All Supply Chain articles – Page 110
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Comment & OpinionFood eco-labels: is it wise to let industry mark its own homework?
The IGD’s recommendations provide significant potential for industry domination, says Catherine Chong, engagement lead at CLEAR
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Analysis & FeaturesWill 2024 bring an end to key commodity turbulence?
Buyers will be hoping for the ‘semblance of normality’ experts predict – but El Niño and other costs mean it won’t be simple
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s the outlook for fruit & veg supplies next year?
The havoc wreaked on supplies by volatile weather is not abating
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NewsFresh produce supply chain review launched in bid to improve fairness
The review is designed to support British farmers and growers to receive a fair price for their products and ensure customers have access to fresh Britsh produce
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NewsWall’s Pastry owner has net zero targets approved by SBTi
Compleat Food Group is aiming to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions from its own operations by 50% by 2030
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NewsPregnancy and blocked noses stopping fishing crews from going to sea
Fishing groups have called on the government to pause new medical regulations for crews and carry out a review
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NewsBidfood ties up with CarbonCloud to manage climate footprint
The foodservice wholesaler said it was an “important step forward” in achieving its net zero carbon emissions target by 2045
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NewsApple growers on a 'knife edge' due to high production costs and low returns
Over the past two years, British apple growers faced a 30% increase in the cost of production and received just an 8% rise in returns from the supermarkets
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NewsBooths takes frozen supply chain back inhouse as part of logistics overhaul
Booths is set to open a massive new frozen facility at its Preston manufacturing site
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NewsBerry growers criticise BRC for ‘untrue’ depiction of sector
The BRC’s director of food and sustainability had said issues with returns were down to middlemen preventing pay reaching farmers
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NewsWaitrose to ‘rapidly’ expand export business as overseas sales surge
Waitrose has been holding meetings with new and existing distributors, including with supermarkets across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean
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NewsIceland Foods ‘confident’ stores will be unaffected by Christmas strikes
Workers at two of its distribution centres have confirmed plans to walk out this Christmas in a pay dispute with GXO
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NewsUK government to roll out EU-style deforestation laws
Rishi Sunak announced the legislation was finally coming into effect at COP28, two years after it was proposed
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NewsUN sets out roadmap to end world hunger amid climate crisis
The Food and Agriculture Organization published the first net zero roadmap for food systems at COP28
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NewsWine importers bemoan cost of Brexit red tape as shelf-edge prices climb
The average supermarket bottle of wine has climbed 12.6% in price since Brexit
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NewsSeafish publishes updated proposed levy changes to support industry
Industry feedback found that the levy from the public body needed to be fairer and more equitable
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NewsChristmas deliveries at risk amid Panama Canal drought
The drought afflicting the popular shipping route is forcing food companies to look at alternative routes
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NewsSkilled worker visa salary increase to shut out ‘vital’ staff
Insiders sounded a warning over latest government plans to up the minimum salary required for a skilled overseas worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700
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NewsFSA warns consumers of salmonella risk from Polish poultry products
There is an investigation ongoing into multiple strains of salmonella linked to poultry products imported to the UK from Poland
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NewsIGD faces backlash over front-of-pack eco-label plans
IGD presented its proposals to Defra this week which it says will provide a “comprehensive” guide to the impact of products on water, land and climate change