UK supermarkets are grappling with a shortage of taramasalata after strikes disrupted production at a large supplier. Two industry sources told the Financial Times that the shortages of the creamy spread, made from cod roe, were caused by industrial action over pay at Bakkavor.
It follows The Grocer revealing last week that supermarket chillers are running out of soup amid ongoing strike action at the own-label supplier.
A typical family farm would have to put 159% of annual profits into paying the new inheritance tax every year for a decade and could have to sell 20% of their land, according to analysis by the Country and Land Business Association (Sky News).
Months of heavy rain has forced one of England’s oldest cider makers to end its apple harvest much earlier than expected, according to The Times. Showerings Cider had planned for its harvest to extend into late November. However, “extremely wet weather conditions” over the past 12 months pushed the business to finish the harvest at the end of October.
French finger-lovers are feeling decidedly cheated after discovering the Cadbury biscuits have disappeared from supermarket shelves – and are unlikely to return (The Guardian).
Morrisons has poached a senior grocery chief who was due to join Asda next year in a blow to Lord Rose’s efforts to turnaround the Leeds supermarket chain (The Telegraph).
Read the full story of Andrew Staniland’s change of heart in The Grocer.
Tens of thousands of adults will be given a new stop-smoking pill free as part of a major government drive towards preventing ill health (The Times).
An opinion column in the Financial Times focuses in the rapid growth of Astonish, a vegan cleaning and personal care product manufacturer based in Bradford.
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