Latest sourcing insight and analysis – Page 12
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Samuel Dixon, junior buyer, Higgidy
Junior buyer Sam works in procurement and approval of new ingredients for Higgidy
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Comment and Opinion
What UK marketers can learn from US water brand Liquid Death
The brand’s irreverent marketing has seen a huge response from shoppers, says Sunil Bajaj, writer and analyst at Contagious
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Analysis and Features
Does fashion need a watchdog?
With buying practices said to be suppressing wages, campaigners want a GCA-style fashion watchdog. Creating one is not straightforward
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Comment and Opinion
Should fmcg producers pass on the benefit of softening commodity prices?
It’s clear fmcg manufacturers face a perfect storm at the start of 2023, says Peter Hatfield, fmcg specialist at management consultancy Vendigital
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Comment and Opinion
Animal welfare: why is no one held accountable for criminal behaviour on UK farms?
We have unconvered an endemic of non-compliance on farms and a reluctance among authorities to enforce the law, says Abigail Penny, executive director of Animal Equality UK
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Analysis and Features
Eggs shortages: can dairy-style contracts mend the broken system?
The egg industry is calling for contract reform, to prevent suppliers being locked into loss-making positions and provide stability for the sector
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Analysis and Features
Is food & drink losing the war on supply chain food waste?
Not only are big leaps in reducing food waste now being lost, but we’ve learnt the scale of the problem has been hugely underestimated for years
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Comment and Opinion
The UK has plenty of shortages and struggles, but also plenty of compassion
Whilst the UK government is demonstrating few signs of clarity, certainty and support, we can empower the plentifulness on the ground, says Dan Crossley, executive director at Food Ethics Council
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Comment and Opinion
Amid food supply chaos, self-sufficiency seems a forlorn hope
Suppliers of eggs and fruit & veg have all seen profits hit or wiped out
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Comment and Opinion
The cost of UK food has been too low for too long. We need a food value reset
Consumers have got used to a low price that comes at great cost to our farming communities, says Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, chair of The Rural Policy Group
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Comment and Opinion
Farmed fish are suffering without adequate legal protection. It’s time to act
The Animal Welfare Act is not enough to legally protect farmed fish against gruesome fates, says Abigail Penny, executive director of Animal Equality UK
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Comment and Opinion
‘Unskilled labour’? Food careers need a different language – and mindset
We need to excite and inspire school leavers to look at food production as a rewarding career, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
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Comment and Opinion
Food is finally taking centre stage at COP27 – and waste is high on the agenda
We cannot reach net zero without transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food, says Ignacio Gavilan, director of sustainability at Consumer Goods Forum and Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, food & agriculture transformation lead at World Benchmarking Alliance
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Comment and Opinion
Will COP27 help food brands grasp the consumption nettle? Probably not
Tackling overconsumption is key to addressing the climate crisis. That’s a harsh truth for the industry to swallow
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Comment and Opinion
Why the Genetic Technology Bill will cost farmers and businesses dearly
Government determination to remove labelling on ‘precision bred organisms’ carries significant risks, says Roger Kerr of Organic Farmers & Growers
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Category Report
Is Welsh food & drink due a World Cup boost? Wales category report 2022
Having hit its latest export target in the back of the net, the Welsh government is eyeing another ambitious goal for its food industry
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Comment and Opinion
Long-term measures are crucial to protecting poultry producers from bird flu
Vaccines and quicker housing orders could help battle what looks to be a more regular problem
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Analysis and Features
Why cows could be an unexpected climate solution
Cattle farming is notoriously carbon intensive. But new techniques could see cows go from being a problem to part of the climate solution
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Comment and Opinion
What can industry expect from Thérèse Coffey at Defra?
As Sunak’s Cabinet takes shape, the latest secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs has been confirmed. Step forward, Thérèse Coffey