All Supply Chain articles – Page 16
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NewsTesco extends good faith payment system for suppliers
The Good Faith Receiving auditing system essentially assumes most suppliers’ inbound deliveries are accurate, and has been used by several of Tesco’s rivals for a number of years
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NewsMore than 600 charities call for Reeves to salvage £15m farmgate food waste fund
The charities said the fund could go towards providing up to 67 million meals a year to people in need but would go to waste without government support
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NewsBrexit red tape and climate change pushing UK self-sufficiency to ‘critical low’ levels
A City Harvest report points to Brexit costs and extreme weather as the main threats to the UK’s food self-sufficiency
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NewsDP World confirms £1bn investment in London Gateway hub
The logistics giant confirmed it would go ahead with the investment at Labour’s investment summit on Monday
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Theo Richardson, category executive, Tony’s Chocolonely
’There aren’t many typical days at Tony’s’ says Theo, sharing insight into his data analysis role at the ethical chocolate brand
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NewsCreamline Dairies expands north west presence with Mortons Dairies depots acquisition
The acquisition will strengthen the presence of the Manchester-based distributor in the north west
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NewsIceland Foods expands Dunnes partnership after Irish store closures
The expansion is the first announced by Iceland following the supermarket’s controversial exit from the Irish market in 2023
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NewsAsda invests in new low-carbon refuelling depots in race to net zero
With nearly 800 vehicles, Asda operates the largest fleet of LNG-fuelled trucks in the UK. The fuel is a lower-carbon alternative to diesel
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NewsBird Bros announces launch of barn egg brand as it moves away from colony cages
The first stock of the new range is available to pre-order now
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NewsOrganic bounces back from cost of living crisis with growth exceeding non-organic
Data from NIQ revealed the organic food and drink market grew in value by 6.4% in the year to 24 August, compared with non-organic’s 5.4%
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WebinarsWebinar to examine how to make post-Brexit border checks work
Register for The Grocer’s free webinar on ’Feeding Britain: How to Make the Post-Brexit Border Checks Work’
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NewsWeetabix Protein suffers ‘temporary’ supply chain disruption
The cereal has been absent from Tesco and Sainsbury’s since mid-September, according to Assosia data
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Analysis & FeaturesCould EPR spark a new crisis for buyer-supplier relations?
‘Robust’ negotiations over pricing are set to be inflamed further as suppliers reckon with the additional costs generated by looming EPR fees
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NewsGeorge Wright to step down as FareShare CEO
John Bason, chair of FareShare since 2012 and formerly finance director of Associated British Foods, will act as executive chair
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NewsWWF urges food systems transformation as it unveils ‘shocking’ habitat destruction levels
The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report revealed food production was one of the main drivers behind a staggering loss of species
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NewsEPR: hunt for thousands of ‘freeriders’ trying to piggyback on fees
The announcement of the hunt comes with the deadline for the second set of data for EPR having passed last week
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NewsWaitrose expands on-demand delivery offer with Just Eat
The multi-year deal adds to Waitrose’s existing rapid delivery tieups
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NewsUS port strike effects on European producers could last for weeks, warns Filippo Berio
There is a ‘huge backlog of containers to get through the ports and delivered’, suppliers warn
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the food industry clean up our rivers?
The public’s ire over river pollution may be directed at the water companies, but how long before it turns to agricultural businesses, the biggest polluters?
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NewsSainsbury’s launches peat-free mushrooms to reduce emissions and protect ecosystems
The change in mushroom production has been developed in partnership with supplier Monaghan, and will reduce peat usage by 20,465 tonnes per year