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(Fictional news sources and topics) relevant to our industry or market you think could be
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by this article, if this article?
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industry or market accounts for each and
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article (you can relevant.
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News source Technological
Daily Times Yes Revenue
Cost of sales
Political
Topic No IT costs
Increasing use of food delivery apps Economic
Property, plant and
Social equipment (PPE)
Regulatory Inventory
Environmental
News source Technological
Financial Daily Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic No IT costs
Inflation impacting people's discretionary spending Economic
PPE
Social
Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental
News source Technological
Finance Journal Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic IT costs
No Economic
Pub closures in England at record high PPE
Social
Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental
News source Technological
Journal News Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic IT costs
No Economic
Increasing price of food as a result of recent global events, e.g., droughts PPE
impacting food crops, and the war in Ukraine Social Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental
News source Technological
European Finance News Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic IT costs
No Economic
Increasing minimum wage in Europe PPE
Social Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental
News source Technological
Ohio Times Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic IT costs
No Economic
A small independent restaurant called Food Corporation winning a local PPE
business award in a country that FoodCo doesn't operate in Social Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental
News source Technological
Sustainability Today Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic IT costs
No Economic
Increasing focus on "food miles" and the fact that a number of PPE
restaurants are looking at sourcing food more locally Social Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental
 News source Technological
Farmers Bulletin Revenue
Yes
Cost of sales
Political
Topic IT costs
No Economic
There has been a food crop issue with tomatoes in Country A, where PPE
FoodCo sources most of its tomatoes Social Inventory
Regulatory
Environmental

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