Buying and supplying insight and analysis – Page 4
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Analysis and Features
Coronavirus: how international supply chains are coping
As this pandemic develops, stress will shift onto supply chains. So how are they responding?
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Analysis and Features
How suppliers are trying to ensure we don’t run out of food
Food producers are ramping up production and recruitment amid fears over staff shortage
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How could the coronavirus affect food and drink supplies?
While the biggest concern is undoubtedly the serious risk to public health, fears are also mounting over the potential impact on food and drink supplies
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Comment and Opinion
Unilever’s personal care review raises serious strategic questions
Established personal care brands such as Simple could be facing the axe
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Comment and Opinion
What next for Edgewell after close shave with Harry’s?
The Wilkinson Sword owner dropped its plan to buy Harry’s under threat of legal action from the FTC
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Analysis and Features
Chinese forced labour: are UK retailers doing enough to prevent it?
Should retailers be doing more to ensure forced prison labour cannot be part of their Chinese supply chains?
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Analysis and Features
Coronavirus likely to drag wheat prices as Chinese demand falls
The virus is expected to knock more than 1% off China’s GDP
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Analysis and Features
Can Nestlé’s £1.6bn investment change the face of food & drink packaging?
The Swiss giant wants a circular economy of recycled plastics
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Analysis and Features
Does cat food contain illegally caught and endangered fish?
Unsustainably caught yellowfin tuna and Atlantic mackerel among species suspected of permeating supply chains
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Comment and Opinion
Why chocolate has emerged as the biggest winner in grocery
Chocolate took the title of fastest-growing category in this year’s Top Products Survey. That’s thanks to some savvy, well-timed innovation
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Comment and Opinion
Exercise calorie labelling: another silly idea to tackle obesity
Calorie content information is helpful, but it isn’t a strong indication of whether food is healthy or not
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Comment and Opinion
Grocery has a duty to battle obesity in pets, not just people
More than 1.7 million dog owners and one million cat owners in the past year have been told their animals are too fat
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Analysis and Features
ASF crisis set to swell pork & poultry production in Europe
Despite expected growth across nearly all regions, global meat production will fall
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Comment and Opinion
‘Superbug’ study raises further questions about raw petfood
BARF diets risk exposing animals to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a University of Zurich study found
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Comment and Opinion
We need practical solutions to childhood obesity, not nonsensical snack bans
A third of British toddlers eat chips before they try carrots for the first time
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Analysis and Features
Are Unilever’s new plastic commitments as significant as they sound?
The supplier has pledged to eliminate over 100,000 tonnes of packaging by 2025. So how does this goal measure up against other firms’ commitments?
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Analysis and Features
Cultured: five global yoghurt styles you should know about
Kefir and skyr are now common in UK shopping baskets, but are there new cultures that other cultures could offer?
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Analysis and Features
Italian tomato prices up after poor weather disrupts crops
Italy is the UK’s biggest supplier of tomatoes for food processing
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Analysis and Features
Sweet potato prices soar as US supply is hit by hurricane
The price of sweet potatoes from the US has more than doubled over the past year
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Comment and Opinion
Plant-based pups: why fake meat is the latest human trend moving into petfood
US startup Wild Earth has unveiled a high-protein, meat-free dogfood made from renewably sourced fungi