All Sourcing articles – Page 21
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Comment and OpinionHunger: Netflix film serves up chef clichés and breathtaking Thai food
Hunger attempts some social commentary, but the film excels when it comes to food
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NewsSainsbury’s drops Arla as own-label milk supplier
Supplier switch comes amid a raft of milk price cuts across the supermarkets
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NewsApple growers forced into the red despite supermarket price hikes
Apples are on average 5.8% pricier year-on-year, a figure over seven times higher than the 0.8% increase in returns seen by growers
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NewsAHDB horticulture board replacement launches
Five members of staff from AHDB joined HCP on 15 April and the transfer of relevant information and residual levy funds have also been agreed with AHDB
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NewsMowi launches salmon quartet into ready-to-cook category
A range of four salmon products ready to go into the oven will be launched on 20 April into Sainsbury’s and Asda stores nationwide
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NewsLeaf appoints new CEO following death of founder
Webster will take over the role at the assurance organisation from interim CEO and chair of the board of directors, Philip Wynn
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NewsAldi invests in Irish sourcing with new MD role
Retailers have been turning to local suppliers in the Republic of Ireland following Brexit to avoid red tape
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NewsFishing group insists mackerel is still sustainable despite MCS downgrade
The organisation, which ensures stock sustainability for mackerel and herring, has dismissed the downgrade as an ‘overly harsh assessment’
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NewsMeat scandal: FSA CEO warns local authority cuts affecting food safety
Emily Miles suggested a fall in the number of local authority officials was affecting the integrity of supply chains
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NewsSeasonal worker supply concern as recruiter licence is suspended
Fruitful Jobs is no longer on the Home Office’s approved recruiter list, The Grocer can reveal
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Analysis and FeaturesAs Easter approaches are we nearer to fixing the chocolate supply chain?
Chocolate Scorecard shows cocoa supply is still problematic. So what’s the way forward?
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Analysis and FeaturesThe psychology of cheap meat: how we rationalise factory-farming
Why do so many people eat factory-farmed meat despite caring deeply about animal welfare? Through a series of self-deceptions, humans have disconnected meat from its living source
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NewsPheasant and partridge shortages loom amid lead ammo bans
The game sector has been reluctant to switch to steel-based alternatives despite major retailers having imposed bans on birds shot with lead ammo
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NewsThérèse Coffey hints at fresh produce supply chain reviews
In an often confrontational Commons Efra Committee session this week, the environment secretary said she had lined up one or potentially two ’reviews for the future’
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NewsFraud-linked meat supplier Loscoe Chilled Foods placed into administration
The supplier was linked a fortnight ago to a National Food Crime Unit probe into the passing off of imported beef as British
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KVI TrackerKVI tracker: Some supermarket fruit & veg lines up 25% since January
Common fresh produce items have risen significantly in price over the past 12 weeks, Assosia data revealed, following widespread shortages
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NewsChocolate giants slammed over ‘grim reality’ of cocoa sourcing
Kellogg’s, Mondelez and Unilever have been accused of failing to show transparency in their cocoa supply chains
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NewsCake manufacturers face heavy palm oil disruption over EU deforestation laws
New due diligence legislation will require businesses trading in or with the EU to prove their supply chains are deforestation-free
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NewsAldi buys more British apples than any other UK supermarket in February
Data from the growers association has revealed that Aldi topped the chart followed by Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl in February
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NewsEx-G’s boss and leader of government labour probe makes case for seasonal workers
Without a functioning Seasonal Worker scheme the UK will ‘just export’ fresh produce growing, according to John Shropshire