All articles by Grace Duncan – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer’s Green Week launches with mixed climate messages
Two headlines in The Grocer this morning highlight two vastly opposing views – and a perfect snapshot of why the topic of sustainability in grocery is so controversial
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NewsFarming biodiversity not in decline, think tank declares
Research from the think tank has revealed that overall populations for insects and birds have remained broadly stable over the past three decades
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NewsBird Brothers unveils major brand revamp to represent modern business
The rebrand from Bird Bros is designed to better reflect the company today and its growth since its founding in 1969
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NewsFurther evidence of animal welfare violations at Cranswick-owned farm
New footage from the Animal Justice Project has shown piglets being violently killed through blunt force trauma at a Cranswick-owned farm in Lincolnshire, certified by Red Tractor
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NewsIceland commits to 100% MSC own-label wild fish and seafood
Iceland said it would set ‘a new standard for sustainability in global grocery retail’
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Category ReportThe real big cheese: Dairymen continental cheese category report 2025
Continental cheeses like parmesan are booming. But the threat of food fraud looms – and suppliers are working hard to wipe it out
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NewsUK berry sector reveals major sustainability advances
British Berry Growers has published its Sustainability Report 2025, which was compiled by Collison & Associates and was based on a comprehensive survey covering over half of the UK’s total berry production
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NewsKerry-owned Smug scraps blended oat-dairy lines
The Smug brand was launched in March 2024 as a ‘category first’ oat and dairy blended product range
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NewsMeat lobby threatening to undermine Eat-Lancet report, warn campaigners
Analysis of leaked audio recordings – as well as a group of online ‘misinfluencers’ – have been found by the environmental non-profit Changing Markets Foundation
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NewsSalmon Scotland provides £230k in habitat safeguarding funding
More than £230,000 has been awarded this year through Salmon Scotland’s wild fisheries fund for practical work tackling long-term species decline
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NewsFood sector calls for government action on UK food security
The businesses, including the major multiples, suppliers including Noble Foods, 2 Sisters and Barfoots, and the NFU, have written to the farming minister
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Emmi has made a cheese factory of the future in Switzerland
After a £47m investment, the brand-new cheese factory is now fully operational and one of the most advanced in the world.
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NewsThis launches UK’s first chickpea tofu range
Omami Chickpea Tofu is made from chickpeas instead of the soy beans found in traditional tofu
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NewsWaitrose moves to free-range pork and signs 10-year farmer deal
From 15 October all Waitrose pork mince, steaks, chops and joints will be free-range, with an intention for all own-brand products to be free-range by 2027
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NewsForresters founder and chairman Alan Dilliway-Parry dies aged 90
The chicken business was founded by Alan Dilliway-Parry in 1972, initially specialising in the production of raw chicken portions supplying local butchers and catering outlets
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NewsFinnebrogue extends Guinness partnership with bacon and sausage SKUs
The manufacturer holds the sole UK producer licence to craft sausages, burgers and bacon with the Guinness stout flavour and launched Guinness Premium Beef Burgers into Sainsbury’s earlier this year
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NewsYeo Valley unveils organic granola duo for breakfast
Organic Tray Baked Granola is made from 100% organic British oats and a mix of nuts, seeds and fruits, and is baked in small batches
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Analysis & FeaturesMcCormick’s Seán Hanifin on Irish cream liqueur and ‘cow FitBits’
What’s behind Five Farms’ ‘posh Baileys’? Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur is touted as the “world’s first farm-to-table” version of the tipple
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InterviewsHow Yeo Valley is diversifying from dairy and ‘democratising organic’
Yeo Valley’s Tim Mead and Rob Sexton tell all on ambitious acquisitions, diversification away from dairy and the UK’s ‘democratisation of organic’
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NewsAgriScale programme unveiled to support agri-tech businesses
In a keynote speech at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London this morning, Defra secretary Angela Eagle announced plans to launch the AgriScale programme