All articles by Kevin White – Page 49
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Analysis & FeaturesFresh – fruit & veg 2021: spuds slump as tomatoes gain ground
Potatoes’ £70.9m slump is the biggest loss in this year’s Top Products Survey
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Analysis & FeaturesFresh – meat, fish & poultry 2021: salmon leaps as meat & poultry slows
Fresh salmon was this year’s star performer in fresh meat, fish and poultry
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy – cheese 2021: UK’s cheese lovers spend extra £49m
It’s still a powerful indication of cheese’s ongoing revival – first recognised in the Top Products Survey 2019, after a few years of uncertainty
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NewsVeg growers cutting back on plantings over labour and cost worries
Some growers have reudced their planting area by more than a third for 2022, according to the British Growers Association
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NewsFinnebrogue posts £50m growth across group of businesses
The total of £148.7m was 48.7% higher than the £100m (annualised) turnover of the three businesses during the previous 12 months
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NewsRed Tractor ad plans in balance after AHDB pulls funding
The levy board said it was “no longer appropriate” to supply funding to such a well-established scheme
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NewsPacific tuna deadlock points to suspension of MSC certification
A lack of agreement on harvest strategies by Pacific states could soon lead to suspension from the MSC’s sustainable fishing certification
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NewsMüller raises farmgate price by further 1ppl amid soaring on-farm costs
Müller Milk & Ingredients has added an extra 1p per litre to the 2ppl increase to its January farmgate price it announced last month
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NewsKavli sells St Helen’s Farm goats’ milk brand back to founders
The sale follows the implicaiton of the brand in an animal welfare scandal last year
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NewsHeck in talks with Ivy Farm over lab-grown meat tie-up
Talks on a co-developed range of cultured meat products were at an “early stage”, said Heck co-founder Jamie Keeble
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NewsTurkeys up to a third more expensive as inflation kicks in
Of the 113 fresh or frozen whole turkey or turkey crown SKUs available this week, just under 40% cost more than they did last year
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NewsPrinces commits to higher price for Italian tomatoes
The deal involves a commitment to sign guaranteed three-year contracts to ‘enhance financial stability for growers’
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Category ReportGrate expectations: cheese category report 2021
Cheddar’s market share is crumbling as a fleet of cheeses from the continent eyes a larger wedge of sales. How can cheddar recover?
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Comment & OpinionBooming plant-based brands should heed the category’s US slowdown
Product overload and health concerns have slowed growth of the meat-free market in the US
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NewsMilk prices increase by up to 18% as farmgate hikes and other costs hit home
Inflation is being seen across both own label and branded milks, according to research by The Grocer
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NewsLess festive cheese choices in future due to labour crisis, warns Joseph Heler
The Cheshire-based cheesemaker said focusing on labour-intensive products such as waxed cheeses was compromising other parts of the business
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NewsDefra to end AHDB grower levies and seek views on reform
Levy payers voted to drop the compulsory levies in AHDB’s horticulture and potato sectors earlier this year
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NewsSingh hails seasonal visa scheme as Bernard Matthews says it will meet turkey demand
The supplier has managed to source 900 foreign workers via the government’s temporary seasonal visa scheme
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NewsPilgrim’s UK snaps up lamb processor Randall Parker Foods
The pork giant said the acquisition would allow it to bring its exisitng lamb business together as one vertically integrated operation
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NewsRed meat health risks study is ‘unreliable’, claim scientists
A group of scientists are casting doubt on the data which been referenced in major policy documents including Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy