1 the economic position of agri food sector quarterly analysis winter 2004 05 table contents highlights 2 uk chain 4 3 employment 5 prices 8 consumers expenditure 10 6 market concentration grocery retailing 13 7 mergers & acquisitions activity 15 industry news 17 9 organic 24 oil and energy use 27 11 international trade 30 in q3 just under million people worked this represents 14 employees a decline 0 percentage points on previous year retail were lower december compared to contrast november than 2003 drink catering services totalled 37 9bn representing 20 total data released by researchers tns taylor nelson sofres for 12 weeks january 2005 shows that tesco has extended its dominant with 29 share followed asda second place