date:May 23, 2014
Tesco, the biggest retailer in the United Kingdom, is to remove all sweets and chocolate from its checkouts after it transpired its customers would be greatly in favour of the move. Tesco said its own research found 65% of shoppers believe removing confectionery from checkouts would be conducive to healthier choices. Similarly, some 67% of parents said that having no confectionery near the checkout would help them make healthier choices for their children.
Philip Clarke, the company's chief exe