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NewsHorticulture alliance resigns from government roundtable
Last week, Defra minister Mark Spencer confirmed that plans to develop a new horticulture strategy for England were scrapped
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KVI TrackerUK cucumber growers forced to bin crops as retailers choose imports
The Lea Valley Growers Association has said many growers are choosing to ‘dump’ produce instead of sending it to market
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NewsCommons Efra Committee to probe fairness in food supply chain
The inquiry will focus on how profitability and risk is shared, alongside the structural relationships between retailers and suppliers
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NewsManufacturers stockpile gum arabic due to Sudan supply fears
The Sudan conflict is threatening supply of the key ingredient for soft drinks, sweets and cosmetics manufacturers
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NewsFruitful Jobs seasonal worker licence is reinstated
The recruiter had its licence suspended in February over a series of administrative issues, including concerns over asylum claims by workers
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NewsSainsbury’s faces criticism over continued Italian egg imports
The British Egg Industry Council has said consumers ’deserve better’ than imported eggs
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Comment & OpinionAs report reveals IT catastrophe, is Defra fit for purpose?
With 14 million transactions per year carried out on paper, Defra seems ill-equipped to oversee food safety, animal welfare, food shortages, air quality and water suppliers
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NewsFarming heads call for action on food security
Food bosses at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum criticised the government’s dismissal of a need for a national food strategy
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NewsMedia Bites 9 May: Egg shortages, Morrisons, John Lewis, inflation
All the food and drink news over the coronation weekend, including egg shortages, animal welfare concerns at Morrisons and a secret confidence vote for John Lewis chariman Sharon White.
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes climate breakdown make more food shortages inevitable?
The climate crisis is the world’s biggest threat. So what is the future of the food supply if the worst-case scenarios come to pass? And what is being done to ensure that they don’t?
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Analysis & FeaturesIs British farming facing an existential crisis?
The UK’s self-sufficiency is ‘slipping’, with many growers reporting receiving minuscule returns. Does Rishi Sunak’s emergency summit signal the start of meaningful action to save British farming?
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Comment & OpinionFood security: the only topic on the agenda for Sunak’s summit
Issues across farming, climate change and food poverty are all relevant to Rishi Sunak’s meeting
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KVI TrackerRice prices set to rise further following Spanish heatwave
Rice is already far more expensive in British supermarkets than a year ago
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NewsHeck reduces range to focus on core, profitable lines
The group has dialled back its category expansion ambitions after falling to a loss last year
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NewsSupermarket egg prices still rising as shortages continue
As many as 57 shell egg lines sold in the traditional big four, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose have seen their prices rise by at least 10% since the start of the year
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NewsFarmer confidence plunges in face of rising costs and bureaucracy
The NFU’s latest Farm Confidence Survey found that 88% of respondents felt the soaring price of input costs would negatively effect their businesses
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Category ReportCould looming inflation squeeze soft drinks? Category report 2023
While hedges have helped keep inflation down in soft drinks, some are warning of impending pressure on the cost base
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NewsWho Gives a Crap secures first retail listing with Waitrose
The brand’s partnership with Waitrose aimed to ‘support its brand mission of reducing the deforestation of over one million trees per day,’ it said
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NewsMedia Bites 2 May: John Lewis Partnership, grocery inflation, THG
John Lewis is slashing the size of its central London headquarters by more than half, after thousands of staff left their desks to work from home
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the Apprenticeship Levy became a £3bn swindle
David Cameron’s pet project was meant to boost opportunities for apprentices, but companies say most of the money is disappearing into the Treasury’s pockets. What’s going on?