He added that most major supermarkets, including Tesco, now stocked the meat.

But while the UK's supermarkets are stocking a much wider range, their beer sections are still devoid of information about taste.

Sales of ice cream and margarine, for example, may plummet if supermarkets do not stock them because they cannot keep them cold.

Some supermarkets and specialty stores also stock it.

More importantly, it will help persuade supermarkets to stock the products in the first place.

But now some supermarkets are stocking fresh lamb from New Zealand, and that's quite another matter.

Israeli trucks supply their settlements with food, fuel and the necessities to keep these areas running, their gardens green and their supermarkets well stocked.

Still, consumer resistance to irradiated foods has been high, and some supermarkets do not stock them.

I didn't include "ethnic" or organic-certified products, although most American supermarkets now stock them, on the grounds that they are held to a different standard than "supermarket" food.

Indeed, Carrefour failed because its supermarkets stocked too many Japanese products, rather than the high-end French foods shoppers wanted.