All Sourcing articles – Page 14
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NewsPilgrim’s UK invests £5m to enhance King’s Lynn factory
The new technology has increased output by as much as 15% per week
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News‘Profiteering’ fertiliser companies key drivers of food inflation, study claims
The UK’s three main fertiliser companies saw profits rise by 500% from 2020 to 2022, a thinktank has claimed
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NewsThai Union launches next stage of sustainability strategy to reshape seafood industry
The company has committed to spending the equivalent of its entire 2022 net profit of $200m
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NewsFischer Farms launches trial of vertically farmed strawberries
The agri-tech company has announced trials have started at its dedicated research and development farm in Litchfield
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Nespresso and Brewdog have brought B Corp to a crossroads
Ethical business accreditation scheme B Corp is set to change the way it assesses companies, a move that may help to ease concerns about the direction of the movement and heal a rift that has divided its members
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NewsDriscoll’s expands rollout of paper berry packaging into Asda and Booths
The packaging solution had seen an ’overwhelmingly positive response’ from customers, helping significantly reduce plastic use, Driscoll’s said
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NewsCK Foodstores selling out of date meat and poultry, finds TV show investigation
The retailer had sold or displayed almost 50 items past their use-by date over the course of a year, the investigation claimed
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NewsAHDB CEO Tim Rycroft to step down later this year
Ex-FDF COO Rycroft said it was ‘the right time to leave’ after a two-year spell at the levy board
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NewsFood crime unit set for more police-like investigative powers as FSA consults
The regulator is seeking to allow designated officers powers of entry and search after a person had been arrested
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NewsFarmers handed power to challenge supermarket milk prices
The long-awaited new regulations were designed to ’promote fairness and transparency across the dairy sector’, Defra said
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News3D-printed Redefine Meat seals major wholesaler deals
The Israeli business has partnered with eight wholesalers to expand its availability across UK foodservice operators
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NewsEgg sector warns of battery egg import threat from Pacific trade deal
The UK government had ignored calls to give eggs Sensitive Product Status in the trade deal, which would maintain tariffs on imports of eggs produced to lower standards
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NewsTissue sector hit by decline in recyclable paper supply
As increasing numbers of people turn to remote work, and offices become more digital environments, suppliers have less paper waste to turn into recycled paper for toilet tissue
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NewsSustain launches campaign to tackle river pollution from livestock farming
Research by the charity revealed industrial farming produced the equivalent of 100 double-decker buses of animal waste per hour
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NewsFinnebrogue and Ivy Farm partner to create lab-grown wagyu beef
The two businesses have signed a letter of intent with the aim of developing cultivated meat for the UK retail market
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NewsMorrisons to close fruit packing site with the potential loss of 456 roles
The retailer said its fruit packing operation would be consolidated onto one site in Northamptonshire
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NewsSainsbury’s removes plastic trays from own-label steaks in latest packaging switch
Sainsbury’s had previously swapped plastic for cardboard trays in its premium own-label steak ranges
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Comment and OpinionWake up. Brits alone aren’t going to fill the food labour shortage
The migrant labour narrative is worn out. It’s time for a realistic approach
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NewsAsda and Morrisons become the latest retailers to cut milk prices
A four-pinter in the retailers is now 20p cheaper than at the turn of the year
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NewsJohn Shropshire labour review calls for long-term seasonal worker scheme
More should also be done to attract more British workers to the food sector, the review urged