All Drought articles – Page 25
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Analysis & FeaturesTen commodities to watch in 2012
Forecasters believe higher production and less speculator interest will lead to lower prices this year. Just don’t mention the weather.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood shop is 13 times cheaper than in 1862
Would you pay £234 for a bottle of gin or £149 for a pineapple? Elinor Zuke on how food prices have changed in 150 years.
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter the rise, could we see commodity prices now fall?
Commodity prices look to be heading in only one direction - upwards. But could they fall over the coming decade?
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: Droughts could mean 2012 is a precarious year for tea
Supplies of tea from Kenya, Sri Lanka and India have fluctuated – but prices have been kept down by a fortunate balancing act. Robert Miles reports
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NewsSummer rain boosts UK wheat crops, but prices remain high
Bakers are celebrating a better UK wheat harvest than last year, despite fears that dry weather would decimate the crop. The summer rain that disappointed so many holidaymakers also poured cold water on fears that the UK's springtime dry...
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: As prices rocket, will British crop help dry onion tears?
Drought in New Zealand has sent onion prices soaring. But suppliers hope they will fall again when the British crop is harvested. Julia Glotz reports
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News
Co-op boss tells how Kenya trip ‘opened his eyes’ to Fairtrade
The Co-operative Group's CEO Peter Marks has admitted he "really didn't get" Fairtrade until a recent visit to Kenya. Blogging this week on the website of the Depart-ment for International Development about his visit to a 'co-operative to...
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Analysis & FeaturesFarm Africa: Climbing Out of Poverty
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is not for the fainthearted, but for the 10 senior food and drink industry executives preparing to tackle Africa’s tallest mountain, the biggest challenge is raising the profile of FARM-Africa, an aid agency that is helping African farmers climb out of poverty. Virginia Matthews reports
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NewsFocus On Butters & Spreads: Promos butter up consumers
Soaring commodity costs caused by drought have prompted a promotional frenzy in yellow fats as retailers try to counter the impact of sharp retail price rises. Simon Mowbray reports
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News
British top fruit escapes frost largely unscathed
As vegetable and cereal growers brace themselves for a summer of potentially devastating drought, there is good news for British fruit growers, who have confounded predictions that frosts earlier this year would devastate Britain's orchard fruit...
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NewsButter price hikes loom in the wake of drought
Concerns are rising that butter prices could soon be propelled to new heights, as the drought in the UK and on the Continent sends feed prices soaring and reduces the amount of pasture land. The UK wholesale price of butter has shot up...
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NewsWheat yield hits 20-year low after dry weather
Farmers in England are reporting a significant downturn in wheat and oilseed rape yield caused by the recent drought. A survey of National Farmers Union members carried out over the past two months predicted wheat yields in 2011 would be 14% down on the average output to around 6.5 tonnes ...
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Analysis & FeaturesThe human price of cut-price flowers: an investigation by The Grocer
As the price of a supermarket bouquet drops to as little as £2.99, the environmental and social impact of the flower industry has come under scrutiny. Tristan McConnell reports on the effect of the horticultural boom on people in one of Kenya’s flower-growing hotspots
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NewsWheat prices to soar as drought deepens
The food industry is on red alert again over wheat - and this time it's wheat used in food, rather than feed, that's most at risk.
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NewsSports and energy drinks leapfrog cola in impulse
Sports and energy drinks outsold cola in impulse for the first time last year, helping the soft drinks market post its biggest annual growth in four years. S&E drinks were the fastest growing fmcg segment in 2010, rocketing 16% in...
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NewsSainsbury’s hit by Pepsi drought in cost hike row
Britvic is believed to have withheld supply of Pepsi to Sainsbury's after the retailer refused demands for a significant cost increase. Over the past two weeks, there have been shortages of the soft drink in Sainsbury's, which put up...
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NewsXmas sprout drought faces British diners
The UK could be facing a sprouts shortage in the run-up to Christmas, one of the country's growers has warned. Exceptionally hot weather earlier in the year, coupled with the present wintry conditions, had led to a "race against time" to...
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NewsWill learning to love farmers deliver stable food pricing?
As the global food market continues to change, both sides of the farm gate need to be taking collaboration more seriously. Julia Glotz reports. As rallying cries go, 'greater collaboration between the food and farming industries' may not sound like the stuff of revolution but could well be the difference ...
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Five-year plan for environmental salvation
Working with farmers, PepsiCo intends to radically reduce water use and carbon emissions by 2015, says David Wilkinson. An economically and environmentally sustainable UK farming industry is vital to a prosperous future for the food industry and increasingly important to consumers. Farmers understand the land they work better than anyone and, by regularly visiting their farms and listening to what they tell us, we are able to gain insights that allow us to work in partnership and improve both sustainability and business practices…
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NewsThe Grocer Green Issue 2010
It's the latest Green Issue of The Grocer, packed with news, comment and analysis of our industry's impact on the environment.