All Supply Chain articles – Page 123
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Analysis and Features
The depot that tears up the rule Booker
After buying Makro in April, Booker converted Makro Sheffield into a hybrid depot servicing both sets of customers…
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News
Tesco to tackle food waste with cut on promos
Tesco has announced a major new focus on reducing food waste across its supply chain after new figures indicated that over two thirds of its bagged salad is wasted.
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News
Asda cuts Silver Spoon to make Whitworths its main sugar brand
Asda is dropping Silver Spoon as its main sugar brand and switching most of its branded business to rival Whitworths.
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News
One Direction advent calendars hit by production delays
Hordes of teens hoping to get their hands on an Advent calendar featuring Harry Styles and co are set to be disappointed…
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News
Müller Wiseman vows to keep milk flowing after Droitwich fire
Müller Wiseman Dairies has pledged to keep the milk flowing to customers despite suffering a major fire at its Droitwich processing plant earlier this week.
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Analysis and Features
UK 'sleepwalked' into tobacco directive says JTI's da Motta
We talk to Japan Tobacco International UK MD Jorge da Motta about TPD2, plain packs, the illicit trade and e-cigs…
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News
Booker woos retailers with Treasurer Executive cigarettes
Booker is taking the fight to the illicit tobacco trade with the launch of a new tobacco brand that offers retailers a profit on return of 10%.
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News
Home Bargains hones in on the south with £70m Wiltshire depot
TJ Morris, the discounter that trades as Home Bargains, is to invest £70m in a new 1,013,150 sq ft distribution centre in Wiltshire as it looks to expand its presence in the south of England.
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News
Mackerel stocks revised upwards despite overfishing fears
The North East Atlantic mackerel stock has grown bigger despite concerns about overfishing by Iceland and the Faroe Islands, the European Union’s fisheries advisory body has admitted.
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News
Tesco to pay farmers more for milk
Tesco is to increase the milk price paid to dairy farmers by 1.02 pence per litre to reflect the increased cost of cattle feed.
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News
Florette shores up UK salad supply with Angflor joint venture
Florette is set to ramp up its supply of British-grown salad through a joint venture…
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Analysis and Features
Horsegate: first impressions from the Elliott Review round table
Time is of the essence in securing a positive legacy for Horsegate…
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News
Scots freight sector in Glasgow games alert
The Scottish Freight Transport Association has warned of supply chain disruption during the 2014 Commonwealth Games…
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News
Soya mince products to return to shelves in November
Frozen soya mince products will be back on supermarket shelves by mid-November – six months after they were pulled as a precaution, Hain Daniels Group has confirmed.
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News
2 Sisters lab guns for food-borne pathogens
2 Sisters Food Group is upping the ante in the fight against foodborne illness with the opening of a new £1m testing lab…
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News
Pork supplier FA Gill in dialogue with Cranswick and Tesco
FA Gill, the slaughterhouse implicated in last week’s pork mislabelling row, says it is in “positive and ongoing dialogue” with other parties involved.
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News
Birds Eye gains huge sustainability boost as fishery wins MSC status
Birds Eye’s sustainability credentials are to get a major boost after the MSC certification of a large fishery supplying pollock to the brand.
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News
Waitrose plots e-commerce depot for South London
Waitrose is planning to open a second e-commerce depot in Coulsdon, South London, in a move that will double the number of online delivery slots available to shoppers in London.
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News
Menzies app orders soar as magazines added
Menzies Distribution has seen a 70% surge in transactions through its smartphone app…
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News
Exports rise as China opens up to pig products from the UK
Food and drink exports to China are booming thanks to a landmark deal to open up the Chinese pork market…