Meat insight and analysis – Page 11
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Comment and OpinionThe food industry can’t rely on outside help to solve CO2 crisis
It’s becoming clear the UK’s CO2 gas supply chain remains in a parlous state, and very few lessons appear to have been learnt from the last crisis
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Comment and OpinionTogether: mildly mawkish, but Jamie Oliver delivers as usual on the food front
Jamie promised “epic feasts” suitable for sharing – with a focus on early prep so cooks can spend more time with guests
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Comment and OpinionWe’re at peak meat. Which supermarket will bite the bullet and pledge to sell less?
Supermarkets cannot sell meat at the volumes they do without being involved in deforestation, says Elena Polisano, Greenpeace UK senior campaigner
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Analysis and FeaturesCyberattack shutdown: what happened at Brazilian meat supplier JBS
The more than $200m annual IT spend and 850-strong global IT team at JBS counted for little
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Analysis and FeaturesHow can supermarkets lure shoppers back to ‘uninspiring’ meat aisles?
So-called ‘unconscious reducers’ are buying less meat due to lack of inspiration in the aisles. How can supermarkets get them more engaged?
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Comment and OpinionCan an animal welfare argument jolt the government into tackling the labour crisis?
Farmers and the NPA have warned that culls may soon be necessary unless the Home Office takes action
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Analysis and FeaturesCut: how Farmison & Co is bringing high-end luxury to the butcher’s
Tiffany’s was the unlikely inspiration behind Cut, Farmison’s first bricks & mortar store. The result is a luxury – yet accessible – shopping experience that combines online and offline
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Comment and OpinionAHDB’s ad victory is a big win for British meat and dairy
Switching to a 100% plant-based diet won’t necessarily bring the benefits to health and the environment we crave
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Comment and OpinionA meat tax isn’t reasonable now, but the conversation is far from over
A tax on meat would be regressive, with the price of alternatives as it is. But technology could see that change
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Comment and OpinionWill the government pay any attention to Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report?
While there will be lots of soul searching in the industry about the NFS recommendations, it’s the government’s response that’s key
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Analysis and FeaturesFive strange yet nutritious ‘novel foods’ attracting attention from regulators
Some call them innovative. Others call them ‘Frankenfoods’
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy means for food businesses
Dimbleby is urging ministers to ‘break the cycle’ of bad diet with a raft of drastic new taxes - but critics are questioning the sense
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Comment and OpinionDimbleby’s report could signal beginning of long-term change in food and drink
Not all of Dimbleby’s food strategy is practical, but it will change the way government thinks
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Covid-19 changed Brits’ BBQ behaviour for summer 2021
With a heatwave forecast for the end of July set to prompt a renewed surge in demand, we dug into the statistics for the trends behind Brits’ barbecuing habits
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat future for the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit?
As the Russell Hume case collapses, where does NFCU go from here?
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Comment and OpinionScaremongering or not, Dimbleby's food strategy looks set to tax industry
Scaremongering became a thorny topic again this week as the industry returned to the war room to discuss the threat of the HGV driver crisis sparking food shortages. As with last year’s lockdown, supermarkets are desperate not to see predictions of empty shelves become a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially with the ...
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Comment and OpinionBritish bangers get three more months but can-kicking can’t last forever
There remain few signs that either side has sought to agree long-term technical solutions to the very real problems plaguing businesses on the Irish Sea border
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Comment and OpinionFoundation Earth was our dad Denis Lynn’s final creation. Help us finish what he started
The brainchild of late Finnebrogue founder Denis Lynn, Foundation Earth will launch its traffic light-style eco labelling scheme in September
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy did Pilgrim’s Pride pounce on Kerry’s meat business?
What made the deal a good fit for both parties? And what next?
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Comment and OpinionA breath of fresh air in the debate about meat and carbon
It has been tiresome to see how the animal versus plant debate has been hindered by facile statistical measures, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This