All Daily Bread articles – Page 70
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Comment & Opinion
Will ditching the dates help Tesco hit its food waste targets?
It’s the latest in a series of initiatives by the supermarket to cut food waste, which has also seen the launch of its Perfectly Imperfect range of wonky veg, and donating surplus food to charity via Community Food Connection
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Ocado ends with a lot of zeroes now
The online supermarket is now worth more than Marks & Spencer’s and deserves to be considered among the UK’s greatest technology companies
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Comment & Opinion
Morrisons announcement should prove a tipping point on food waste
Morrisons’ move is another, potentially big, step in the right direction, but there is still much to be done to get the industry fully working together on food waste
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UK legislation is lagging behind when it comes to transfats
The WHO estimates transfat consumption is responsible for more than 500,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease every year, so why isn’t the food industry – and the government – taking more action?
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Low alcohol, alcohol-free, de-alcoholised: can consultation make abv labelling clearer?
The drinks industry has its knickers in a right old twist over how these products are labelled and sold
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Tesco’s missed food waste targets: an honourable failure, at worst
Surely Tesco‘s failure, if you could call it that, is at the very least a transparent one, and we are still waiting for its rivals to take the next step and start reporting their food waste figures
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Fat is bad after all, says SACN. So will we see a reformulation drive?
Suppliers may have found it impossible to make a stand against the tide of medical advice on sugar, but with saturated fats there is more division among experts
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Comment & Opinion
What does the Nestlé-Starbucks deal mean for the world of coffee?
The Swiss food giant has agreed to pay $7.15bn in cash for a perpetual licence to market Starbucks’ consumer and foodservice products outside of the coffee chain’s stores
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Can Peas Please’s generic veg campaign win funding? And will it work?
The timing of the launch could not be more opportune after Defra released its Family Food Survey, which found consumers were purchasing fewer fresh green vegetables in 2016/17 than in 2013
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Comment & Opinion
As suppliers face Sainsbury’s-Asda squeeze, who can help them?
Suppliers should not expect the Groceries Code Adjudicator to be able to ride to their rescue - she is powerless to intervene
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Comment & Opinion
Minimum Unit Pricing: sensible strategy or temperance tantrum?
It’s a fiercely controversial bit of legislation – heralded by some as a pioneering move to save lives. But others see it as a sign of the temperance lobby’s steady creep towards power …
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How scared should suppliers be about the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger?
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said that Sainsbury’s had “good supplier relations and supported British producers extensively” but that hasn’t stopped the NFU from expressing its concerns vociferously …
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Our petition has passed 10,000 signatures – let’s keep food waste on the agenda
Let’s not stop there. Quite rightly the plastic plague on our oceans has now shot up the political agenda, but food waste remains an issue in urgent need of attention, too
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Comment & Opinion
Get real, government – leaving the customs union would be disastrous for food & drink
The government’s decision to leave both the single market and the customs union is an idealistic vision of future trade growth in developing countries that might not even happen
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Comment & Opinion
Does CAMRA’s narrowing lens herald its own demise?
A two-year consultation into its future, rife with hand-wringing and soul-searching, has come to a close with the decision not to widen its remit to include all beer and cider drinkers
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Comment & Opinion
As takeover gets go-ahead, Co-op will need swift success to satisfy Nisa members
The Co-op will have to quickly get to grips with dealing with thousands of individual and fiercely independent business owners
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Comment & Opinion
The biggest food & drink trends and launches from William Reed’s NEC shows
For those who couldn’t make it, here are some of the key trends and standout innovations from the biennial event …
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Scottish sell-off is a landmark moment for First Milk
The dairy co-op said yesterday it was placing its Arran and Campbeltown creameries for sale
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Will the government dance to Jamie and Hugh’s anti-obesity tune?
Oliver is said to have already met the prime mnister and senior ministers to discuss measures that could be brought in as part of an obesity pan
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Comment & Opinion
Wetherspoon’s social withdrawal may prompt brands to rethink their strategies
’The way most companies run social media is a total waste of time and money’, says one guru, but what to make of JDW’s bold announcement?