Company bans 'inhumane' sale of live lobsters

The natural foods grocery chain Whole Foods Market Inc, which has several stores in the UK, is to stop the “inhumane” sale of live lobsters and crabs.

The decision by the Austin, Texas-based grocer, which also has stores in Canada, comes after staff spent seven months studying the sale of live lobsters from ship to supermarket aisle, trying to determine whether the creatures suffered along the way.