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The top issues in today's UK national press:

  • Meat price surge fuels fears of food inflation
  • Tesco in Asian bid
  • Burger King in sale talks with fund

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Financial Times Page
FTSE 100 groups sign up to new SABMiller analyst data service 1
Meat price surge fuels fears of food inflation 15
Lombard column: Waiting game - potential purchase of Carrefour stores in Asia by Tesco 16
Lombard column: Vuma doom - comment on SABMiller analyst tool 16
India adds sauce to Heinz revenue 19
Couche-Tard raises Casey's bid 19
Burger King in sale talks with fund 21
Tesco among pack of 10 bidders for Carrefour's SE Asian stores 21
Meat industry caught in a two-speed recovery 30
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The Times Page
Business Need to Know: Alliance Boots to hive off £300m of pension liabilities 36
Burger King close to private equity sale as fast-food chains whet appetites 37
Business commentary: Burger King fare still challenges the palate 39
Tesco in Asian bid 41
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The Daily Telegraph Page
Tesco enters race for Asian shops of rival Carrefour (Business) 1
Compass goes to court over ketchup (Business) 1
Russian fertiliser producers raise price after BHP Billiton bid (Business) 3
Burger King in 'advanced talks' over sale (Business) 3
£1 a minute to eat at top restaurants 8
Family meal replaced by two dinners 9
Lean times mean more mince on the table 11
Long-haul Polos save a mint 11
Champagne bottles slim down to save the planet 14
Drink and smoke more to boost tax 14
Police raid home of L'Oreal heiress 14
Obituary: Gretel Beer, refugee who became an authority on Austrian cooking and wrote successful books on food and travel 27
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The Guardian Page
Study casts doubt on sugar as pain relief for newborns 7
Go slow: The sous-vide method can cook a perfect steak in a mere eight hours (G2) 15
How to make the perfect pesto (G2) 16
Tesco bids to increase dominance of Thai market with basket of Carrefour stores 26
Burger King's shares sizzle as rumours abound of private equity takeover bids 28
FTSE froths with fishy tales of sales and salmon 30
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The Independent Page
Tesco's US operation accused of bullying staff 25
Business diary: Whole Foods in Solihull slip up 35
China threatens to launch inquiry into BHP's £26bn PotashCorp bid 36
Tesco bids for the Asian assets of Carrefour 38
Private equity set to feast on Burger King 38
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Daily Mail Page
The pound shop Polo that went all round the world - Mints on sale near Nestlé's factory in York had travelled 7,300 miles 5
The berry healthiest - How organic strawberries 'are more nutritious' 7
Fish oil 'could save 10,000 lives a year' 19
As Heinz dares to tamper with the recipe of a sacred condiment...Why DO we Brits go all gooey over Salad Cream? 24
The healthy heart diet - more fruit and veg with a dash of smoked salmon 32
How the family meal has now split in two 38
Tesco bids for Carrefour's Asian stores 75
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Daily Mirror Page
Off the menu - None of TV chef Gordon Ramsay's restaurants made the top 10 in the latest edition of Harden's London Restaurants 6
Drink tall to stay upright 27
Asda price goes mobile 51
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The Sun Page
When it comes to selling your product - Old is the new new 26
Eating nuts and liver rich in antioxidant selenium could cut the risk of bladder cancer by 40 per cent 30
A third of people skip breakfast because they don't have time for a meal before they work 35
Robbie Williams is loving Tesco instead 48
Sales at convenience store giant Spar were up by 3.1% 48
US fast food giant Burger King could be sold, it emerged yesterday 48
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Daily Express Page
Shelf-life food 'solution' 15
Our taste for mince threatens beef farms 19
How stress can pile on pounds 22
Morning fry-up under threat as one in three skip breakfast 31
Online deals are saving Britons over £500 a year 35
Cost of living index: Family of four average weekly costs down 0.14% on last year 35
Break your bad eating habits 46
Tesco looks at growth in East 68
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