Opinion – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionReinstating imperial measurements opens up a hornet’s nest of problems for the food industry
This may only be the start of a promised ‘bonfire’ of EU laws to come, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment & OpinionWhy on earth would grocers want to self-sabotage with a change to imperial measures?
UK grocers have been quiet on the matter – probably because they have so much else to think about
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s belated support package for pig farmers is welcome. But is it enough to rescue the sector?
Tesco clarified that £3.4m had already been passed on to farmers since March
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Comment & OpinionAnother Queen’s Speech, another pledge to scrap the NI protocol. What next for UK food & drink?
Fishing and agriculture, two industries supposed to benefit more than most from Brexit, were not mentioned in today’s speech
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Comment & OpinionImport checks delay shows government is making up Brexit ‘plan’ as it goes
Even the trade bodies who welcomed the delay argued it was the right decision carried out for the wrong reason
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Comment & OpinionAnother delay to border controls. Even the Brexit opportunities minister seems doubtful
You really couldn’t make up what this government is putting businesses through, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment & OpinionOnly a long-term food strategy for the UK can truly address the cost of living crisis
Sainsbury’s and Unilever this morning became the latest fmcg giants to warn margins will come under pressure from “unprecedented inflation”. And while Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts vowed the retailer would do everything it could to “keep delivering the best value for customers”, Unilever warned further price hikes were on the ...
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Comment & OpinionP&O crisis is latest symptom of UK’s developing reputation for hassle
The delivery of Brexit has been the most frustrating of the many challenges to UK imports and we are not done yet, says Cold Chain Federation CEO Shane Brennan
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Comment & OpinionFDF’s Karen Betts is more diplomat than ‘wrecking ball’. That could work in Whitehall
Setting out her vision at the FDF’s annual conference, CEO Betts indicated a distinct change in style from her predecessor Ian Wright
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Comment & OpinionPig crisis conflict to seasonal wage confusion: five key takeaways from the NFU Conference 2022
The conference was a day of lively debate as it broached the problems currently facing farmers with speeches from NFU president Minette Batters, Defra secretary George Eustice and more
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Comment & OpinionNo end in sight over debate on checks for food ‘imports’ to Northern Ireland
The DUP, with one eye on elections in May, has put the issue of checks on food – and by extension Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit constitutional status – right on the table
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Comment & OpinionM&S’s letter to the PM has some good ideas… and some optimistic ones
In some of Machin’s proposals to Boris Johnson, pragmatism gives way to optimism
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Comment & OpinionMarks & Spencer COO Stuart Machin’s letter to PM Boris Johnson: in full
M&S COO Stuart Machin has written to the PM asking for the government’s support in building a “thriving, sustainable” food sector
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Comment & OpinionAmazon vs Visa: why no-one is clucking in this game of corporate chicken
With just days to go until UK-issued Visa credit cards are no longer accepted as payment on Amazon.co.uk, there is still no sign of a resolution
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Comment & OpinionBrexit, inflation, Covid: can government guide industry to greener pastures in 2022?
There is much change still ahead for food and farming, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment & OpinionHow Brexit has affected the Scottish seafood industry… and what’s yet to come
We’re still only seeing the start of the changes Brexit will bring to the seafood industry, says Donna Fordyce, CEO of Seafood Scotland
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Comment & OpinionSustainable farming incentives must be balanced against protecting UK industry
George Eustice today unveiled more detail on how the Landscape Recovery Scheme for England would work
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Comment & OpinionChristmas supply has been saved, but without support many businesses won’t be so lucky
Despite warnings to the contrary over the past couple of months, it looks like we won’t run out of food in the supermarkets this Christmas after all. Food (and turkeys in particular) may well be significantly more expensive than last Christmas, while there is also less choice, as The Grocer ...
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Comment & OpinionLow take-up of visas shows the food industry must do more to attract workers
The government line on immigration is unlikely to change. So businesses will need to devise a new recruitment strategy
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Comment & OpinionWhy the ‘non-EU’ labelling at Morrisons was about law, not politics
The decision to call out ‘non-EU salt and pepper’ was a reflection of EU labelling laws, rather than political opinion