All Logistics articles – Page 49
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NewsCo-op stripped of chicken welfare award
The Co-operative Food’s ethical credentials have been dealt a blow after the retailer was stripped of a major chicken welfare award.
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Comment & OpinionTechnology can aid supply chain transparency
With technology in place to offer complete transparency, businesses will have the competitive advantage - faring better than others in the glare of public scrutiny.
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NewsMenzies Distribution sales drop in weak magazine market
Menzies Distribution has posted a fall in full-year sales and profits as newspaper and magazine sales continue to drop.
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Analysis & FeaturesSpring milk flush 'will not mean price collapse'
British milk production was at its highest in 18 years in December 2013…
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NewsBoparan defends Tesco over chicken sourcing issue
Ranjit Singh Boparan urged farmers to be patient and not to expect moves to 100% British overnight…
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NewsSainsbury's suffers prawn crackers supply 'issues'
Prawn crackers are back on shelf at Sainsbury’s following a supply problem…
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Analysis & FeaturesDark store wars: which retailer has the best strategy?
As online shopping gathers more and more momentum, retailers are engaging in a new generation of store wars…
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NewsFishermen appeal for same help as farmers after storms
Help for fishermen battered by an “unprecedented” succession of storms is on the agenda today at a meeting between the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) and fisheries minister George Eustice.
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NewsScottish seafood gets £700,000 funding boost
The Scottish government is to invest £700,000 in the Scottish seafood sector.
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NewsSupermarkets can still do more to back British food: Kendall
Supermarkets should respond to steady consumer support of British food by increasing their support for it, NFU president Peter Kendall has said.
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NewsUK food security needs long-term strategy, says NFU’s Kendall
The UK urgently needs a long-term food strategy to ensure its food security and boost the global competitiveness of UK food and farming.
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NewsUK to lead food fraud fight with €12m EU project
A major new pan-European project to tackle food fraud is launching this week under the leadership of the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera).
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NewsBanana pricing needs action, Fairtrade Foundation warns
The Fairtrade Foundation has called for urgent government intervention in the UK banana supply chain, saying that retailer ‘price wars’ have triggered job losses and left smaller producers marginalised.
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NewsUK prepares for new round of EC horsemeat tests
The UK is gearing up for a new round of random horse tests on beef products at the request of the European Commission…
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NewsNew Nisa location app can now track all deliveries
Nisa members can now track where their deliveries are thanks to a new smartphone app…
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Analysis & FeaturesSheep rustling - a worsening problem for UK farmers
Rustling doesn’t just happen in the Wild West. It is a growing problem for UK farmers…
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NewsLogistics provider NFT reports strongest-ever festive period
NFT says it had its “most successful” ever festive trading period in 2013…
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NewsUK floods: Retailers and suppliers battle the deluge
As the UK battles the wettest winter for decades, suppliers and retailers across the country are battling to get supplies through to flood-hit areas.
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NewsRed Tractor logo expands to include ready meals
The new ‘Made with Red Tractor Assured Beef’ mark will start appearing on Asda chilled beef ready meals Shoppers are to be given greater reassurance over the provenance of meat in their ready meals following the launch of a new Red Tractor logo for more highly processed ...
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NewsThird of food products fail authenticity tests, report finds
More than one third of samples indicated the foods were not what they claiemd to be or were mislabelled…