Kevin White
Kevin is The Grocer’s international trade editor, overseeing The Grocer's coverage of international food supply chains and issues relating to global trade, commodities, geopolitics and its link to food, plus areas such as climate change and regulation.
He previously worked as fresh foods editor, overseeing our coverage of the retail fresh foods sector, from farming to fresh produce, dairy, meat, fish, poultry and eggs, as well as the plant-based foods category.
He has appeared as a commentator on both radio and TV on the state of the UK food industry.
Prior to joining The Grocer in 2014, Kevin wrote about retail financial services for a Financial Times business publication, and began his career as a journalist working for regional newspapers in Wales.
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Export volumes fell their lowest levels in a decade in the first quarter of 2026, according to the FDF
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Defra said the move would ‘further decouple UK consumption from global deforestation’
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The government said the plan ‘ended years of uncertainty’, however, the NFU stressed it needed ‘urgency in delivery’
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The Commons Business and Trade Committee warned the government had failed to articulate a clear long-term vision for UK-EU relations
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Starmer’s pre-election promise that he would listen to business concerns and ensure ‘food security is national security’ came to very little when the already struggling food sector needed real help
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Even a relatively modest rebalancing towards stocking more plant-based foods could help supermarkets better achieve emission reduction targets, said Madre Brava
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Plaid Cymru MS Llyr Gruffydd said he wanted to collaborate with supermarkets to boost the visibility of Welsh food
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Nearly half (45%) of UK food and drink businesses operating on margins below 10% had seen profitability slashed by a third over the past year
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Farmers are warning they may have to stop planting some crops due to the soaring cost of fertiliser
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Healthy eating risked becoming ‘unaffordable’ for millions of shoppers, claimed research by thinktank The Autonomy Institute
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The ‘nutrition gap’ was most pronounced among teenage girls, with almost a fifth not consuming enough calcium during peak bone-building years, revealed Arla’s first annual ‘Plate of the Nation’ report
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The food & drink industry is sceptical the plans will have any effect
NewsUK food security at risk as cold chain ‘ignored’ in resilience planning
The cold chain network was ’dangerously exposed’ to supply chain shocks, warned the Cold Chain Federation
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New research by NGO Changing Markets Foundation has revealed ‘major blind spots’ amid most dairy and coffee firms’ action on methane emissions
NewsFresh produce imports to face more, not less, red tape under SPS deal
Importers bringing in fruit and veg from outside the EU are facing significant cost hikes under the proposed agreement
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The farming union and the FDF said the move would undermine already struggling UK food producers
Category ReportHow geopolitical events are creating challenges for oils
Suppliers of edible oils likely thought they could breathe easier at the end of 2025, but the market has since been upended
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The Covid pandemic, Ukraine war and climate change have combined to make the past six years particularly challenging for suppliers of edible oils
Category ReportFilippo Berio launches research project to combat olive tree disease
After the shocks to Mediterranean olive oil supply from the extreme heat and drought conditions in 2022-2025, the industry has a new supply crisis to contend with