UK: Mintel research shows softening of slimming market
By: just-food.com | 11 January 2007
New research from market data specialists Mintel suggests that the market for slimming foods in the UK is contracting.
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New research from market data specialists Mintel suggests that the market for slimming foods in the UK is contracting.

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