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10 Business July 2022 | World and Press Co-op to ditch use-by dates on its yoghurt to cut waste so far enlisted 40 brands, including big names such as Nestlé, Danone, and Onken. The companies involved have switched from use-by FOOD WASTE UK consumers urged to use their judgment rather than chuck away products that are safe to eat. mit Audiodatei By Zoe Wood 1 THE CO-OPis removing use-by dates from its own-brand yoghurt in an attempt to address the problem of millions of pots that are still safe to eat being wasted each year. Instead, starting next month, the Co-op’s own yoghurts will carry a best-before date, with shoppers encouraged to “use their judgment” to gauge if they are edible. About 42,000 tonnes of yoghurt – £100m worth – is thrown away in British homes each year because it is out of date, according to the food waste charity Wrap. Half are dumped in unopened packs. 2 Nick Cornwell, the Co-op’s head of food technical, said the “acidity of yoghurt acts as a natural defence. We’d encourage shoppers to use their judgment on the quality of their yoghurt if it is past the best-before date,” he said. “Yoghurt can be safe to eat if stored unopened in a fridge after the date mark shown, so we have made the move to best-before dates to help reduce food waste.” 3 The average family with children bins 244kg of food, or 580 meals, each year, with the total bill for this waste being £730. For an individual, the estimated waste figure is 69kg, which adds up to £210. This waste is bad for the planet, because about a third of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are associated with our food and drink. 4 While use-by dates are about safety, and applied to foods that go off quickly and could cause food poisoning, best-before is an indicator of quality. Food is still safe to eat after this date, but the flavour and texture may not be as good. | Photo: Pixabay 5 Use-by dates are often found on products, such as milk and yoghurt, where a best-before one might do, a practice blamed for contributing to food waste. Things are starting to change, however. Morrisons recently switched to best-before dates on its milk, encouraging customers to use the “sniff test” to judge if it is OK. 6 The “look, smell, taste, don’t waste” campaign, run by food waste app Too Good To Go, has to best-before dates on products, including milk, yoghurt, and cheese. 7 “We know that the date label on yoghurt is a fundamental reason that it is wasted at home,” said Catherine David, Wrap’s director of collaboration and change. “Applying a best-before date helps give people the confidence to use their judgment to eat beyond a best-before date and use more of the yoghurt they buy.” 8 The Co-op said the dates would start to change over next month, with the switch due to be completed by the autumn. © 2022 Guardian News and Media Ltd 0 – 1 CO-OP“"k´UÅp‘ brit. Verbrauchergenossenschaft im Einzelhandelssektor — to ditch (coll) abschaffen — use-by date Verbrauchsdatum — to urge s.o. to do “‰…dZ‘ jdn. dazu anhalten zu tun — to chuck away; s.w.u. to bin (coll) wegwerfen — to address angehen — best-before date Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum — to gauge “geIdZ‘ beurteilen — edible “"edIb´l‘ genießbar — out of date abgelaufen — to dump wegwerfen 2 – 4 food technical Lebensmitteltechnik — acidity “´"sId´ti‘ Säuregehalt — date mark Datumsangabe — greenhouse gas emissions “I"mIS´nz‘ Treibhausgasausstoß — to apply verwenden — to go off schlecht werden — food poisoning Lebensmittelvergiftung — texture “"tekstS´‘ Konsistenz 5 – 8 practice Praxis — sniff test Riechtest — to enlist gewinnen können — fundamental “Æfønd´"ment´l‘ wesentlich — collaboration “k´Ælœb´"reIS´n‘ Kooperation Starbucks has Romans in a flappuccino BUSINESS The US coffee giant has opened its first branch in Rome. By Tom Kington 1 THE HOMEof real cappuccinos and espressos has finally fallen: Starbucks, the high-street coffee giant with 34,000 outlets worldwide, has opened its first branch in Rome. The doors opened on Tuesday at Castel Romano on the edge of the eternal city, where Starbucks promised its huge range of coffees, “including the classic Frappuccino, as well as the chance to relax in comfortable chairs with free wifi”. 