All Supply Chain articles – Page 10
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Comment and Opinion
Minimum wage, maximum effort: the pay conundrum for food and drink
Skills, expectations and stakes are higher than ever, but the rewards are increasingly in inverse proportion
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News
Mowi extends ready-to-cook Bistro salmon range
Mowi has developed a new SKU, salmon fillets with a lemon & herb butter, which has joined the range
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Comment and Opinion
Panic! New Brexit border checks causing food industry angst
On Wednesday, the government finally revealed how much it is charging businesses for importing goods from the EU into the country to help fund new border controls.
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Comment and Opinion
The election offers a golden chance for food industry policy
Business leaders in retail, hospitality, farming and manufacturing should consider sinking their differences to make a bigger splash, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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News
Co-op ditches Thai coconut milk supplier over monkey labour concerns
Co-op’s own-label coconut milk is now sourced from Sri Lanka
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News
Morrisons installs AI cameras to improve availability
The Grocer understands Morrisons has seen significant increases in availability scores in stores which have been piloting the technology
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Comment and Opinion
Regulation will do little to stop supermarket abuse of farmers
The myopic exploitation of market power in price negotiations may give UK citizens cheap food in the short term, but in the long term it will destroy the UK farming industry, says Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford
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News
Portsmouth’s Brexit border facility could be demolished due to reduced checks
A new post-Brexit £24m border control post in Portsmouth could end up being demolished
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News
Brexit has cost Scottish salmon producers up to £100m
Salmon export values to the EU were down 3% to £356m last year
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News
DRS: supermarket chiefs welcome government delay
The BRC said the announcement by environment secretary Steve Barclay that the October 2025 start date was “unrealistic” was long overdue
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News
Who Gives a Crap on a roll with rapid UK growth
Sustainable paper products challenger Who Gives a Crap is racking up rapid growth thanks to a loyal DTC customer base and expanding distribution in retail
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News
Nice Rice secures six-figure investment to build sustainable rice category
Nice Rice has closed a six-figure investment round to help with its mission to champion environmentally friendly products and grow the sustainable rice category in the UK
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Comment and Opinion
Criticise B Corp all you want, but don’t dismiss its role
B Corp must keep strengthening its qualifying criteria. But it needs advocates, not just critics, says Laura Harnett, founder of Seep
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Analysis and Features
How businesses can solve the big carbon conundrum
Scope 3 emissions are complex and contentious. Now mandatory reporting is on the cards. Can the industry reach a consensus on measurement in time?
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The Big Interview
Tony’s supply chain guru on changing chocolate sourcing for good
To fight child exploitation, Tony’s Chocolonely open chain lead Joke Aerts wants to apply its five sourcing principles at scale. How is she going about the task?
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Long reads
Meet the top 10 women shaking up supply chain
Supply chain is a male-dominated area, with women making up just 7% of workers – and even fewer in senior roles. Meet the resourceful women shaking up the sector
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News
‘Sort the border’ or face spring supply chain breakdown, government warned
Businesses claim to still be in the dark about the incoming controls on EU goods
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Analysis and Features
Food security: the 10 biggest threats to the UK supply chain
As farmers demand government support, food supply chains are under growing pressure from climate change, policy, crime and economics
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Comment and Opinion
The food system must change to address rise in poverty
We must address low wages, dysfunctional social security and the unfair treatment of farmers, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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News
Tesco and M&S catch heat for failing to disclose cocoa supply chains data
The annual Chocolate Scoreboard ranks cocoa buyers on issues such as child labour, deforestation and supply chain transparency