Kevin White

The Grocer

Kevin is The Grocer’s Fresh and Chilled Foods Editor, and oversees coverage of news related to the retail fresh foods sector, including dairy, meat, fish, poultry, fruit & veg and eggs, as well as relevant issues in the agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture industries.

He also assists in production of The Grocer’s annual Dairymen and Meat, Fish & Poultry supplements, writes about food commodities, politics and food regulation, and has appeared as a commentator on both radio and TV on the state of the UK food industry.

Prior to joining The Grocer in April 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 North Wales.

Follow Kevin on Twitter: @KevWhite77

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Tulip loses big M&S contract to add to Danish Crown's woes Subscription

15 Feb 2019

But pork giant says it’s winning new business too and its strategy is unchanged
Pilgrims Choice cheese makes return to Morrisons Subscription

14 Feb 2019

By the end of February Morrisons will carry eight Pilgrims Choice SKUs
Müller to wield axe with £100m ‘Project Darwin’ cost cutting programme Subscription

13 Feb 2019

The processor said its current business model ’doesn’t allow us to make a profit’
Trewithen Dairy owner sees sales rise by 27% Subscription

11 Feb 2019

Results published by Cornish Farm Dairy saw turnover climb to £41.1m, while the Trewithen brand also saw increases
Government 'failing to act' on processed meat link to cancer

10 Feb 2019

Politicians had failed to react to the link between nitrites in processed meat and cancer, claimed the author of the WHO’s landmark 2015 report
Profitability dented as Yeo Valley sees cost of production rise Subscription

07 Feb 2019

The dairy supplier saw sales rise by £2.5m, but cost of sales rose by 9%, hitting profitability
Soil Association considering Irish scheme in no-deal Brexit plans Subscription

07 Feb 2019

The organic certification body was still ‘investigating options’ about launching a scheme in Ireland, it said this week
FSA chair Heather Hancock reappointed for another three years

07 Feb 2019

Hancock stepped up to the post from deputy chair in 2016 and will continue at the helm of the regulator until March 2022
MSC launches consultations to strengthen fisheries standard

06 Feb 2019

The proposals were designed to give a bigger voice to stakeholders and follows criticism over how fisheries are certified
Fisheries decline government's fault, not EU's, claims report Subscription

06 Feb 2019

A new paper by City University’s Centre for Food Policy has called for significant reform of fishing quotas, regardless of whether the UK gets a Brexit deal
UK growers told to brace for regular extreme weather

05 Feb 2019

A new report by The Climate Coalition has warned last year’s drought conditions could become the norm for UK growers
No-deal Brexit could cost poultry sector £200m in lost exports Subscription

04 Feb 2019

Access to the EU market was vital in maintaining the sector’s carcase balance, said the British Poultry Council
Müller faces farmer unrest over milk price cut Subscription

31 Jan 2019

It follows a surge in milk production, leading to a steady drop in farmgate prices since the end of 2018
Will Tesco's new fresh food strategy prove counterproductive? Subscription

31 Jan 2019

Tesco says it is motivated by convenience but some experts believe it could be left with an underwhelming range
North East Atlantic mackerel to lose MSC certification Subscription

31 Jan 2019

Spawning stocks fell from 4.8 million tonnes in 2011 to 2.8 million tonnes last September
Troubled Danish Crown to cut up to 400 extra jobs Subscription

30 Jan 2019

The Tulip owner is also looking to make up to £41m in savings. It follows an earlier bout of job and cost-cutting last November
Rachel's unveils four new big pots and packaging revamp

30 Jan 2019

The revamp will see a return of the word ‘organic’ to the brand’s logo and the introduction of the tagline ‘Faithful to nature since 1952’
Crediton Dairy invests £12m to increase processing capacity

29 Jan 2019

The investment at Crediton’s headquarters will see it build a second production hall containing two new high-speed fillers
Defra unveils plans to tighten allergen labelling laws

25 Jan 2019

The proposals could go as far as seeing full ingredient labelling required by law on food-to-go products
Cawston Press mulls European production in no-deal Brexit Subscription

24 Jan 2019

MD Steve Kearns warned that sourcing apples from the UK was ‘not viable’