All articles by Harry Holmes – Page 23
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NewsWooden pallets are latest inflationary pressure to hit food companies
Pallet prices in Eastern Europe have risen from around €5 to €25 this year
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NewsUK to relax rules on gene-edited crops
Cutting costs and red tape will enable more trials of gene-edited crops
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NewsBoris Johnson prepares to call in the troops to help deliver fuel
Fifty to 85% of independent service stations are now out of fuel
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NewsAlternative tech ‘can help to avoid future CO2 shortages’
Experts have claimed the current crisis is not necessarily a shortage of CO2, but that better use must be made of the gas already being emitted
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NewsSainsbury’s and Asda set to take at-risk EVCL Chill logistics operation in-house
The logistics provider is rumoured to be on the brink of entering administration
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NewsUS to lift ban on British lamb imports, says PM
The prime minister did not specify when the ban on lamb would be lifted
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Analysis & FeaturesThe real causes of the HGV driver shortage and why we can’t blame it all on Brexit
The HGV driver shortage has escalated to crisis point. As multiple theories circulate over the underlying cause, The Grocer has sourced exclusive data to uncover what’s really driving the issue
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NewsTesco and Co-op risking tax penalty as battle for drivers intensifies, lawyers warn
The supermarkets are looking to engage HGV drivers with a limited company, an arrangement HMRC has sought to crack down on
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NewsNFU unveils plan to double British dairy exports in next decade
It is part of an ambitious plan to diversify beyond the UK market.
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NewsUK delays Brexit border checks on food and drink until 2022
Food industry bosses reacted with dismay at the lateness of the announcement
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Analysis & FeaturesAnalysts say this is the ‘calm before the storm’, so when will inflation hit?
The clouds are brewing, the waves are lapping. An inflationary storm is on its way. The only question is when it will hit.
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NewsFood shortages on the rise after brief August respite
Out-of-stock levels climbed steadily through August to hit 4% by early September
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Africa is the new frontier for global dairy
Surging population growth and a rising middle class have made Africa a priority for the dairy giants. What are the opportunities?
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Comment & OpinionCould the latest EU-UK stalemate signal a status quo for businesses?
The argument for the introduction of the latest set of checks appears weaker than the argument for delay
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Analysis & FeaturesHow McDonald’s became an unlikely environmental farming pioneer
McDonald’s has not always been seen as an environmental pioneer. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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Analysis & FeaturesRegenerative agriculture: why PepsiCo, McDonald’s and Waitrose are jumping on regen ag
Amid concerns over the UK’s food security, nature-based farming is on the rise. Who’s driving ‘regen ag’ and will it become the norm?
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Analysis & FeaturesBrexit border checks: the five areas of most concern
What with the driver shortages, the ‘pingdemic’ and summer holidays, it would be easy to forget that in fewer than 50 days, border controls will begin for food and drink arriving in Great Britain from Europe
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NewsFrench wine production predicted to fall to ‘historic lows’ this year
Wine volumes are expected to tumble by up to 30% in the coming harvest
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NewsTesco’s new soy policy must go further to tackle deforestation, say campaigners
Tesco has issued a new policy for meat suppliers using soy in feed
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NewsWine prices set to rise following poor harvests
New Zealand’s Sauvignon Blanc yield is down 30% on last year