All Avian flu articles – Page 47
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Media Bites 16 December: Omicron, beef, M&S
Business leaders have called on the government to move quickly to restore confidence amid the rapid spread of Omicron and fears that a large number of workers will call in sick, creating further disruption to supply chains.
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Tesco adds new refrigerated rail freight service to tackle HGV crisis this Christmas
The new low-CO2 rail service train will transport chilled goods from Tilbury to Coatbridge and run twice a day, seven days a week
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Road Haulage Association CEO Richard Burnett to step down
Burnett has held the position of CEO since September 2014
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Media Bites 15 Dec: Ocado, Tesco, Inflation
Shares in Ocado rose after a legal victory in the US over patents for its robots, but poor sales took the sparkle off
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‘Less than 100’ visas issued to foreign butchers as pork sector faces ‘meltdown’
A Home Office minister confirmed the number of applications was ‘in the dozens’
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Seabrook struggling to meet ‘unprecedented demand’ for crisps amid Walkers shortages
A mass of Seabrook products have been out of stock in the mults for several days, with some SKUs unavailable for weeks
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Supply chain crisis: food and farming groups urge government to get a grip
A coalition of major food and farming organisations has warned government needs to do more than just “paper over the cracks with short-term fixes”
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City snapshot: Ocado sales dented by labour shortage
Ocado sales fell back 4% in its fourth quarter as labour shortages, temporary capacity contrants and the normalisation of consumer shopping behaviour dented the online supermarket’s growth. Plus, store growth boosts Pepco’s profits and grocery sales fall back in November.
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Comment & Opinion
Financial solutions for the transition to a more climate-friendly food industry
Food businesses are starting to rethink their global operations, says Paul Doheny, Rabobank’s head of corporate clients and lending
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EU, Norway and UK set next year’s North Sea fishing quotas
The agreement covers cod, haddock, plaice, whiting, herring and saithe
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Media Bites 10 December: Plan B, gig economy, avian flu, Spam
The papers continue to focus on the fallout from the introduction of the government’s Plan B to tackle to Omicron variant.
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UK facing worst-ever bird flu outbreak, according to poultry sector
About half a million infected birds have already been culled, said chief vet Christine Middlemiss
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Walkers crisps shortage set to extend deep into January
The crisps giant has been struck by supply issues since October - understood to be the result of an SAP upgrade at owner PepsiCo
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Heather Mills sells 25% stake in VBites to Intersnack owner Pfeifer & Langen
The €3bn-plus turnover conglomerate plans to use its might to accelerate growth of the plant-based cheeses and fish-free products part of Mills’ group
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A fifth of restaurants forced to close early due to supply chain and staffing woes
Nearly half of the 350 small and independent restaurant partners said they have had to put up prices
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Omicron sparks fears of workforce crisis in run-up to Christmas
Defra also sought to reassure industry bosses about the levels of availability going into Christmas
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Aldi CEO Giles Hurley reassures customers discounter will have plenty of Christmas supplies
It comes in a week of warnings strike action could lead to shortages at some other supermarkets
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City Snapshot: McColl’s warns of continued supply chain disruption as revenues fall by £140m
McColl’s has warned it will continue to be hit by supply chain shortages as the c-store group revealed revenues tumbled 11.2% to £1.1bn in 2021. Plus, SSP sinks to another loss of more than £400m, and Nestle sells 4% of its L’Oreal holding.
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Analysis & Features
The inside story of Tesco’s strike action
Tesco workers this week voted in their thousands to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas. But it’s far from an isolated incident. So what’s behind the rise in industrial action?
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Tesco facing industrial action at another nine DCs in run-up to Christmas
Usdaw members at the nine DCs are set to join Unite members already planning walkouts at another four