2 Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks, may have got the idea to launch the chain in 1983 while sipping an espresso in Milan, but the chain has been slow to enter the Italian market, perhaps because of the country’s habit of knocking back a ¤1 espresso while standing at a counter, rather than sitting down to consume large amounts of highpriced Hazelnut Bianco Latte. 3 That has changed in recent years, however. Starbucks opened a gourmet branch with its own roaster in 2018 in Milan and has opened 16 more outlets since then. “Despite initial fears, Starbucks is now much appreciated by Italians,” a spokeswoman said. 4 Apart from one branch outside Florence and now Rome, the other outlets are all in northern Italy with six in Milan, where busy office workers appear to have adopted The Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Milan, Italy. | Photo: Babak/Unsplash the un-Italian practice of rushing to work clutching a large beaker of Starbucks coffee. The Rome opening is the farthest south the chain has ventured, ever closer to Naples where espresso-loving locals may still be reluctant to order an iced honey almond milk flat white. “There are no plans to open in Naples right now,” the spokeswoman said. 5 Starbucks’ inexorable expansion in Italy comes as purists lobby to get the ritual of traditional, stand-up espresso chugging placed on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list alongside pizzas and truffle hunting. 6 One activist who has lobbied for the listing said Starbucks was a welcome presence in Rome. “These are two experiences that can co-exist,” said Sergio Paolantoni, head of the Rome chapter of the retail lobby group Fipe Confcommercio. “You can have a Frappuccino in the morning, then later go to your local cafe and have a good espresso.” © The Times, London/News Licensing This article originally appeared in The Times, London. 0 – 1 ROMANEinwohner(in) Roms — flappuccino vgl. to be in a flap (coll) in heller Aufregung sein; Frappuccino Eiskaffee — outlet Filiale — the eternal city “I"t‰…n´l‘ die Ewige Stadt — wifi “"waIÆfaI‘ WLAN 2 – 3 founder Gründer(in) — to sip trinken — Milan “mI"lœn‘ Mailand — to knock back (coll) hinunterkippen — bianco latte weißer Milchkaffee — roaster Rösterei — spokeswoman Sprecherin 4 practice Gewohnheit — clutching … mit … in der Hand (to c. festhalten) — beaker Becher — to venture “"ventS´‘ s. vorwagen — Naples “"neIp´lz‘ Neapel — to be reluctant to do “rI"løkt´nt‘ zögern zu tun — almond “"A…m´nd‘ Mandel — flat white Art Cappuccino 5 – 6 inexorable “I"neks´r´b´l‘ unaufhaltsam — to lobby s. einsetzen — stand-up espresso chugging “"tSøgIN‘ Espressotrinken im Stehen (to chug [coll] in e-m Zug trinken) — cultural heritage “"herItIdZ‘ Kulturerbe — truffle hunting Trüffelsuche — listing Aufnahme in e-e Liste — chapter Ortsverband — retail lobby group Interessenvertretung für den Einzelhandel

World and Press | July 2022 Business 11 Newspapers keep eliminating print days. They say it’s for the best. MEDIA Gannett, the U.S.’s largest newspaper chain, is cutting back on printed papers and pointing readers to e-editions. By Elahe Izadi | Photo: Roman Kraft/Unsplash 1 WHEN SHEwas a child, Sandy Auburn’s father read the comics to her; eventually, she learned to read them to him. As an adult, she developed another newsprint ritual with her husband, swapping sections of her local Ohio newspaper back and forth with him over breakfast. She especially enjoyed a recent series on Black-owned businesses in town. 2 But now the local paper is throwing a wrench into her rhythms. After more than 100 years of publication, Ohio’s ‘Akron Beacon Journal’ has stopped printing on Mondays, when it instead offers readers a digital version of the newspaper. “Your first thought is, as our aunt would have said, ‘Oh, good grief,’” Auburn said. “It’s a change, and for some of us, the paper has been a part of our lives.” 