All Supply chain articles
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Analysis & FeaturesHow much will Christmas dinner cost this year?
Floods, labour shortages and Brexit stockpiling have all made an impact on Christmas favourites
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News
Cranswick launches ‘sustainability showcase’ website
The major meat processor will offer ‘transparent reporting’ and regular news updates through its new site
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Coca-Cola European Partners opens £20m Edmonton line to boost sustainable production
The production line will make ‘bag-in-box’ products, which contain concentrate for foodservice and licensed operators
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Tesco and WWF link to produce Sustainable Basket Metric environmental measure
The supermarket’s Sustainable Basket Metric will initially involve 20 Tesco products
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First bird flu case since 2017 reported at Suffolk chicken farm
Around 27,000 birds are set to be culled, while a 1km restriction zone has been set up around the affected farm
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Comment & Opinion
Four key challenges for suppliers seeking retailer traction
To get investment and support requires complex thinking across four dimensions, but very simple communication, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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News
Tesco pledges £10m to protect Brazilian soy-producing region from deforestation
Tesco’s investment will incentivise farmers to grow soy on existing agricultural land rather than burning virgin forest
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Mars apologises for wholesaler Christmas confectionery supply issues
Wholesalers raised concerns they were experiencing shortages of products and delays in delivery
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Brazilian government urged to protect Amazon from soy crop deforestation
It comes after Brazilian soy farmers, who claim to have the support of president Jair Bolsonaro, started a campaign last month
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Comment & Opinion
To remain the people’s grocer, Aldi must make progress on ethics
Oxfam consistently ranks the discounter at the bottom of the UK’s supermarkets for its human rights policies, says Morgan Holt, chief strategy officer at Fitch
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News
Wooden pallet ‘upcycling’ could cause environmental damage, warns pooler
Social media sites, such as Pinterest, are fuelling interest in upcycling
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UK pig farmers accuse processors of hoarding China export cash
The UK has more than doubled its exports to China since the ASF outbreak, but farmers claim they haven’t seen the benefits
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Higher risk of single-mutation ‘hypervirulent’ superbugs revealed
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have warned far more bacteria than previously thought are one step away from mutating
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Hazardous pesticides remaining in supermarket supply chains, warns report
PAN UK is calling on retailers to disclose the chemicals in their supply chains
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Bumper summer season for UK-grown berries
Strawberries were the stand-out performer as overall berry sales saw double-digit growth
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Wet weather means UK may have to import brassicas, warn growers
The British Growers Association said this week there was only a “short timescale” remaining for the weather to improve
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‘Banana prices should rise if shoppers want sustainable fruit,’ warn campaigners
NGO Banana Link said retailers and consumers needed to ‘share the burden’
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‘Horror autumn’ could hamper 2020 vegetable supplies, warn growers
Met Office data for October has shown some areas of the country were hit by more than double the average rainfall
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Growers welcome Conservative pledge to ‘quadruple’ seasonal workers pilot
Under the plans, the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme pilot would be extended to 10,000 workers
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Analysis & Features
Can blockchain join the dots at last in grocery?
Could blockchain technology enable the food industry to keep track of food in the supply chain and thereby champion its provenance?
