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NewsEnergy crisis: supermarkets urged to support suppliers or face empty shelves
Experts told The Grocer this week some retailers were agreeing to so-called “open book” deals
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NewsMedia Bites 31 Aug: price inflation, pubs, Arla Foods
The rapidly rising price of food including milk, margarine and crisps pushed August shop price inflation to the highest levels since 2008
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Comment & OpinionTo stop businesses going into lockdown for good, government must act fast
It’s a huge challenge for even the biggest supermarkets and largest suppliers, but most exposed are smaller operators
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NewsCity snapshot: Hain Celestial blames UK economic struggles for sharp drop in sales
US consumer foods giant Hain Celestial has blamed soaring food prices and falling consumer confidence in the UK for a steep drop in full-year revenues
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NewsMedia Bites 26 August: Asda, Love Hemp, M&S
Asda’s latest quarterly results make headlines in this morning’s papers.
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NewsBottled water shortage disrupting sales for convenience retailers
The Grocer understands it to be a category-wide issue, with the likes of Evian, Volvic, Highland Spring and Buxton affected
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Comment & OpinionHow can supermarkets counter the discounters in the age of inflation?
Trust, online capabilities and data all remain in the supermarkets’ favour, says EY-Parthenon’s Ray MacSweeney
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NewsMedia Bites 25 August: CO2, Asda, Lidl
The UK’s biggest carbon dioxide producer said it would close its Billingham plant in north-east England and Asda to remove best-before dates from fruit and veg.
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Promotional FeaturesHow the cost of living crisis is changing food and drink habits
Fewer treats, shopping around, and the return of pandemic behaviours are just some of the impacts of the cost of living crisis. Read the full report to find out more.
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NewsUK food sector on brink of new CO2 gas crisis as supplier halts production
CF Fertilisers, the UK’s largest supplier of CO2 gas, has announced plans to close, amid an ’uneconomical’ energy landscape
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NewsUnited Wholesale Scotland posts £4.9m pre-tax profit
UWS said its strong partnership with suppliers and loyal customer base had allowed it to perform strongly in a competitive market
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NewsFood import disruption expected as Felixstowe port workers strike
Shipments have been diverted due to an inflation-related wages row at the nation’s biggest container port
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Comment & OpinionAlarming fresh food waste is a disaster for society, not just growers
As we report this week, many growers are struggling with “real anxiety” over the impact of the heatwave on harvests
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NewsGrowers braced for more disruption and crop failures following drought declaration
Nine out of 14 regions in England have now been officially declared as drought zones by the Environment Agency
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Comment & OpinionGlobal brewers ride on-trade rebound but second half looks tougher
Business is booming for the world’s largest brewers – but the real tests for the post-Covid health of the industry are yet to come
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NewsHalf a million tonnes of grain exported under Black Sea ports deal
An estimated 20-22 million tonnes of grains, mostly from pre-war harvests, have been stockpiled at Ukrainian ports due to the war
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NewsSurplus food donations from supermarkets down during cost of living crisis
FareShare said the “crippling” knock-on effects of the supply chain crisis had resulted in a fall in supermarket donations of around 200 tonnes a month
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NewsLabour crisis has created £60m-worth of crop losses this year, says NFU
A survey of growers by the farming union found that this year’s harvest had been ‘significantly impacted’ by the sector’s ongoing labour crisis
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NewsSri Lankan economic collapse unlikely to affect British tea prices
But fertiliser ban caused output to fall by fifth in world’s fourth-biggest tea exporter
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NewsMedia Bites 15 Aug: Cooks Coffee, Supermarket barbecues, Haleon
Britain’s fourth-largest coffee shop chain, Cooks Coffee, is drawing up plans to list on the London stock market, providing a bright spot amid an ongoing drought of new UK listings