3 For more than two decades, industry sages have been predicting the death of the printed newspaper. Now, a growing number of local publishers are cutting back on their print editions, pointing to rising costs and arguing consumers will prefer the immediacy and convenience of online news. 4 Gannett, the largest chain in the country, last month eliminated one day of print per week at 136 of its newspapers, including at the ‘Beacon Journal.’ Another 50 will make the change by June, with most losing Saturday print editions. Subscribers can download digital copies of the print paper, or e-editions, on those days. And the company touted online perks, saying it was “embracing our digital future with this evolved experience.” 5 Executives insist readers will get the same quality of journalism. Amalie Nash, Gannett’s senior vice president of local news, said there are “particular pressures” on print publications, including significant print costs, inflation, and a shortage of drivers that has left one in ten delivery routes unstaffed. “Our focus is always on trying to keep as many resources as possible in our newsrooms, and so looking at the part of the business where we’re seeing declines, we have to mitigate for that and make sure that we’re doing the right strategic moves for the future of the business,” Nash said. “Our business is journalism and that’s at the core of what we do.” 6 The Gannett papers are hardly the first newspapers to head this direction. ‘The Plain Dealer’ in Cleveland scaled back to three days of home delivery years ago. McClatchy, which owns 30 newspapers around the country, announced in 2019 it would cut Saturday editions. Citing the pandemic, the ‘Tampa Bay Times’ reduced printing to just twice a week. Some newspapers have eliminated daily printed editions, including two in Arkansas and Neu! Tennessee that embarked on an iPad-giveaway experiment to help print subscribers transition. 7 And now inflation and supply chain issues are driving supply costs through the roof. In an earnings call last month, the publisher and president of the ‘Dallas Morning News,’ which still prints daily, said the company’s newsprint costs had soared to about 0 a metric ton, from 0 two years earlier. 8 In most cases, media companies are simply reacting to rising costs and a decline of print readers, said industry analyst Doug Arthur. In Gannett’s case, eliminating Saturday newspapers “likely removes the least profitable, smallest ad paper of the week.” 9 The abandonment of print has actually progressed more slowly than many anticipated, said Rick Edmonds, media business analyst for the Poynter Institute. The change at Gannett “is incremental, but I think it’s a step along the way to bigger reductions.” The fewer people who subscribe to a daily paper, the more expensive it becomes to deliver as paper routes get more and more scattered, Edmonds said. Some chains have sold their printing presses and outsourced the work to plants located farther away, which means stories have to be finished earlier in the evening, and the following day’s newspaper may not have the most up-to-date information. 10 Yet some publishing executives insist there’s still money to be made from physical papers. John Garrett, whose company Community Impact prints more than 40 free monthly local newspapers and provides daily online reporting, said the key is to produce a product that is attractive to both readers and local advertisers. He said his newsrooms are adding journalists. “Print, well done, serves a really important purpose and can be successful,” he said. 11 Gannett, which merged with the GateHouse chain in 2019, has set a goal of increasing its 1.6 million digital-only subscribers to six million by 2025. But print subscriptions still bring in significant cash, accounting for more than .2 billion in revenue compared with about 1 million for digital-only subscriptions. 