Brexit insight and analysis – Page 27
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Analysis & Features
Brexit white paper gives food & drink cause for optimism
Securing rights for EU nationals in the UK and UK nationals in the EU is named as a key objective
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Analysis & Features
Coffee prices rise in mults as suppliers face cost increases
Shoppers are paying more for coffee in the mults after major supplier Nestlé reportedly hiked supply-side prices
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Analysis & Features
How Mauritian growers are preparing for sugar quota changes
“We are very afraid of the future,” one farmer tells The Grocer
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Comment & Opinion
Food and drink's nobility and stoicism undermined by politics
Food and drink’s noble aims and stoic resolve at odds with ruthless self-interest at the heart of President Trump’s agenda
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Analysis & Features
Theresa May’s Brexit speech: the grocery industry reacts
The Prime Minister today fleshed out her vision for a post-Brexit UK. Here’s how the food & drink industry reacted to her speech
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Comment & Opinion
Ways to manage two years of uncertainty
Marketplace uncertainty is here for at least two years, so we can’t easily assess the spending mood of swathes of consumer groups
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Comment & Opinion
Own-label supplier consolidation is on the way
It would be shocking if the next six months didn’t reveal increased costs for food manufacturers
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Comment & Opinion
The Great British Brexit Mystery continues
Farmers remain in the dark over future plans for their industry after environment secretary Andrea Leadsom’s speech in their own backyard
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Comment & Opinion
Farage, fishing and disentanglement from the EU net
Fish stocks don’t respect international boundaries but is Britain heading into stormy waters as it fights, post-Brexit, to save its fishing industry?
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Comment & Opinion
Unity in challenging times
I am so proud of the way my FDF colleagues mobilised so quickly in the wake of the EU referendum
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Comment & Opinion
Navigating the new world of rising import costs
The latest trade data by the Office for National Statistics confirms that sterling’s post-Brexit slide has significantly impacted the price of imports, signaling new challenges ahead for the UK food industry.
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Analysis & Features
Trade impact of Brexit remains a mixed picture
The UK’s trade deficit fell back to £2bn in October compared to £5.8bn in September. So a great success for Brexit Britain? Not so fast.
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Analysis & Features
Not even Brexit can hamper optimism of Ewan Venters
Fortnums CEO talks Brexit, Brand Britain and business rates
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Comment & Opinion
Fortnum & Mason sizes up the Brexit price ticket
Ewan Venters took over as CEO of Fortnum & Mason four years ago. Here are his thoughts on everything from Brexit, Black Friday to business rates …
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Analysis & Features
Bananas, Marmite, milk... where next for price hikes?
After the first price hike on bananas for more than two years, what other foods are ripe for price hikes, and why?
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Comment & Opinion
Co-op's record on waste
Our long-term ambition is for all packaging to be recycled where it can be, and we are making a bold start
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Comment & Opinion
Justin King is being conservative: the only way prices can go is up
Justin King during his time as Sainsbury’s CEO Not many ex-supermarket CEOs have escaped the upheaval of the last few years with their reputations intact. Justin King is one of them. Former peers include Phil Clarke (Tesco 2011-2014), Dalton Philips (Morrisons 2010-2015) and Andy Clarke ...
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Analysis & Features
Is the Chancellor likely to slash VAT in Autumn Statement?
Do Brexit pressures warrant this highly controversial measure?
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Analysis & Features
Inflationary pressures build but deflation still persists
This week the media’s inflationary focus has turned to Birds Eye fish fingers, Walkers Crisps, and smaller Toblerones…
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Comment & Opinion
Marmite is now a lightning rod for post-Brexit trade negotiations
The plot, like one of Unilever’s Knorr stock pots, thickens