All Drought articles – Page 28
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The price of sustainability
The annual jamboree that is the CIES World Food Business Summit is usually a pretty boisterous affair. Not this year. At last week's Growth and Sustainability-themed event in Munich, it was as though someone had been told they'd got a...
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Comment & Opinion
Time to take rules on competition seriously
Susan Singleton Solicitor, principal, SingletonsSir; The recent OFT raids and pricing investigations might make supermarkets feel their sector, which arguably has delivered better value and low prices to the consumer than others,...
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Comment & Opinion
It's GM time, so why is it taking so long?
It's GM time, so why is it taking so long? Tony Combes WokingSir; The FDF is right to ask "Could GM be the solution to our global food crisis?" (The Grocer, 26 April, p24)....
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Will the panic over prices be stemmed?
World food stocks are at an all-time low. If all food production stopped today, the planet would have just 40 days' worth of food. That was the sensational claim of Professor John Beddington, the government's chief scientist, in a speech about...
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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2008 international wine survey: ...half empty?
Being a wine expert in the UK has been a cheap pastime for a decade. The price of a bottle of plonk, however, is about to rocket. Global factors such as lousy weather and bad harvests mean some international markets will no longer be able to sustain...
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Syngenta develops black watermelons
Black seedless watermelons are among the new products that have been developed to tap into growing consumer demand for alternative fresh produce. The black Dolina watermelons, which are actually dark green, will be unveiled by Syngenta...
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Other countries fill gap left by Aussie drought
The difficult 2006/2007 vintage in Australia is now beginning to have an impact on UK wine supplies, according to importer Vinoceros.The company has been forced to source a Chilean wine for the latest addition to its previously...
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Prices rise as national spud shortage looms
Two poor potato seasons in succession are threatening to create a national shortage of home-grown spuds.New estimates for the size of this year's crop have put volumes slightly below last year at 5.45 million tonnes - 18% off highs of...
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Rising raw material costs set to add £2 to beer multipack
Brewers are warning of price hikes of up to 70p on a four-pack of beer and £2 on larger multipack formats next year in the wake of increases in the cost of raw materials. Scottish & Newcastle, Coors Brewers, SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch...
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What the papers said - 20th October 2007
? The ban on advertising HFSS foods to children could be extended so such products couldn't be promoted during adult programmes such as The X Factor and Dancing On Ice, according to The Sun. The paper claimed Health Secretary Alan Johnson would...
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It's business as usual post-FMD say Kiwis
New Zealand lamb bosses have ruled out any lessening of competition in the UK when the New Zealand lamb season opens in January - while insisting they won't take advantage of the export restrictions imposed by FMD and bluetongue on British...
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Get ready for a perfect storm over Christmas, Asda warns
The grocery industry is heading into a "perfect storm" as Christmas approaches because consumers are being forced to tighten their belts while raw material prices are on the rise, Asda's food trading director Darren Blackhurst has...
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monitor - Dairy product prices
Spiralling dairy product prices could be about to plateau. There are signs that prices have reached the top of the cycle and even, for some products, begun to ease. Skimmed milk powder, for example, has fallen back 4.5% in value from its peak last...
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Price Basket - milk products
Milk price increases have fed through to the supermarket shelf, pushing the cost of our dairy basket to its highest total for more than two years, despite a special offer on Stilton at one major retailer. Butter prices are up more than 30% and milk...
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Talking shop - Dr Helen Ferrier
It's time for a proper debate on genetic modification in agriculture, says Dr Helen Ferrier, the National Farmers Union's chief science and regulatory affairs adviser From the moment genetically modified crops were developed, they have been called...
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Are biofuels the answer?
Biofuels were once hailed as the eco-friendly solution to cutting transport pollution. But they've quickly become the bogeyman, blamed alongside poor harvests, an Australian drought and higher demand from India and China for soaring wheat prices...
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One helps Co-op push water range as ethical
The Co-operative Group is harnessing the ethical water brand power of One for the relaunch of its own label water. Fairbourne Springs will go into all 3,200 co-operative society stores in a new format with One appearing as a sub-brand....
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Fire and drought hit speciality oil prices
Greece's worst fires in living memory have destroyed up to 10% of Kalamata's famous olive trees, threatening to push oil prices even higher next year."Between 5% and 10% of the Kalamata trees were either burnt or damaged so won't yield...