Archive of all supplier articles – Page 61
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Mars creates ‘virtual twins’ of global factories to digitally test production changes
These virtual representations of the sites – created in collaboration with Accenture – are fed with real-time data and used to “predict and optimise” any tweaks
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Whitby Seafoods partners with CarbonCloud to track carbon emissions across supply chain
The nation’s leading scampi manufacturer has mapped out its entire supply chain using CarbonCloud’s platform and has calculated emissions at every stage
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Competition watchdog accused of ignoring supermarket breaches over supplier inflation requests
The British Brands Group has written to the government, accusing the Competition & Markets Authority of failing to intervene to enforce competition law
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Supermarkets commit to new plan to safeguard water supplies in Spain
It comes after key growing regions in southern Spain have been ravaged by drought since last year
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Arla launches new farm assurance scheme for branded milk
Arla CARE is rolling out this month on branded Arla milks such as Cravendale, and is being supported by a £3m marketing push
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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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2 Sisters hits major high-welfare chicken production milestone
The poultry giant now produces a fifth of its chickens (representing two million birds a week) to the standards of the Better Chicken Commitment
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Frosties disappears from supermarkets amid packaging supply issues
At the time of writing, all Frosties cereal SKUs were out of stock online in Tesco and Morrisons
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Beyond Meat signals ready meals launch with trademark application
The vegan brand has applied to register the trademark ‘Beyond Meals’ with the Intellectual Property Office
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Müller secures two-year fresh milk contract with Greggs
The deal builds on an existing partnership between the two businesses, which has seen the dairy company supply Greggs in Scotland for the past four years
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Olly’s brings in more than £1m from the crowd to support supermarket listings
Founded by Olly Hiscocks in 2016, the business recently launched into Asda, Tesco and Holland & Barrett, adding to listings with Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose, Co-op, Whole Foods and Boots.
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Arla creates €500m dairy farmer eco-rewards scheme
From next year, the milk price each individual Arla farmer will receive from the dairy co-op will depend on their activities ‘related to environmental sustainability’
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Bumper potato harvest expected for 2022, reports Mash Direct
The brand is expecting up to a 30% uplift in potatoes harvested this year
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MCS calls on government to deliver better fisheries management
This season’s Good Fish Guide only had 16 ratings improvements out of 177 seafood species, which the organisation recognised as low
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Hackney Gelato to increase marketing investment after hitting £600k crowd target
It has so far raised £667k from more than 312 backers on the Crowdcube platform, with the campaign valuing the challenger at £10m.
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Comment & Opinion
CPI issues dominated the GCA conference. Let’s stamp out the unfairness
Right now, incidences of unfairness are dominated by CPIs – a topic not specified in GSCOP, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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One in three Brits don’t know where their oat milk comes from, research finds
Glebe Farm has called for provenance labelling on plant-based products to increase transparency for consumers
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Japanese Wagyu wins William Reed’s World Steak Challenge
The first-time entry from Japan was an A4 grade, 30-month-old female from Starzen Co
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Analysis & Features
Should the Adjudicator be allowed to police retailer-supplier relations?
Suppliers have told the GCA of being ‘ghosted’ over CPI requests
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McBride shares rally as it strikes agreement with lender amid early signs of recovery
CFO Mark Strickland said the amended financing agreement was “an excellent outcome” following a “very difficult” trading period that provided the group with funding certainty as its propsects recover.