All Sourcing articles – Page 21
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NewsMedia Bites 23 January: supermarkets calls on IHT, recession fears, CMA, EU relations
Today’s headlines focus on supermarket support for a pause to government inheritance tax reform for farm business, plus growing concerns over the economy
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NewsAldi first retailer to embed new MSC Improvement Program into fish sourcing policy
The new programme aims to offer fisheries support and incentives to become more sustainable, provided they make measurable improvements over a five-year period
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NewsSeasonal workers to protest outside Home Office over conditions
The protest will be staged by farmhands who came to the UK in 2023 as part of the government’s Seasonal Worker scheme
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NewsTesco, Lidl, Co-op and Aldi call for ‘pause’ on ‘Family Farm Tax’
Tesco CCO Ashwin Prasad said the retailer wanted a halt in the rollout of inheritance tax reforms and was calling for a long-term government vision for farming
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NewsMSPs call for urgent action to improve Scottish salmon standards
A Scottish parliamentary committee has urged the Scottish government to set a one-year timetable to make significant improvements
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NewsFarm Retail Association rolls out Real Farmers Market scheme
Markets must meet eight principles to become certified by the Farm Retail Association
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NewsMorrisons insists ‘non-disruptive’ protestors welcome, despite High Court injunction
The retailer saw its Bridgwater distribution centre in Somerset blockaded by tractors on 10 January
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NewsNoble Foods spends £2.3m on ‘most ambitious’ ad push
The ad push aims to ’set the bar for welfare in the free-range egg category’, Noble Foods said
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NewsReview calls for radical revamp of farm assurance framework
The independent UK Farm Assurance Review called for the reduction and simplification of on-farm audits and for them to be delivered more consistently
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NewsShoppers don’t trust unlabelled international food ingredients such as eggs, research reveals
UK egg producers are calling for greater transparency regarding the labelling of imported eggs used as an ingredient
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NewsBerry sector hangs in the balance amid soaring costs and falling returns
Revenue returns were not keeping pace with operating cost increases for 85% of growers, research by British Berry Growers found
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NewsCo-op opens £820K sustainability fund for beef, lamb and dairy farmers
The initiative will be delivered via two sustainability projects; one focusing on dairy farming improvements and a second focusing on beef farming
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NewsTesco revamps and enlarges Sustainable Pig Group
The producer group will pay pig farmers the cost of production and give further incentives for production improvements
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NewsWelsh meat board Hybu Cig Cymru appoints ex-Tulip boss José Peralta as CEO
The appointment of Peralta follows a challenging past year for the body amid allegations of a ‘toxic’ working environment
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NewsYoplait reformulations see further lowering in sugar content for Frubes and Petits Filous
The move by the French dairy giant means it has reduced sugars across its kids’ yoghurt portfolio by 25% since 2015
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NewsDitch AHDB’s Lets Eat Balanced campaign, campaigners urge
Campaigners led by Feedback have called on the government to step in and end the campaign
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NewsMilk brand Our Cow Molly the first to carry NFU anti-‘family farm tax’ logos on pack
The Sheffield-based supplier has called on other brands to follow its lead and join the campaign against government inheritance tax reforms
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NewsGammon and stilton big festive winners as volumes soar in run-up to Christmas
Gammon sales rebounded in the run-up to Christmas after a poor year, blighted by inflation
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NewsThis founder Andy Shovel launches new animal welfare charity ‘A Bit Weird’
The charity is aiming to disrupt how stories about animal suffering are told, with the current ‘grisly’ approach leaving consumers ‘unmoved’
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NewsMüller launches ‘real-time’ sustainability project in bid to accelerate climate impact reduction
The dairy giant has also rejoined trade body Dairy UK, over four years after it quit due to the high cost of membership