Sentences with phrase «consumer groups pushed»

Numerous public interest and consumer groups pushed to have the measure passed.

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Hampton Creek's most recent agreement with Compass Group is just the latest push from the food startup, whose rise is part of a shifting of the world order for entrenched and well - established consumer packaged food companies.

Whether these negative accusations will color public opinion and affect customer shopping patterns remains to be seen, but consumer advocacy groups have been pushing a full court press against the grocery giant.

The decision is a win for the Obama administration and consumer groups, which pushed for the fiduciary rule for virtually all eight years of the former president's term.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited Alibaba Group's Xixi headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday, making a push for the Italian wines sold on the company's business - to - consumer marketplace Tmall.com.

Consumer advocacy group Choice will continue to push the government for «real change» on free range egg standards to protect shoppers from «fake» products.

Most of the reporting and the push for bans have been done by concerned parents and consumer groups.

«The petition was and continues to be a direct attempt to keep flavoured milk in school cafeterias, as federal agencies and consumer groups continue to push for lower - calorie milk and foods on school menus to combat increases in childhood obesity,» said the IDFA.

Lobbyists for environmental groups and the planet's biggest automobile manufacturers are pushing the governor and legislative leaders to give tax breaks or taxpayer - funded rebates to consumers who buy zero - emissions vehicles, such as battery electric or hydrogen cell fuel cars.

Rather than consider the vehicles a good deal, some consumers wondered whether the group was pushing «a bad product,» Schroer said.

Where were the consumer watchdog groups to jump in and help Wade when The Buy - and - Hold Machine threatened to get him fired from his job if he continued to publish groundsbreaking research on Valuation - Informed Indexing and to push for corrections in the long - discredited Old School SWR studies?

John Lawford of the Public Interest Advocacy Group, which also pushes for consumer - friendly telecom policies, said that countries like Finland and South Korea also have good networks but at lower prices than Canada's.

Consumer groups have been pushing lawmakers to act, saying cardholders need relief now.

She was also instrumental in getting farmers, restaurant owners, farmers markets, consumers and citizens together to talk about and take action around creating more local, sustainable food options in Jefferson County during a Menu for the Future community organizing push a few years ago, which served as an example for other groups in the US, with Cleveland, Ohio and Vermont replicating her efforts.

After I posted yesterday on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's push for using scannable codes to provide consumers with information on food ingredients from genetically modified crops, Ben Grossman - Cohen of the anti-poverty group Oxfam International sent a reaction that merits publication as a «Your Dot» contribution.

There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

Since it is a legitimate credit requirement of lenders that the consumer adequately insures his risks, lenders are able to push through compulsory purchase of the group policy negotiated by them, despite the practice being frowned upon or being downright banned by regulators.

From Congress, to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to groups representing lenders and consumers, measures are being pushed and debated in hopes of ending federal government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.