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NewsFears mounting over climate impact on food supplies, reports Fairtrade Foundation
Some 84% of UK consumers were concerned about the impact of climate change on food supplies, Fairtrade said
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Analysis & FeaturesFair dealing rules: are they working?
Farmers have long faced an imbalance when it comes to negotiations with processors. Will new regulations help them to fight their corners better?
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Category ReportWhy innovation is booming in the chocolate category
Can multi-sensory NPD help lure lapsed shoppers back to chocolate? And which trends will influence innovation in the year ahead?
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NewsFilippo Berio market share leaps as olive oil prices fall
Falling olive oil wholesale prices have helped Filippo Berio to grab market share, as it passed on price cuts to customers
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NewsMP Evans profits jump in first half
Profits have risen at Indonesian palm oil producer MP Evans as the London-listed group boosted the amount of crop harvested in the first half
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NewsWest Bank illegal settlement export ban will make shadow trade ‘unviable’, says NGO
Foreign secretary Ed Miliband described settlements in the Palestinian territory as ‘illegal’, while accusing Israel of pursuing a programme of ’ethnic cleansing’
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NewsABF’s sugar crisis set to deepen as Primark sales slide
ABF has warned that its sugar business’ losses may hit £170m next year, as high gas prices, a poor beet crop and “onerous contract provisions” from low European sugar prices put sustained pressure on margins
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NewsChristmas reprieve as FDF slashes food inflation estimates
Shoppers have been handed a Christmas reprieve in the ongoing cost of living crisis, as food inflation will now fall six points short of previous estimates by December
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Comment & OpinionWhen the weather stops playing by the rules
Drought, El Niño, Hormuz disruption and fertiliser costs are converging at once and relying on good weather elsewhere is not a strategy, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsDefra must do more to build resilience to food shocks: NAO
With short and long-term risks becoming ‘potentially more severe’ Defra needed to review its response planning for food supply chain risks, the NAO urged
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Comment & OpinionHas severe weather pushed UK farming resilience to its limit?
While things are clearly tough for all farmers right now, some are feeling the strain worse than others
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NewsUK food supply in ‘firing line’ as El Niño ‘supersizes’ to record highs
Up to a quarter of the UK’s food imports (worth £17bn) could be impacted by this year’s accelerating El Niño climate pattern, experts have warned
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Category ReportHow instant coffee is getting a posh makeover
Instant coffee is going posh. How is its premiumisation impacting the hot drinks category?
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NewsCalls for Cobra committee-style mechanism to oversee supply chain challenges
Industry should be at the heart of any government work to bolster resilience and food security, urged Marco Forgione, director general of the Chartered Institute of Export and International Trade
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NewsHotel Chocolat slips to loss after soaring cocoa and employment costs
Global CEO Angus Thirlwell acknowledged that margins had been ‘materially affected’ as the business absorbed the cost of volatile cocoa and other raw material prices
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NewsIllycaffè to double coffee production to meet soaring demand
Illycaffè’s growing demand is strongest in Italy and the US
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NewsCrop yields set to plummet as drought and wildfires devastate food production
In France alone, more than 40,000 hectares have been burned by a major blaze in Gironde – home to the Bordeaux wine producing region
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NewsFarmers being stonewalled by retailers over cost price increases: NFU
Food producers were often experiencing delay tactics out of a well-established ‘playbook’ over CPI increases, the NFU warned
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NewsExtreme heat affecting grain harvest, Northern Pasta Co warns
The extreme heat and dry weather are expected to have implications ‘stretching well beyond this year’s crop’
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NewsTunisian olive oil producers target UK as market stabilises
Tunisian olive exports to the UK have more than quadrupled since October