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NewsAgrifood sector records highest number of migrant worker abuses in 2025
More than 200 cases were recorded, accounting for more than 32% of the Migrant Worker Allegations Database from the Business and Human Rights Centre
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Comment & OpinionIt is time for women in wholesale to grow, lead and influence
Networks like Women at Booker are helping create a culture where women can grow, lead and influence, says director of supply chain Trudy Wilson
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Comment & OpinionWhy gender equity is essential to coffee’s profitable future
Expanding our direct relationships with more of the world’s most talented women growers has pushed quality further, says Sophie Reid, chief commercial officer at Pact Coffee
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NewsFDF calls for government help over energy price spike
Energy prices have surged since the start of the conflict last weekend
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NewsMajor retailers commit to review mackerel sourcing policies
Last week, Waitrose announced it would stop its sourcing of fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel by 29 April, with tinned lines to follow
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NewsCriminals swerving inland border controls to bring illegal meat into UK
So-called ‘drive-bys’ of ‘disease-risk’ illegal meat and plant products – where vehicles swerved the facility after being directed there from Dover – rose from 8% last August to 18% in November
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NewsPackUK asks government to allow EPR scheme to run at a loss
Under the proposed shake-up, PackUK also revealed it will significantly reduce the window for firms to resubmit their data for the tax
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NewsConservatives vow to tackle food labelling ‘flag loophole’
The proposal was unveiled on Monday by the oppostion party, which warned it was ‘increasingly urgent’ especially in light of the ‘devastating Family Farm and Family Business Tax’ and the ‘lack of clarity’ over the Sustainable Farming Incentive
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NewsDefra currently without strategy, Efra committee chair warns
In an Efra Committee meeting this morning, chair Alistair Carmichael said the department was publishing ‘tactics before you have strategy’
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News‘Defra error’ to blame as Soil Association Certification appeals ruling
The accreditation scheme has argued the Information Commissioner’s Office judgement was made following an administrative error on the part of Defra
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NewsIran conflict raises inflation fears as global trade badly hit
Container costs are surging, while shipments are having to be diverted as a result of the rapidly escalating war
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NewsAvara Foods eyes better 2026 after turnaround progress
The poultry giant said it was ‘back to a sustainable business model’ in its strategic report for the year ended 31 May 2025
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NewsOne in five grocery trips involves missing items: research
The research assessed the in-store availability of 40 high-frequency grocery items across fresh, ambient and household categories
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NewsFirst tariff-free UK beef shipment hits US
The shipment follows the signing of the UK/US Economic Prosperity Deal last May, which gives both countries a reciprocal 13,000-tonne tariff-free quota for beef
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News‘Mess’ at Calais border costing UK food exporters ‘thousands’
Meat exporters are said to be facing the biggest challenges
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat next after a week of renewed US tariff chaos?
The US court ruling on Trump’s tariffs brings ‘fresh uncertainty’
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Comment & OpinionThe five ‘superpowers’ to keep shoppers coming back
In our hyper-competitive industry, here are five priorities for getting shoppers to keep returning to your brand, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsFishing groups condemn Waitrose mackerel sourcing suspension
Members of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group lambasted the retailer, saying they were ‘disappointed’ with the decision announced today, and alleged Waitrose was ‘unfairly penalising the UK’
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NewsNotable improvement in Scottish sourcing, new report finds
NFU Scotland said that where comparisons can be drawn, support for Scottish-sourced produce has improved, particularly in sectors like eggs, milk and potatoes
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NewsSupermarkets in Gibraltar, including Morrisons, in race to meet new EU rules
Businesses supplying retailers in Gibraltar have less than two months to prove their products meet EU regulations