All Supply Chain articles – Page 140
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NewsBeer Hawk Fresh adds Fix8 Kombucha to chilled distribution
Chilled kombucha will be available for same-day delivery in London
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NewsTesco suspends Christmas card supplier following forced labour allegations
It comes after a message from Chinese prisoners was found inside a card
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NewsM&S poaches Sainsbury’s Chris Marrow to help overhaul supply chain
Marrow will join M&S in spring 2020 after 14 years as Sainsbury’s logistics director
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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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NewsCranswick launches ‘sustainability showcase’ website
The major meat processor will offer ‘transparent reporting’ and regular news updates through its new site
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NewsCoca-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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NewsTesco 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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NewsFirst 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 & OpinionFour 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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NewsTesco 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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NewsMars apologises for wholesaler Christmas confectionery supply issues
Wholesalers raised concerns they were experiencing shortages of products and delays in delivery
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NewsBrazilian 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 & OpinionTo 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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NewsWooden pallet ‘upcycling’ could cause environmental damage, warns pooler
Social media sites, such as Pinterest, are fuelling interest in upcycling
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NewsUK 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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NewsHigher 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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NewsHazardous 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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NewsBumper summer season for UK-grown berries
Strawberries were the stand-out performer as overall berry sales saw double-digit growth
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NewsWet 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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News‘Banana prices should rise if shoppers want sustainable fruit,’ warn campaigners
NGO Banana Link said retailers and consumers needed to ‘share the burden’