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Forget the campaigning celebrity chefs and the growth in farmers markets: as a nation we are hooked on convenience foods. We spent £1.6bn on ready meals last year and ate nearly half of those con...sumed in Europe. The Harvey family from Newcastle is typical of many. Its members rely on ready meals to feed their family every day, and feel they could not live any other way.
Forget the campaigning celebrity chefs and the growth in farmers markets: as a nation we are hooked on convenience foods. We spent £1.6bn on ready meals last year and ate nearly half of those con...sumed in Europe. The Harvey family from Newcastle is typical of many. Its members rely on ready meals to feed their family every day, and feel they could not live any other way.
| Series: | The Money Programme |
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| First transmission date: | 06-10-2006 |
| Published: | 2006 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:56 |
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| Producer: | Marianne Lueck |
| Contributors: | Judith Batchelar; Ian Boyce; Lorraine Boyce; Joanna Bythman; Anita Carmac; Rachel Cooke; Caroline Drummond; Max Flint; Sian Harrington; Daniel Harvey; Gail Harvey; Gaynor Johnstone |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://open2.net/money/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Diet--Great Britain; Food habits--Great Britain |
| Master spool number: | BAP042745 |
| Production number: | LSGB682X |
| Videofinder number: | 7346 |
| Available to public: | no |
