All Supply Chain articles – Page 40
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NewsWaitrose expands on-demand delivery offer with Just Eat
The multi-year deal adds to Waitrose’s existing rapid delivery tieups
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NewsUS port strike effects on European producers could last for weeks, warns Filippo Berio
There is a ‘huge backlog of containers to get through the ports and delivered’, suppliers warn
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the food industry clean up our rivers?
The public’s ire over river pollution may be directed at the water companies, but how long before it turns to agricultural businesses, the biggest polluters?
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NewsSainsbury’s launches peat-free mushrooms to reduce emissions and protect ecosystems
The change in mushroom production has been developed in partnership with supplier Monaghan, and will reduce peat usage by 20,465 tonnes per year
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NewsEUDR delay ‘to cause more deforestation’ as palm oil sector sees land clearing increase
A proposed delay to the EU’s anti-deforestation law could cause deforestation ‘14 times the size of Paris’, claim environmental campaigners
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Category ReportThe Welsh farmer uprising: Wales category report 2024
The Welsh government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme triggered widespread uproar from farmers. How can the unrest be quelled?
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NewsMedia Bites 8 October: Lab grown meat, JLP shakeup, McDonald’s vs Meatpackers
The latest news and headlines from around the food and drink sector
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Analysis & FeaturesIs genetic crop engineering the key to climate-resilient agriculture?
With backing from Labour, precision bred crops could be on their way to UK farms. But the complex issue divides both the industry and the public
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NewsFramptons back in profit 18 months after £5m cash injection
Plant-based co-packer Framptons has completed a remarkable turnaround by returning to profit less than 18 months after it sought a £5m cash injection to ensure its survival
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Comment & OpinionA delay to EUDR is bad news for farmers and suppliers
A year-long wait on deforestation laws will be no benefit to smallholders, says Leo Bottrill, CEO and founder of MapHubs
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Analysis & FeaturesWrap’s Sebastian Munden on sustainability’s ‘competitive advantage’
The Grocer’s guest editor and Wrap chair on the ‘competitive advantage’ of sustainability, and ‘unintentional greenwashing’
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NewsCook and The Felix Project partner to redistribute end-of-line surplus food
The process has helped Cook redistrbute an estimated 16 tonnes of end-of-line surplus food
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NewsWaitrose trialling wine cork recycling in stores
The supermarket has partnered with cork processor Amorim for the six-month scheme
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NewsFood businesses urge government to introduce mandatory food waste reporting
Thirty-three companies including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Abel & Cole, Olio and Bidfood signed a joint letter to environment secretary Steve Reed
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ProfilesWildfarmed’s Edd Lees on Kylie, flour and Ronald McDonald
‘Today, grocery is an oligopoly of retailers, with the supply chain working in competition’
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NewsEU announces delay to anti-deforestation law
The European Commission has proposed an extra 12 months to allow businesses to prepare for EUDR
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NewsField marketer Dee Set Group acquired by Acosta Europe
The undisclosed deal creates what Acosta described as a “market-leading” retail and afield marketing services agency
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NewsScottish butcher Simon Howie now fully powered by renewables
The meat company is advancing in its net zero journey
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Comment & OpinionDefra is doing the right thing wrong on EPR
The industry will inevitably be blamed for driving inflation once again, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsTesco slashes road miles with launch of tenth rail service
Tesco said its latest train route – from Daventry in the Midlands to Widnes in the north west – will see the retailer move 600k cases a week