All Supply Chain articles – Page 104
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NewsTesco hits suppliers with distribution charge hike, blaming new diesel tax
The supermarket has written to suppliers saying rates will go up by almost 8% from 29 May
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NewsCo-op opens largest depot yet in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
The site is set to serve more than 600 Co-op sites when it becomes fully operational later this year
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NewsRecipe box players HelloFresh and Gousto expand distribution footprints
Gousto is to launch a 295,000 sq ft fulfilment centre at St Modwen Park Burton, in Staffordshire
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NewsBestway to refund fuel levy to Costcutter retailers spending £17,500 a week
The refund is one of the benefits of Bestway’s new Platinum Club membership
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Analysis & FeaturesDo ministers have a plan for new Brexit import controls?
Businesses are ‘aghast’ after a fourth delay to new import checks
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NewsAmazon overhauls payment terms and delisting processes
Amazon has introduced a new maximum payment period for suppliers and stopped retrospective increases in suppliers’ payment terms
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NewsCandidates line up to replace Parish as Efra Committee chair
Parish announced he would step down as an MP last Sunday, in the wake of a porn scandal
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NewsTurbulence hits edible oils markets after Indonesia’s latest palm oil u-turn
The South-East Asian archipelago supplies over half the world’s exports of palm oil
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Comment & OpinionSunflower oil shortages are forcing a choice between food and biodiesel
The government must ease back or suspend biodiesel mandates in light of the sunflower oil crisis, says Gary Lewis, head of business: oils and fats, KTC
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Comment & OpinionAnother delay to border controls. Even the Brexit opportunities minister seems doubtful
You really couldn’t make up what this government is putting businesses through, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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NewsFood industry backlash grows over postponement of Brexit border checks
Last week, Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said imposing the checks and paperwork in July as planned would be “wrong”
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NewsBumper strawberry crop predicted thanks to dry and bright UK weather
This year’s harvest will be 50% bigger than last year’s, said British Summer Fruits
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NewsTesco begins rollout of solar panels to power refrigeration units on HGVs
The supermarket said the switch from traditional diesel engine technology would save 2,000 litres of diesel per year for each vehicle
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Comment & OpinionWho holds the power in the current retailer-supplier axis? It’s finely balanced
It’s difficult to know who has the harder job right now: buyers tasked with keeping prices down amid the cost of living onslaught, or suppliers, trying to push them through
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NewsFuture Food Movement launches sustainability training programme for food leaders
The programme, which aims to get food and drink businesses to net zero targets faster, is backed by leading food companies
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InterviewsOriginal Beans founder Philipp Kauffmann on craft chocolate and ethical trade
Philipp Kauffmann founded Original Beans to celebrate some of the world’s rarest cacao. Now he wants to see craft chocolate recognised in the mults
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NewsFood businesses give cautious welcome to delay to checks on imports from EU
But opposition accuses government of chaotic decision-making as post-Brexit controls shelved again
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NewsSunflower planting campaign launched to help Ukrainian farmers
The proceeds of seed sales will be donated to Ukrainian farmers and will be distributed by MAS Seeds, Bright Maize’s Ukrainian arm
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NewsMajority of seasonal workers to be recruited from Asia due to Ukraine war
The first seasonal workers have arrived on UK farms with some coming from as far as Uzbekistan to pick produce
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Whitepapers2022 Consumer Trends in Sustainability in partnership with Kraft Heinz
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