All Russia-Ukraine conflict articles – Page 22
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NewsCity Snapshot: Cake Box strengthens exec team in bid to move past audit issues
Bakery chain Cake Box has brought in new blood to its board and management team as it looks to move past governance and audit problems, with co-founder Pardip Dass stepping down as CFO after more than ten years in the role.
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NewsMedia Bites 14 March: Inflation/Food shortages, Morrisons, Ocado
A leading food industry boss has warned that prices will spike by as much as 15% as a result of the war in Ukraine
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NewsCity News: Greggs reports record sales but looming price rises spook investors
The tills started ringing once again last year at food-to-go stalwart Greggs, but investors wary of soaring inflation
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NewsRussia-Ukraine conflict could drive food prices up 20%, warns UN food agency
Further rises are predicted, despite Ukraine’s pledges to grow wheat
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Comment & OpinionSunflowers are a symbol of this catastrophic war: visually, metaphorically, economically
Almost 80% of the world’s sunflower oil comes from Ukraine and Russia. So the price, which more than doubled last year from a 2020 low of $685/tonne, hit a new record high of $1,665/tonne
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Grocer 33Asda Eastlands, Manchester: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’ve worked for Asda for 14 years, and worked for Morrisons for 20 years before that’
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NewsGlobal fmcg players cut ties with Russia in war protest
Unilever, Carlsberg, Heineken, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Lindt were among those to have minimised and suspended business in the country
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NewsMedia Bites 11 March: John Lewis Partnership, Marks & Spencer, Inflation
John Lewis has restored its partnership bonus and awarded staff 3% of their salary after headline profits recovered
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Comment & OpinionHapless digital rollout of Healthy Start has failed the UK’s most vulnerable
Problems with digital rollouts have become par for the course over the pandemic
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NewsRussian invasion of Ukraine leads to fertiliser production cuts
The shortage threatens a food crisis and comes after months of soaring prices
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NewsDigital DRS no longer a pipe dream, supermarket bosses told
The UK government is due to publish a response to a consultation on the future of DRS later this month
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NewsJohn Lewis’ Sharon White: Ukraine crisis leading to ‘persistent’ inflation
Waitrose executive director James Bailey said maintaining a “strong relationship” with suppliers was vital in mitigating cost increases
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NewsImperial becomes first tobacco giant to suspend Russian operations
The company has halted production at its factory in Volgograd
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NewsCity snapshot: John Lewis restores staff bonus on profits rebound
The John Lewis Partnership has restored its staff bonus as a strong rebound in sales at both John Lewis and Waitrose boosted profits.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 March: Russia/Ukraine, cost-of-living crisis, Unilever
The main focus in the papers today is the ongoing exodus of Western brands from Russia, with those refusing to stop operations facing increasing pressure.
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NewsLatvian Stolichnaya Vodka rebrands as ‘Stoli’ to distance itself from Russia
The brand said ‘the name no longer represents our organisation’
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NewsGetir evaluating investment linked to ‘Putin crony’
Getir raised $550 million in a Series D investment round from several backers in June, among them Moscow-based Winter Capita
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Comment & OpinionBy cutting ties with Russia, businesses are proving they can put people over profits
Quitting Russia en masse shows the world’s biggest food and drink brands can act quickly and decisively when they want to
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NewsUK-Australia trade deal unlikely to affect food prices or supply, MPs told
Concerns about agreement were overshadowed by the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Comment & OpinionUkraine makes the ‘new normal’ obsolete already. Our food system needs rethinking
Anyone who thought they knew what the post-Covid ‘new normal’ would look like needs to think again in light of the events in Ukraine, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation