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BBC programme (on film) containing a sequence at the Bacon Buying Department of Sainsbury's. Features the work of Ian Marsh, Deputy Head of the Bacon-Buying Department of Sainsbury's (not identified). Trainee cutting and boning bacon; buyers' meeting; need for buyers to be good negotiators; tasting - need for good palate; staffing meeting - discussion with senior manager; reference to bacon packing at Basingstoke; production meeting - occasional friction; bacon cutting room, conveyor belt, wrapping joints; buyer at work on telephone.