All Supply Chain articles – Page 8
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NewsNew farming minister announced as Angela Eagle leaves post
He replaces Angela Eagle, the new security minister at both the Home Office and the Cabinet Office
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Promotional FeaturesHow food SMEs can innovate to beat rising costs and trade friction
Rising costs, new levies, geopolitical shocks and shifting supply chains are forcing ambitious food and drink SMEs to rethink how they protect margin, fund growth and build resilience.
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NewsFertiliser ‘must be affordable’ amid Iran war price spike, NFU urges
Farmers are warning they may have to stop planting some crops due to the soaring cost of fertiliser
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NewsMajority back cancer warnings on nitrite-cured meats
Exclusive research reveals 55% of bacon and ham eaters would support tobacco-style warnings on processed meat containing nitrites, amid calls for action a decade after WHO linked products to cancer risk
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NewsZack Polanski backs campaigners calling for CO2 stunning ban for pigs
The politician joined animal welfare advocacy group Project Slingshot as it projected a video of pigs ‘being slaughtered inside CO2 gas chambers’
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NewsClimate change to push fruit & veg prices up by 170% by 2050, research claims
Healthy eating risked becoming ‘unaffordable’ for millions of shoppers, claimed research by thinktank The Autonomy Institute
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News‘Simpler and fairer’ Sustainable Farming Incentive unveiled
The 2026 scheme is backed by £240m for new agreements, building on more than £560m already committed
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NewsHundreds of thousands of tonnes of UK potatoes dumped, industry warns
Potato growers are facing such large volumes that they are struggling to find a home for them, chairman of Nationwide Produce, Tim O’Malley, told The Grocer
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NewsLidl backs British berry growers with £500m investment
The investment reflects the value of sourcing contracts with British-based berry suppliers over the next five years with the discounter signing new five-year agreements
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NewsAnimal welfare campaigners target Pret a Manger over delayed ‘frankenchicken’ pledge
Campaigners plan to visit every Pret in London over the coming months
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NewsAustralian tech firm Fresho acquires Nation Wilcox
The deal gives the group a combined customer base of more than 400 food wholesalers and in excess of £2bn in annual gross merchandise value
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NewsFarmers need help to adopt low-carbon fertilisers, Tesco boss Ashwin Prasad says
Tesco’s UK CEO said low-carbon fertilisers could play an important role in reducing emissions
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NewsBakkafrost accused of misleading regulators after dead and diseased fish found at site
Animal Equality UK said the business misled authorities about the true status of its apparently fallow Loch Torridon site
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: Morrisons, EPR and dynamic pricing
I worked on the Morrisons brand 15 years ago. Back then, the business had a distinctive advantage in grocery retail: its vertically integrated model
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NewsGene-editing: government did not fully investigate consequences, court finds
The High Court found the government did not investigate fully the consequences of its decision to deregulate gene-edited organisms before removing safeguards
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WhitepapersIs AI the future of fleet safety?
Learn the latest on how global logistics leaders are harnessing AI and smarter tech to keep fleets on the road – giving retailers a strategic edge as insurance costs soar
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NewsJapanese seafood giant pushes for more sustainable northeast Atlantic mackerel
The business, whose operating profit exceeded ¥40bn last year, has joined the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group – established in 2020 after Northeast Atlantic mackerel and blue whiting fisheries lost their Marine Stewardship Council certifications
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NewsBird flu protection zones lifted across Great Britain
The decision was made after the risk of highly pathogenic bird flu fell, according to the latest assessment
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Reeves’ food tariff cuts actually help to lower inflation?
The food & drink industry is sceptical the plans will have any effect
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NewsFood bosses unveil ‘bold’ new programme to tackle workforce crisis
IGD said there was ‘growing consensus’ that there needed to be a step-change in support for young people to enter the industry to prevent a generation from being left behind