Latest commodities Insight & Analysis – Page 3
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Category Report
How oil is navigating troubled waters: edible oils category report 2023
Droughts in Spain are heaping fresh pressure on olive oil prices. How are brands and shoppers reacting?
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Category Report
Can bakers make premiumisation pay? Bread category report 2023
Brands are struggling in the cost of living crisis – especially in wrapped bread. But they are fighting back with savvy innovation
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Comment & Opinion
Businesses must prepare for new EU deforestation regulations
Upcoming EU laws will require importers to demonstrate no deforestation has occurred in their supply chains, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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KVI Tracker
Onion prices soar as bad weather hits harvests
European onion prices have risen by 483% year on year according to Mintec
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Analysis & Features
Why retail prices keep rising despite falling commodity costs
The cost of some commodities has fallen by up to 50% in the past year
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KVI Tracker
Olive oil set for two years of price hikes and shortages
Spain, the world’s largest olive oil producer, has produced just half its normal quantity of oil
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Analysis & Features
As Easter approaches are we nearer to fixing the chocolate supply chain?
Chocolate Scorecard shows cocoa supply is still problematic. So what’s the way forward?
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Analysis & Features
Why fruit & veg shortages are only a tiny bit about Brexit
The British Retail Consortium cited “difficult weather conditions in the south of Europe and northern Africa”, which had disrupted harvests for products such as tomatoes and peppers. But critics have pointed to plentiful produce elsewhere in Europe
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Interviews
PZ Cussons boss Jonathan Myers on transforming this ‘strange company’
Myers has simplified PZ Cussons since taking over in 2020, closing its forays into Nigerian property and Australian yoghurt, in recognition it had lost its way
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Comment & Opinion
Is there any truth to Tesco chairman John Allan’s inflammatory inflation claims?
Are suppliers really profiteering from inflation?
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Analysis & Features
Commodities outlook: will food prices finally ease in 2023?
Global warming, the war in Ukraine, and China’s slowdown are some of the crucial factors affecting food commodities in 2023
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Comment & Opinion
Has food price inflation peaked? It’s the wrong question to ask
It seems the concerted efforts of supermarkets and suppliers to keep prices down is having an impact
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Comment & Opinion
Should fmcg producers pass on the benefit of softening commodity prices?
It’s clear fmcg manufacturers face a perfect storm at the start of 2023, says Peter Hatfield, fmcg specialist at management consultancy Vendigital
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KVI Tracker
KVI tracker: fruit & veg among own-label food and drink lines increasing in price
Own label potatoes, cheese slices, sausage rolls, catfood pouches, apples and onions all increased in price from 12 December to 19 December
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Analysis & Features
Eggs shortages: can dairy-style contracts mend the broken system?
The egg industry is calling for contract reform, to prevent suppliers being locked into loss-making positions and provide stability for the sector
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Comment & Opinion
Ukraine’s food industry is as heroic and resourceful as its soldiers
Were it not for the resilience, bravery and ingenuity of the people feeding those in Ukraine, Kyiv would have surrendered many months ago
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Analysis & Features
How the declining value of the pound is putting the squeeze on UK food importers
While sterling’s recent slump could boost exports, it is but the latest headache for businesses that source from abroad
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Analysis & Features
How the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is battling Parmesan copycats and climate change
The consortium is trialling new anti fraud measures that sees 100,000 wheels of cheese having digital labels inserted into the casein skin
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Analysis & Features
China’s role in the global post-Covid market
Post-Covid, China’s growth has slowed significantly, with only 0.4% GDP growth in the second quarter of 2022