TITLE

Website takes on Tesco over falling gold price

PUB. DATE
March 2011
SOURCE
Grocer;3/26/2011, Vol. 234 Issue 7998, p6
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on Internet pawnbroker monsterpriceforgold.com's promise to pay ten percent more than the price offered by British supermarket chain Tesco for gold that shoppers want to sell.
ACCESSION #
71146850

Tags: PAWNBROKERS;  TESCO PLC;  GOLD

 

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