All Sourcing articles – Page 96
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NewsNespresso investigates coffee supply following child labour accusations
Channel 4’s Dispatches says it will expose coffee farms paying children less than £5 to work eight-hour days
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NewsCall for UK’s ’confusing’ food assurance schemes to be scrapped
Professor Chris Elliott said labels such as Red Tractor and RSPCA Assured were too confusing for customers
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NewsJohn Lewis & Waitrose invest £100k in Colombian coffee farmer programme
The funding will be used to kickstart a new training and education programme led by ASOPEP
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NewsSupermarkets urged to pressure chocolate manufacturers over unsustainable cocoa
Many retailers have sustainability and traceability commitments on their own-brand products, but are failing to pressure other brands to end their unsustainable practices, according to a Lumina Intelligence report.
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NewsWheat prices set to rise after wet weather delays crop drilling
Farmers in most areas of the UK had been unable to access their land since the autumn to plant this year’s crops, said the NFU
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NewsMorrisons beats Sainsbury’s to selling only free-range eggs
The retailer’s commitment was made possible after it doubled the number of free-range farmers that supply its egg packing partner
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NewsArla reports sales growth but UK liquid milk hits results
Arla’s UK boss was ’concerned’ about the future of liquid milk in the face of a profitability crisis across the sector
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NewsBrexit stockpiling leads to record UK food and drink exports
No-deal stockpiling boosted food and drink exports to a record high last year as two Brexit deadlines encouraged foreign buyers to stock up on British goods, official figures show.
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NewsMSC to tighten rules around shark finning
It will introduce a new fishery certification process with more ‘stringent requirements’ to eliminate the practice
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NewsThe Ethical Butcher launches ‘carbon negative’ DTC butchery service
The new website offers a variety of meat products reared using ‘regenerative’ methods of production
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NewsEustice replaces Villiers at Defra after cabinet reshuffle
The former farming minister’s promotion has been welvomed by food industry bodies
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NewsSpanish storms drive rocketing wholesale prices for lettuce
Storm Gloria buffeted coastal areas from Catalonia to Murcia over the weekend of 18-19 January
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NewsProcessors facing another shortage of UK potatoes following heavy rain
Following the wettest autumn since 2012, potatoes are hitting the market at lower grades with ‘higher than usual’ levels of wastage
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NewsMüller Milk & Ingredients launches review of Severnside dairy
The 45-day review, which starts on 17 February, will focus on the production of butter, potted cream and Müller’s Frijj flavoured milk brand at Severnside
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Analysis & FeaturesChinese forced labour: are UK retailers doing enough to prevent it?
Should retailers be doing more to ensure forced prison labour cannot be part of their Chinese supply chains?
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NewsClimate emergency nature loss to have devastating impact on global economy: WWF
Nature loss caused by the climate emergency could cost the global economy almost £8tn by 2050
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NewsTulip reports £81m losses in last year of Danish Crown ownership
However, operating losses narrowed at the pork giant, which was now delivering ‘weekly profit’
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NewsQuarter of mushrooms rack up 800-plus food miles, research shows
This was despite UK and Irish growers having the ability to supply the entire market, suggested the Mushroom Bureau
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NewsUpfield and General Mills supply chains in balance after NFT pre-pack administration
The future of NFT’s key Tilbury distribution site, used by the Flora and Yoplait owners, remains unresolved
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NewsOrganic sales near £2.5bn as shoppers seek more sustainable food
Total sales across the category rose by 4.5%, according to the Soil Association’s 2019 Organic Market Report