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Grocery Tracker: Food Markets’ Lag In Online Presence

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Elsewhere, a new tax is set to be levied on sugary beverages sold in restaurants and supermarkets in five more U.S. In San Francisco, Oakland and Albany, California, consumers voted to see a one-cent-per-ounce tax on all sugary beverages, joining Berkeley, California, which instated a similar tax two years ago.

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British Grocers Get A Boost From Brexit

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Premium chain and online grocer Waitrose is growing marginally faster than the market average at a rate of 5.3 India has launched a new tax regime, the Goods and Service Tax , or GST. Consumers will feel the relief as most food prices will drop under the new tax. Gazzali’s Supermarket of East Oakland is one of them.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

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HQ: Oakland, California. Online payment service. Online insurance broker. Self-employment tax payments. Tags: SMB, payments, tax prep, accounting. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. Lender for solar energy installations. Latest round: $220 million Private Equity. Source: Crunchbase.