12 Gannett’s newsrooms saw some layoffs after the merger and during the pandemic. By the end of 2021, the company employed 4,300 fewer people than a year prior, though it’s unclear how much of that 24 percent reduction affected journalists, and how much was because of layoffs vs. buyouts, attrition, or other causes. … 13 ‘Beacon Journal’ editor Michael Shearer has fielded calls and emails from frustrated subscribers – though he said many have expressed a version of: “We wish you weren’t doing it, but we understand.” He has written multiple columns explaining how to access reporting on Mondays, including describing how he helped a 77-year-old subscriber navigate the e-edition on her iPad. “The point I’ve tried to make is the world has changed and that we have to change with it,” he said. “We have to focus on the sustainability of our journalism and making sure that we are here to serve the community.” … © 2022 The Washington Post Das Workbook zur Lektüre! • Spielerische Übungen zu Wortschatz, Grammatik und Leseverstehen • Niveau A1 • Lehrermaterialien und Lösungen als PDF zum Download Blinker Workbook 48 Seiten, DIN A4, Softcover ¤ 6,90 [D] | ISBN 978-3-7961-1152-5 www.sprachzeitungen.de blinker Exercise 1: Questions • Page 3–8 Task Answer the questions in full sentences. | Beantworte die Fragen in ganzen Sätzen. Help Who = Wer What = Was Where = Wo / Wohin 1. Is Blinker a little cat? 2. Is Blinker happy? 3. Who gives him food? 4. Who is looking for a home? 5. Where does Blinker run? 6. Where does Blinker look? 0 – 2 TO ELIMINATE“I"lImIneIt‘ streichen — to point to verweisen auf — e-edition elektron. Ausgabe — eventually “I"ventSu´li‘ irgendwann — newsprint Zeitungspapier; h.: Zeitungs- — to swap tauschen — back and forth hin und her — to throw a wrench into s.o.’s rhythms “rentS‘ (fig) jds. Abläufe durcheinanderbringen (vgl. to throw a wrench into the works jdm. e-n Strich durch die Rechnung machen) — good grief ach du meine Güte 3 – 4 industry sage Branchenexperte(-in) — immediacy “I"mi… di´si‘ Unmittelbarkeit — subscriber Abonnent(in); s.w.u. to subscribe — to tout anpreisen — perk Vorteil — to embrace begrüßen — evolved weiterentwickelt 5 – 6 executive “Ig"zekj´tIv‘ Manager(in) — senior vice president Vorstandsmitglied — unstaffed ohne Personal — newsroom Nachrichtenredaktion — to mitigate for s.th. “"mItIgeIt‘ etw. ausgleichen — core Kern — to scale back to reduzieren auf — to cite als Grund anführen — Arkansas “"A…k´nsO…‘ — to embark on starten — giveaway Werbegeschenk — to transition umsteigen 7 – 8 supply chain issues Lieferkettenprobleme — to drive s.th. through the roof (fig) etw. in die Höhe treiben — supply costs h.: Produktionskosten — earnings call Telefon- oder Videokonferenz zu den vorgelegten Geschäftszahlen — to soar ansteigen — metric ton Tonne — smallest ad paper Zeitung mit den wenigsten Anzeigen 9 abandonment “´"bœnd´nm´nt‘ Einstellung — to progress “pr´"gres‘ voranschreiten — to anticipate “œn"tIsIpeIt‘ erwarten 7. Where does Blinker stop? — incremental “ÆInkr´"ment´l‘ schrittweise — paper route Zustellroute — scattered verstreut — printing press Druckmaschine — to outsource auslagern — plant Werk; h.: Druckerei 10 – 12 physical paper h.: Printausgabe — to serve a purpose e-n Zweck erfüllen — to merge “m‰…dZ‘ fusionieren; s.w.u. merger Fusion — subscription “s´b"skrIpS´n‘ Abonnement — to account for ausmachen — billion Milliarde — revenue “"rev´nju…‘ Einnahmen — layoff Entlassung — prior “"praI´‘ zuvor — buyout Übernahme — attrition “´"trIS´n‘ Personalabbau durch Weggang von Angestellten 13 editor Herausgeber(in) — to field s. auseinandersetzen müssen mit — column “"kÅl´m‘ Kolumne — to navigate s. zurechtfinden — sustainability “s´ÆsteIn´"bIl´ti‘ Nachhaltigkeit 8. Is the gate open? 9. Who is watering the flowers? © 2022 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG · Alle Rechte vorbehalten. 3

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