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You and Yours: Woolies, Whiskey and Waste

07/01/2019

Woolies, Whiskey and Waste

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Woolies, Whiskey and Waste

Woolworths ten years on, the rise of Irish whiskey and food packaging waste.

Ten years after Woolworths closed, what's happened to the vacant sites? Also why Irish whiskey is the big seller in the US at the moment - and what to do with waste food packaging.

It's ten years since the last Woolworths store closed, so we look at what happened to the vacant sites and who is using them today.

Irish whiskey is the fastest growing spirit in the world right now - and it's all to to with the Americans. So why does the US love whiskey with an extra e?

The moment you realise you are getting bumped off your flight...we talk to the passenger who had to do the walk of shame through the cabin after being told to give up her seat

New car sales are down again.....but does that mean there are bargains to be had?

And food packaging...the drive is to make it greener - but can we really do without the plastic wrap?

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