All Imports articles
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News
Shoppers don’t trust unlabelled international food ingredients such as eggs, research reveals
UK egg producers are calling for greater transparency regarding the labelling of imported eggs used as an ingredient
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News
Berry sector hangs in the balance amid soaring costs and falling returns
Revenue returns were not keeping pace with operating cost increases for 85% of growers, research by British Berry Growers found
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Red Tractor: shoppers regaining faith in UK food system
New research by the farm assurance scheme showed an increase in consumer confidence across all aspects of UK food production
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German meat & dairy exports banned after foot and mouth disease outbreak
Meat and dairy supply in the UK will suffer some disruption after Defra banned imports from Germany
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Interviews
How ‘customer-centric’ CEO Rodrigo Maza plans to revive Naked Wines
Naked Wines boss Maza is moving away from vouchers as he looks to retain ‘the right kind of customers’ – and achieve profitability
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News
Granarolo ploughs £10m into new UK HQ and distribution centre
The new site will replace its previous UK HQ, which burnt down in January 2023
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New Zealand methane emissions reporting is ‘greenwashing’, campaigners warn
An increasingly popular approach to measuring the livestock industry’s methane emissions could hinder global efforts to tackle climate change, civil groups claim
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Twice as many pesticides found in imported food than UK produced
The Pesticides Action Network (PAN) UK claimed the pesticides residues found could be harmful to people’s health
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UK vegetable growing sector ‘in jeopardy’ due to post-Brexit border checks
Importers of tomatoes and cucumber seeds claim post-Brexit border controls are causing delays and threatening next year’s crops
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Comment & Opinion
Tomato purée slave labour muck throwing doesn’t seem to be sticking
It’s not just the supermarkets challenging the tomato purée slave labour findings, either
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News
Tomato purée: supermarkets hit back at BBC investigation but own-label supply slows
This is how UK supermarkets got caught up in a major forced labour scandal this week
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News
British agrifood exports fell by nearly £3bn a year since Brexit, new research shows
The Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) found exports of UK food goods to the EU had fallen by 16% compared with pre-Brexit averages
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Tomato purées ‘likely’ linked to forced labour in China, BBC investigation finds
The BBC tested several own-label tomato purées that appeared to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, it claimed
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News
Kiril Mischeff buys Italian foods specialist Annessa Imports
Annessa imports Italian goods and them to the retail and foodservice trade
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Majority of companies bracing for commodity price increases in 2025
Rising energy costs and continued geopolitical turmoil are set to contribute to commodity price increases, experts warn
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Comment & Opinion
UK food & drink must prepare now for Trump’s presidency
It’s late for businesses to be starting to prepare now, but there are still just over 70 days until president Trump takes the oath of office, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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News
Wine importers facing ‘large increase in costs’ after budget and upcoming duty changes
Decisions taken in the budget were ‘a huge setback’ for booze, said Hallgarten
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News
Christmas flower poinsettia among festive gifts to cost more due to Brexit border checks
The popular red flower imported from Europe will for the first time face controls at Britain’s borders
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Webinars
Three key learnings on BTOM from The Grocer’s latest webinar
You can watch our webinar on making post-Brexit checks work for your business now
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Analysis & Features
What a Donald Trump presidency will mean for food & drink
President-elect Donald Trump is known as the Tariff Man – but what will his policies mean for international trade and UK business?