All Supply Chain articles – Page 15
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News
UK food and drink exports to US jump in Q1 – but April figures hit by Trump tariffs
British food and drink producers rushed to export to the US ahead of Trump’s tariffs
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Brexit: future of environmental health officers in danger amid UK-EU deal
With EU and UK controls on agrifoods set to be massively scaled back, the personnel originally hired to handle the controls could be let go
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Eleventh-hour bid to stop Brazilian meat giant JBS’s Wall Street listing
Campaigners have told the New York Stock Exchange board that the public listing of meat giant JBS listing risked violating US laws
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Imported Dubai-style chocolate poses risk to allergy sufferers, FSA warns
Some imported Dubai-style chocolate products could lack a full ingredients list or allergen labelling
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Nescafé surpasses 2025 regenerative agriculture goal
Wider adoption of regenerative practices was helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Nescafé said
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Evri-DHL merger faces CMA scrutiny
The deal, announced in mid-May, would see Evri acquire DHL’s ecommerce wing in exchange for a minority stake in its own shares
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More than 90,000 retail jobs lost last year amid ‘rising tide’ of employment costs
ONS figures show 360,000 roles have been lost from the retail sector over the past decade, warned the BRC
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Farming profits rise by £1.6bn with livestock driving growth
The total income from farming in 2024 jumped to £7.7bn in 2024 from £6.1 billion in 2023
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Three-quarters of Brits want to switch to ‘cull-free’ eggs, new report finds
The UK egg industry kills between 40 million and 45 million male chicks, which can’t be used for meat and can’t lay eggs, each year in a process called hatch and dispatch
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Interviews
GrowUp CEO Mike Hedges on the future of vertical farming
While other vertical farms have struggled, GrowUp’s CEO has built a team he believes has the potential to grow and sell its ‘best-tasting’ salad leaves globally
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Category Report
Sink or swim? Trends in oils 2025
Brits have scratched olive oil off their shopping lists and switched to cheaper cooking oils as prices have hit record highs. Now they’re levelling off, how can retailers and suppliers tempt shoppers back?
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News
Supply chain fairness review into combinable crops launched
The review, which will help producers have clear, fair and enforceable contracts, has been launched as part of the government’s New Deal for Farmers
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Comment & Opinion
DRS, EPR… government can’t be trusted with green schemes
Green schemes have been notoriously mishandled in this country to the detriment of businesses, says Nick Gillett, Mangrove MD
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News
Agrifood companies rely on ‘weak’ carbon schemes to distract from lack of progress, report claims
Companies such as Mars and PepsiCo are ‘failing to address the root causes of their carbon emissions’, the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025 claimed
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FDF to face opposition bid in efforts to run new EPR packaging tax system
A bid drawn up by the FDF has won the backing of powerful bodies including the BRC and Incpen, but it is unlikely to be the only one
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Comment & Opinion
Disruption clocks are ticking. Food system resilience is crucial
Food system resilience requires us to be prepared for disruption which can be caused by a growing list of risks, says Alan Hayes, strategic advisor at Future Strategy
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News
Media Bites 3 June: M&S CEO’s pay rise, dangerous TikTok sellers, Walmart & automation
All the top retail news and headlines from Tuesday 3 June 2025
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IHT changes could cost government £1.87bn, new report finds
The research from Family Business UK, supported by 32 trade associations, showed that every region of the UK and sector of the economy would hit by the government’s decision
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News
Princes rolls out campaign to ‘boost profile’ of UK food manufacturing
The campaign will showcase a newly introduced UKM stamp
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Fruit & veg border checks on EU imports scrapped
The checks on fruit & veg, which represented the final phase of the previous government’s Border Target Operating Model, were due to kick in on 1 July