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Müller UK&I sinks to £6m loss in 2022 as inflationary pressures bite
A £25.8m operating profit in 2021 swung to a £5.9m operating loss in the year to 31 December 2022, its latests accounts have shown
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Nomadic launches new Good To Go pouch snacks
The pouches combine oats and yoghurt with fruit and are free from added sugar
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Noble Foods redesigns The Happy Egg Co brand to focus on animal welfare
For the first time since 2018, the brand has seen a complete design overhaul, including the return of its brand promise ‘happy hens lay tasty eggs’
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Kit Kat brings back limited-edition 70% Dark variant
The four-finger bar is made with cocoa mass-sourced from families enrolled in Nestlé’s cocoa income accelerator programme
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Defra proposes changes to egg labelling rules to support British industry
Currently when mandatory housing orders are introduced, eggs from free-range birds may continue to be labelled as ‘free-range’ for 16 weeks and then must be labelled as barn eggs
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Clarence Court eggs owner invests in egg supply chain with new finance initiative
The new initiative has been created by Stonegate in partnership with British agriculture bank Oxbury
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More imported vegetables likely as flooding hits key growing areas
Carrots, parsnips and leeks are among crops affected by ‘a recent surge in flooding’
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La Vie launches plant-based ham into UK with Tesco partnership
The new smoked and non-smoked hams launch in the UK following success in France
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British Lion Eggs launches £1m campaign
The marketing programme will aim to deliver trust and inspiration messages
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New origin and production food labelling plans in pipeline
The proposals would help back British farmers, said Defra secretary Steve Barclay at today’s Oxford Farming Conference
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Horticulture growth under threat as costs continue to rise for sector
A new report by Promar International found costs of production had increased by as much as 39% in the past two years
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Farmers subsidising cheap food ‘cannot continue’, new report urges
The report’s author Ged Futter wrote that recent global and climatic events had exposed supply chain weaknesses and emptied farming bank accounts
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Mutti expands UK presence with new subsidiary and MD
The Italian brand said the move came after considerable growth in recent years
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ABP petfood business C&D Foods invests in Irish factory
The investment will see C&D’s flagship factory increase capacity by 25%
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Over half of migrant worker abuse in UK linked to food supply chains, report shows
Abuse against migrant workers in Britain occurred in agriculture, fishing, processing and packaging, as well as on the grocery shop floor
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Dairy must ‘increase weather resilience’, report urges
More focus should be put on the resilience of supply as UK food production becomes increasingly vulnerable to weather shocks, according to Kite Consulting
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Sugar beet growers and British Sugar finally agree supply contract
The two parties had been locked in an increasingly acrimonious negotitation since May
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Leaf launches new scholarship in remembrance of founder Caroline Drummond
Drummond was described as an “inspirational thinker, innovator, collaborater and communicator” by Philip Wynn, Leaf chair
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Horticulture businesses added to intensive energy support scheme
Following lobbying from the NFU, the government has announced that horticulture businesses will now be included in the IETF
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Pregnancy and blocked noses stopping fishing crews from going to sea
Fishing groups have called on the government to pause new medical regulations for crews and carry out a review