All Logistics articles
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WhitepapersBenchmarking the future of fleet safety
Fleets using AI dash cams and real-time coaching achieve a 73% reduction in crashes over 30 months, with mobile phone usage dropping 96%, new data from Samsara’s Safety Report shows
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the Asda-Ocado tie-up and will it work?
Asda is to adopt Ocado’s Smart Platform technology. What does the deal entail and will the new partnership work?
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NewsAmazon to expand its rapid delivery service Amazon Now to Manchester and Birmingham
The 30-minute delivery time is the fastest Amazon has offered in the UK
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NewsAmazon customers can now add fresh groceries to same-day delivery orders
Previously, fresh food could only be bought and delivered as part of a separate basket via the Amazon Grocery section of the site and app.
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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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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Appleby Westward deal means for AF Blakemore and Spar
After a year of tough trading, Blakemore’s move for AWG gives it significant scale and a major presence in south west England
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NewsAldi opens ‘Britain’s largest supermarket warehouse’
The 1.3m sq ft distribution centre in Bardon, Leicestershire, is 100,000 sq ft larger than Lidl’s Luton DC, which it hailed as its biggest in the world when it opened in 2023
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Category ReportOlive oil prices remain higher than pre-2024
Olive oil prices have roughly halved since the market hit its peak at the turn of 2024
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Category ReportDemand soars for palm oil amid tightened supply
Despite its associations with deforestation, habitat loss, and health risks, demand for palm oil is booming
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NewsCrowdshipping platform Shopopop launches in UK
The app allows individuals – or ‘crowdshippers’ – to pick up orders picked and prepared by stores and deliver them along their daily commutes, and earn ‘tips’ for doing so
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NewsInflation: government planning tariff cuts to 100 food and drink items
Details on which products will benefit from the tariff cuts will be unveiled by the Treasury next week
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News‘Crazy’ supermarket price capping plan came from No 10, say sources
A shock plan to persuade supermarkets to agree to cap food prices to ward off inflation caused by the war in the Middle East came direct from No 10, industry sources have revealed
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NewsTesco mounts major parcel locker rollout
The supermarket is working with Yeep, Evri and Royal Mail to install and operate parcel lockers outside stores
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Comment & OpinionWhy the Iran war is a wake-up call for UK food supply chains
From Kenyan tea to Ivorian cocoa, the cost is already reaching British shelves – and the food industry needs to react, says Kerrina Thorogood, partnerships director at the Fairtrade Foundation
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NewsSPS deal could save meat exporters up to £88m a year: research
Analysis by consultancy The Andersons Centre revealed exporters currently faced costs of more than £200 per tonne for chilled meat shipments to the EU
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NewsM&S begins construction of state-of-the-art automated food DC
The £340m M&S is ploughing into the facility is its biggest-ever investment in its food supply chain
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Comment & OpinionNever underestimate Amazon, even in grocery
Far from giving up on grocery, with the distraction and demands of physical Amazon Fresh retail stores behind it, the online giant appears revitalised
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NewsEU alignment ‘will not cut trade red tape’, claim experts
The government has claimed the SPS deal will slash the cost of exporting food to the EU
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NewsSales dip at East of England Co-op as turnaround drives profit growth
The drop in turnover was party driven by a decision ‘to rationalise the trading estate to focus on driving higher profitability’
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NewsCCEP trialling fully electric HGV to deliver to convenience and wholesale
CCEP is working with its logistics partner Maritime on the trial, which commenced in January