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KVI TrackerKVI tracker: Some supermarket fruit & veg lines up 25% since January
Common fresh produce items have risen significantly in price over the past 12 weeks, Assosia data revealed, following widespread shortages
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NewsCake manufacturers face heavy palm oil disruption over EU deforestation laws
New due diligence legislation will require businesses trading in or with the EU to prove their supply chains are deforestation-free
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Comment and OpinionAs Sunak readies ‘Green Day’, food industry initiatives are a basket case
DRS is in danger of going down the drain, while EPR has been described as a ‘fiasco’
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery price inflation hits new high of 17.5%
Grocery price inflation reached a new high of 17.5% over the four weeks to 19 March, costing households an additional £837 on their annual supermarket bills. Plus, Diageo names new CEO, Ocado Retail sales edge up in first quarter, AG Barr posts strong annual growth amid margin compression and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 28 March: Inflation, John Lewis, Gopuff
The latest shop prices index from the BRC makes headlines this morning as food prices continue to rise
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NewsMedia Bites 27 March: John Lewis, Asda, Boots, Ocado
It would be a tragedy if John Lewis were to change is staff-ownership model, a former boss of the retailer has said
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Analysis and FeaturesUnpicking the failures that led to a £234m loss at Waitrose and John Lewis
After posting huge losses, Sharon White has rung the changes, promising more cuts. Even its hallowed mutual status is under review
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RankingsBritain’s Biggest Brands 2023: The top 100
These are the UK’s biggest grocery brands by value in the year to 31 December 2022, according to data from NiQ
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NewsSoy traders face stricter EU laws on environment
Soy traders such as Bunge and Cargill will have to prove their supply chains are not linked to illegal deforestation
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NewsMedia Bites 23 March: John Lewis, Fever-Tree, inflation
John Lewis keeps making headlines amid reports of its plan to sell a minority stake.
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Analysis and FeaturesIn his own words: Henry Dimbleby on why he quit government health role
National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby has quit as the UK’s food tsar, furious at Whitehall’s lack of a strategy. But he’s not giving up on major change
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NewsSalad shortages fuels surprise jump in inflation as food prices soar 18%
Food price inflation has hit a 45-year high of 18% amid shortages of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest data out this morning
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NewsCity snapshot: Fever-Tree profits hit by soaring inflation as UK sales fall
Profits have declined at Fever-Tree as inflationary pressures squeezed margins and sales in the UK market shrank as consumers cut back spending to cope with the cost-of-living crisis. Plus, surprise jump in UK inflation as veg shortages push food prices 18% higher.
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NewsFood too cheap to sustain UK production, AHDB chair warns
Nicholas Saphir has said the food sector needs to ‘recognise the elephant in the room’ and reform pricing stategies to increase farmer returns
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Comment and OpinionStop bashing retailers for shortages. Consumers must understand the price of food
In France, we pay 25% more for food than in the UK, says Karen Green, author of Buyer-ology
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NewsFurther dismay for growers as they continue to be omitted from energy support scheme
NFU president Minette Batters said she was at her ’wit’s end’ with the government following its budget announcement
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The Big InterviewWincanton CEO James Wroath: ‘If we’re Luddites, we’re finished’
Logistics giant Wincanton lost big contracts with Heinz and HMRC in the past year, but its CEO is plotting a course to try make it a robotics pioneer
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NewsFarm shops report uptick in fruit & veg sales as shortages hit mults
Short supply chains mean independent retailers have kept their fruit & veg displays fully stocked
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NewsLoo roll shortages loom as tissue industry ‘not ready’ for deforestation laws
Cheeky Panda boss says tissue makers will struggle to shift operations overnight
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NewsLabour agencies to face supermarket scrutiny over exploitation claims
Retailers are stepping in to increase audits of recruitment agencies over debt bondage concerns