Resources

Richard Boden
'10 ways to create a better world - don't shop at supermarkets' Available from Richard Boden c/o WyeCycle, 14 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5BZ Tel: 01233 813298. Richard was involved in setting up Wye Farmers Market and is happy to offer advice to anyone interested in setting up a farmers market.

Competition Commission
'Supermarkets' 2000 www.competition-commission .org.uk/reports/446super.htm#full
This report has many useful sections:
Chapter 12: Land and Planning Issues-12.3: Planning Policy for supermarkets-12.43 Determinations by local authorities-12.51 Local planning authorities' reasons for refusal-12.53 Appeals and called in applications
Chapter 13: Social and Environmental Issues-13.2: Recommendations from the DETR report 1998 ' The Impact of Large Foodstores on Market Towns'.

Corporate Watch
'What's wrong with Supermarkets?' 2002 Available from Corporate Watch, 16b Cherwell Street,Oxford OX4 1BG, UK Tel 01865 791 391 £1.00 + 50p post & packing or download at www.corporatewatch.org/pages/ whats_wrong_suprmkts.htm
Supermarket profiles including Tesco, J Sainsbury and Asda www.corporatewatch.org/profiles/
‘What's Wrong with Tesco?' Issue 3 1997. Available from Corporate Watch, £1.00 unwaged, £1.50 waged, £2.50 organisations.

Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)
To order CPRE publications call 020 7976 6433 (Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5.30pm).
'Campaigners' guide to local plans' April 1992, £10.00 + £1.00 post & packing
'Campaigners' guide to public inquiries and planning appeals' -This comprehensive guide provides invaluable advice and campaign tips for dealing with planning appeals and preparing and presenting evidence at public inquiries. 80pp. February 1997, £10.00 + £1.00 post & packing
'Departure applications & call-ins' -Campaign guidance to help you ask the Secretary of State to call in controversial planning applications and identify departure applications, i.e. those which contradict an agreed development plan. 20pp. February 2001, £3.00
'Responding to planning applications' - This booklet helps you use the planning system to defend your local environment against damaging development. 28pp. Revised & Reissued June 2001, free with 1st or 2nd Class stamped A5 SAE
'Sustainable local foods' - to reconnect consumers with farmers and producers. It helps to empower the public to make informed choices about the food they eat and the way it is produced and distributed; to gain recognition of the benefits of a local food economy and encourage more support for local food initiatives. 12 pp. September 2001, £3.50

Ethical Consumer
Ethical Consumer report on Supermarkets' Issue 71 June/July 2001, £3.50 (Research Supplement £3).
Available from ECRA Publishing Ltd, Freepost, NWW978A, Manchester M15 9EP Tel 0161 226 2929 e-mail: mail@ethicalconsumer.org www.ethicalconsumer.org

The Ecologist
'From Market to Hypermarket: Food Retailing in Britain' Tim Lang and Hugh Raven,The Ecologist magazine vol 24 No 4 July/August 1994 pp124-129. Available from The Ecologist, Unit 18, Chelsea Wharf, 15 Lots Road, London, SW10 0QJ Tel: 0207 351 3578 Fax: 0207 351 3617 e-mail:sally@theecologist.org www.theecologist.org

George Monbiot
'Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain' MacMillan, 2000.George Monbiot's website www.monbiot.com also has a substantial section on supermarkets.

OTDOGS
'Save green spaces from destruction by food giants: a practical guide to local action' John Beasley, 1994. Available from OTDOGS £3.40, post free. c/o John Beasley, 6 Everthorpe Rd, London, SE15 4DA. tel: 0208 693 9412..
Hugh Raven & Tim Lang, with Caroline Dumonteil,
‘Off Our Trolleys' Institute for Public Policy Research, 1995.

Sustain
'Supermarket Briefing Sheets: How to Campaign on Supermarket Developments' - Information and advice for residents, shopkeepers and community groups on tackling the process and issues involved in planning permission applications for out or edge-of-town supermarkets. 1996 £3.00
'Eating Oil: Food Supply in a Changing Climate' 2001. Includes lots of statistics on food miles and why local/regional food systems are best. £12.00 + £1.00 post & packing
'A Battle in Store: A discussion of the social impact of the major UK supermarkets' 2000, £7.50 + £1 post and packing.
Available from Sustain, 94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF Tel: 0207 837 1228 Fax: 0207 837 1141 www.sustainweb.org