All Logistics articles – Page 57
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Analysis and Features
World Food Special: Game over for importers?
With multiple retailers increasingly sourcing foreign lines direct from producers, what does the future hold for specialist food importers? Richard Ford reports on global sourcing developments and the search for exciting new products
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Comment and Opinion
Third party: Get smarter with supply chain management
If you really want to cut costs you should be squeezing more efficiencies out of your logistics networks
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News
P&G appoints Picou as its supply chain director
Monique Picou, named this week as Procter & Gamble's new supply chain director, says she is excited about the prospect of entering the "hugely competitive landscape" of UK grocery.Picou took up the role of supply network operations...
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News
JLP veteran Jones to run Waitrose’s supply chain
Waitrose has appointed a man with 28 years experience at John Lewis as its supply chain director. David Jones, who is currently divisional registrar for John Lewis, will replace former director Mark Williamson on 31 August.
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News
Retailers slam report on food supply chain
UK supermarkets have joined forces with their European counterparts to slam a report into the impact of major retailers on the food supply chain.José Bové, vice chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the...
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NewsWalmart to clean up supply chain
Walmart plans to massively cut greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain over the next five years – a move the retailer said would be equivalent to taking 3.8 million cars off the road for a year.
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NewsGovernment gives nod to supermarket ombudsman
A supermarket ombudsman will become a reality after the government today accepted the Competition Commission’s…
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News
Pre-pack keeps Natural Kitchen stores trading
An upmarket slow food store set up by two former Asda bosses has entered a pre-pack administration deal…
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News
A healthy future for fruit and veg
Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables and sustainable opportunities for increasing domestic production of fresh produce…
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NewsLondon must do more to meet local demand
London needs its own dedicated food hub and as many as 20 new street markets to help it meet local food demand…
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NewsAs the snow keeps mounting up, so do the costs to industry
Cancelled deliveries. Closed stores. Frozen crops. The industry is counting the cost of up to three weeks of disrupted trading…
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NewsWaitrose evolution prompts supply chain review
Waitrose has started a review of the structure of the business that will examine every part of the supply chain and may result in changes to jobs at head office.
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News
3663 bid for ‘perfect supply chain’ goes on with £18m depot
3663 First For Foodservice will open an £18m multi-temperature depot this week and add two similar sites in a bid to create the perfect supply chain.The foodservice giant will debut its 120,000 sq ft Paddock Wood depot on Tuesday and...
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News
Wrap to map wastage in fruit & veg supply chain
A major new research project has been launched to measure and ultimately reduce wastage in the fresh produce supply chain.
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News
Meat supply chain needs more calves
A significant long-term decline in the volumes of beef from dairy calves is inevitable unless more black and white calves are brought into the red meat supply chain, new figures indicate.While there was an 8.5% increase to 26,000 in the...
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Comment and Opinion
Saturday Essay: Trust and transparency in the supply chain
In tough economic times, it’s important to keep assurance messages clear and trustworthy
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Comment and Opinion
Global supply chains are changing – we must too
Despite global competition for supply, too many businesses are lagging behind the competition on the risk management front Our global food supply chains have suddenly become risky. Be it the impact of a cyclone in Burma, food miles in Chile or...
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News
Supply chain must cut fuel usage
Europe-wide fuel demonstrations might win the transport and logistics industry sympathy, but they will do nothing to address the immediate issue faced by the supply chain - the need to counter the fuel price increases that threaten to put retail...
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News
Halal supply chain to improve traceability
A new joint venture company has been formed to bring greater transparency to the global halal supply chain and allow retailers to tap into a vastly undersupported category. Online information exchange specialist TraceTracker signed a deal last week...
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News
Organic egg supply chain set to collapse
Organic egg supply chain set to collapse Martin Humphrey Director of sales, Humphrey Feeds Sir; I read with interest your article on retailer margins across a range of...