description>Axfood is donating money to Save the Children to help the children of Haiti. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hi Kristin Andersson, environmental coordinator at Hemköp</title>
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      <description>Hi there Kristin Andersson, environmental coordinator at Hemköp. How are you tackling environmental issues within Hemköp? “Concrete activities that we’re involved in right now at Hemköp’s stores include reviewing electricity consumption and dealing with shrinkage, waste management and deliveries. Since these are priorities from both an environment and a cost perspective, we are placing great em...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Environmental coordinators boost Axfood’s environmental profile</title>
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      <description>The investment in environmental coordinators within Axfood’s companies is strengthening the group’s environmental profile. Expert environmental knowledge within the companies makes work on environmental issues run more smoothly. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Alcohol ignition locks required on Dagab’s trucks</title>
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      <description>The work of installing alcohol ignition locks on Dagab’s 120 or so trucks is almost finished. “All the new trucks that we buy will, of course, also have alcohol ignition locks fitted,” states transport manager Anders Endertorp.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Axfood’s Code of Conduct places demands on the critical activities of suppliers, with the key factors in the code being child labour, workers’ rights, the working environment and living conditions. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Private label products – quality at lower prices</title>
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      <description>Work on private label products is key within Axfood. The focus is on the highest possible quality at the best possible price. One of the latest launches is our own-brand bread.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ecodriving premiered at Dagab</title>
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      <description>Transportation is an important focus of Axfood’s environmental work. Dagab’s drivers are trained in ecodriving to make them more efficient drivers. The aim is to cut carbon emissions, with successful drivers rewarded.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New E-commerce Portal for Axfood Närlivs</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/New-E-commerce-Portal-for-Axfood-Narlivs/</link>
      <description>Axfood Närlivs now offers customers a new ordering channel that fully reflects its business concept “We make it easy for our customers to do good business”. The E-commerce Portal makes ordering goods simple at absolutely any time of day, and provides images of practically everything in the range. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Phasing out filament bulbs</title>
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      <description>Filament bulbs are being phased out within the EU, which is estimated to cut household electricity consumption by 10% in Sweden. Axfood’s stores sell quality low-energy bulbs at excellent prices under the Func brand.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Additives remain topical</title>
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      <description>Axfood joined forces with the Antonia Ax:son Johnson Foundation for the Environment and Servera to organise a seminar on additives. The speakers were food critic and journalist Mats-Eric Nilsson and food hygienist Marie-Louise Danielsson Tham. The aim was not to create cause for concern – instead the focus was on unnecessary additives and retailers’ responsibility to act against them.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hi there Åsa Domeij – one year with Axfood</title>
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      <description>Åsa Domeij joined Axfood as Head of Environment and Social Responsibility in spring 2008. Her job over the year has been, and remains, to strengthen Axfood’s focus on the environment and corporate social responsibility. One of Åsa’s projects was an environmental audit, which has resulted in an environmental programme. This sets out clear and comprehensible targets linked to specific measures. I...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Axfood is supporting the campaign Smoke-Free Young People, run by the national association Hem och Skola (Home and School), whose aim is to keep children and young people away from smoking. </description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Axfood launches new website</title>
      <link>http://www.axfood.se/en/About-Axfood/News/News-archive/Axfood-launches-new-website/</link>
      <description>Welcome to the new axfood.se, where you will be able to follow a constant flow of news about our business and topical issues within the industry. Interactivity is provided through a comment function and the opportunity to share information through social media.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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