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Sainsburys has been all over the news because of the, frankly, mad rush by shoppers to get their hands on a new designer shopping bag at £5-a-pop.

Apparently people have been queueing up outside stores from the early hours to get their hands on the limited supplies of this “must-have” accessory by designer Anya Hindmarch. And not just the bonkers fashionistas in London either, it’s even been happening here in leafy Shropshire it would seem.

What we at OF&G can’t understand is quite why. Especially when they could be lugging the weekly shop home in one of our very own stylish jute bags!

(Thanks to our Quality Systems Administrator, Simon, for agreeing to be in the cheesy photo)

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Can you do better than this one our snap-happy PR guy got on a trip to Attingham Park, Shrewsbury? Probably…

Scientists believe they’ve come up with a way of testing whether food is really organic.
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Welcome to the OF&G weblog. We’ve always embraced technology and have our website at the core of our work. But websites are a bit rigid and don’t allow much in the way of dialogue - and let’s face it, when it comes to organics there’s plenty of “dialogue” to be had!
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