All articles by Kevin White – Page 15
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NewsFreshways sales boost drives a ‘dramatic’ return to profitablity
The mid-market processor saw sales rise by 38%, while operating profit hit almost £3m, up froma loss of £4.6m in 2021
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NewsMeat Business Women kicks off new campaign to improve inclusivity in meat industry
The new push aims to empower women in the industry, foster the involvement of male allies and encourage a more inclusive sector
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NewsBrian Farrell takes over in CEO role at Kepak’s Foods Division
Farrell takes over from Simon Walker, who has been promoted to group CEO, in the role
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NewsSainsbury’s adopts ‘sniff test’ as it ditches use-by dates on milk
The retailer will transition 44 products to the new labelling between January and February 2024
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NewsCrawshaws successor Sterling Meat Co plans two new stores after strong 2022
Sterling hailed its ‘winning’ everyday low prices strategy as a key factor of ’more customers migrating’ towards the retailer
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NewsSainsbury’s invests £6m in extra payments for milk supply chain
The retailer will add 1p per litre to its milk price from next month in recognition of the difficult conditions facing dairy farmers
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News‘We Eat Balanced’ AHDB marketing campaign to focus on ‘British’
AHDB had previously been restricted from using ‘British’ because of EU State Aid Rules, however, post-Brexit UK guidance opened the way for the switch
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NewsArla sees UK branded sales fall during mixed first half of 2023
The dairy co-op saw sales of its key brands fall as shoppers downtraded into the discount channels and own label
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NewsOmsco rebrands as Organic Herd and launches new branded range of dairy products
The dairy co-op said the move would better communicate its values as ’a producer of the highest quality organic milk and dairy products’
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NewsNew report claims intensive poultry production is key driver of bird flu
A new report by Compassion in World Farming has warned factory farming could ultimately create a bird flu human pandemic
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NewsFirst Milk sees sales rise by almost 40% in year of ‘profitable growth’
The dairy co-op hailed the ‘resilience’ of the business as it posted operating profits of £5.1m in its 2022/23 financial year
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NewsNearly 10% of dairy farmers planning on ending production within two years
A further 23% said they were ’unsure’ if their business would continue producing beyond this point, the NFU said
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Comment & OpinionBritain can’t grow its way out of Europe mega-weather food supply threat
This year’s soggy British summer may well have presented a different argument, but Europe’s heatwaves pose an existential threat to food
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NewsABP acquisition of Scotbeef meat plants to face CMA probe
The Irish red meat giant announced the aquisition in mid-June
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News2 Sisters firmly in the red amid supply chain woes
Turnover improvements were largely driven by inflation, said the business, which warned inflationary pressures had continued into 2023
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NewsLack of fertiliser self-sufficiency a risk to food security
The Commons Efra Committee said the government had not ’set out the steps it will take to protect domestic production of nitrogen fertiliser and [the] ammonia used in it’
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Comment & OpinionPlant-based naysayers’ debate lacks nutritional value
Doubt cast on the nutritional benefits of plant-based dairy alternatives (or lack of)
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NewsNoble Foods reports £11m loss in tough year for egg sector
Accounts posted at Companies House for Noble Foods Ltd showed an operating loss of £10.9m for the year to 30 September 2022
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NewsFood security alert after Ukraine grain deal falls through
Russia this week pulled out of the deal, which had allowed the safe passage of Ukrainian wheat shipments from ports on its coast
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NewsDefra director David Kennedy to leave for private sector role
Kennedy spent six years at Defra and eight years in total in the civil service, and is now moving on to a role at EY