All Supply Chain articles – Page 22
-
News£38m National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre launches
The centre will support research and innovation into various forms of alternative protein, from plants and microbes to insects and algae
-
Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have groomed us to accept subpar fruit & veg
We’ve been groomed to accept watery cultivars and produce where any biodiverse trait or breath of seasonality has been edited out, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
-
NewsBrewgooder claims UK Fairtrade first with latest fonio grain NPD
The launch could be worth up to worth £2m per year to the Fairtrade economy, Brewgooder predicted
-
Analysis & FeaturesFreda’s Peanut Butter: the Cornish brand with a drive to succeed
Freda’s was inspired by a New Zealand road trip, named after a van and funded by a car sale
-
NewsFirst Brexit common user charge bills serve bitter shock to food industry
The costs of importing EU goods to the UK are quickly running into tens of thousands of pounds, businesses report
-
Analysis & FeaturesPackaging tax: Defra’s eye-watering EPR recycling fees shock
‘Eye-watering’ fees aren’t set in stone, but companies are getting worried
-
NewsWaitrose Foundation extended to fresh herb lines to support growers in Kenya
Waitrose will now donate a percentage of retail sales back to herb growers in Kenya
-
NewsBrazil looks to strengthen UK relationship with pork exports
Brazil is hoping to expand its trading partnership with the UK as part of ambitions to start exporting pork into the country as imports from the EU dwindle
-
Comment & OpinionThe most sustainable packaging material? The answer is complicated
We need to assess supermarket packaging by carbon emissions and circular recycling, say Ian Coulter, partner at Food Strategy Associates and Paul Smith, founder of Sustainability Business Solutions
-
NewsScotch whisky gets special protection in Brazil in a bid to boost exports
Labour is focused on boosting UK food and drink exports in a bid to strengthen the wider economy
-
Comment & OpinionFood & drink exports are central to UK growth agenda
Food and drink will play a vital role in delivering much-needed growth to the economy, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
-
NewsTesco publishes decapod crustacean welfare policy
The policy has been created with support from Aquatic Life Institute and is hoped to inspire other retailers to follow Tesco’s lead
-
NewsFuture Food Movement launches sustainability training programmes
The virtual courses, aimed at food industry leaders, will commence on 19 September
-
Comment & OpinionA standardised carbon labelling system is crucial for our future
By providing carbon footprint data on food labels, consumers can identify products that have a lower environmental impact, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
-
NewsM&S in tricky talks with suppliers over UPF ingredients in Eat Well range
The challenge of removing ingredients is understood to be proving difficult in the context of wider ongoing debate over what UPF means and how important it is to public health outcomes
-
Comment & OpinionLabour does not have time to dally on EPR fees
Defra is once again looking at how it calculates EPR fees. It doesn’t bode well for a new dawn of decisiveness under Labour
-
NewsTyphoo Tea turnaround disrupted as losses balloon to almost £40m
Losses have spiralled to almost £40m at Typhoo Tea as trespassers occupied and damaged its mothballed factory in Merseyside, dealing an unexpected setback to the embattled company’s turnaround attempt
-
NewsLidl launches tool to close banana supply chain wage gap
Lidl GB is launching the wage tool across its entire banana supply chain in September
-
NewsBottom-trawl fishing consultation launched in Scotland
The value of protecting the entirety of each marine protected area, rather than a piecemeal ‘features-based’ approach, should not be underestimated, said the charity
-
KVI TrackerCawston Press warns of further juice price pressures amid profits slide
The supplier said it did not expect a reprieve in raw material costs anytime soon