All Supply Chain articles – Page 57
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Comment & OpinionSuppliers, plan your cost price reduction strategy now
We are now helping many clients with planning CPRs as many anticipate a storm of retailer pressure when inflation turns, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionNow more than ever, companies must engage with the food waste roadmap
Reduction efforts have been blown off course, but suppliers have access to plenty of support for their ’food waste journey’
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NewsPost-Brexit supply chains contributing to food shortages
A supermarket CEO blamed a ‘massive’ shift to cheaper fresh produce sources outside the EU for exacerbating food shortages
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NewsMore than 1,000 charities back FareShare call for £25m surplus food fund
FareShare is calling for £25m per year from the government which it claims could deliver 42,500 tonnes of surplus food
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NewsDefra meeting with supermarkets over fruit & veg shortages ‘achieves little’
Retail bosses are understood to have been irritated by headlines at the weekend saying they were being ‘hauled in front’ of ministers to explain fruit & veg shortages
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NewsSainsbury’s puts 1,400 Argos roles at risk with £90m logistics restructure
Sainsbury’s will close two Argos depots by 2026 as part of a £90m restructure of the supermarket’s logistics network
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Analysis & FeaturesAt a glance: the key points behind the new Northern Ireland Brexit deal
Green lanes and the end of a sausage ban – how will Northern Ireland protocol 2.0 affect food businesses?
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Comment & OpinionHow suppliers can get their ideas heard by busy buyers
Buyers are typically overloaded with demands on their attention but the problem is now more acute, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have broken the fresh supply chain. The solution is in their hands
The answer to these shortages lies solely in the hands of retailers, says Ged Futter, director, The Retail Mind
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News‘Historic’ Northern Ireland deal breaks Brexit gridlock
Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen have hailed the new ‘Windsor Framework’
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NewsLidl becomes latest retailer to ration fresh produce amid shortages
It follows similar moves by Tesco, Aldi, Asda and Morrisons, which issued buying restrictions on some lines last week in light of empty shelves
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NewsUgandan president Museveni: UK ‘missing trade opportunities’ amid food shortages
The UK was ‘missing opportunities’ to trade with Uganda
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Comment & OpinionFruit & veg shortages are the fault of reckless supermarket buying habits
Local grocery stores are loyal to their suppliers – and their shelves remain stocked with abundance, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsTesco grants Leaf marque certification to all UK growers
The retailer’s growers are now certified to robust environmental standards
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NewsFruit & veg crisis: farmers slam Thérèse Coffey’s response
Criticism of the Defra secretary comes amid myriad crises across British food production
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Comment & OpinionThree ways food and drink can maintain momentum on food waste reduction
There are still systemic issues holding the UK back from making food waste a thing of the past
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NewsUkrainian suppliers get British supermarket access boost thanks to new supply route
Logistics company Oakland International has set up a new warehouse in Moldova to facilitate flow of goods out of Ukraine
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NewsSexual harassment scandal on Kenya tea farms ‘unsurprising’
Trade activists have urged tea brands to increase value chain transparency
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NewsCentral Co-op to open a record number of new stores in 2023
CEO Debbie Robinson said it is looking to open 17 new stores this year
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NewsAldi brings global sourcing division into talks with UK suppliers
The aim is to drive efficiencies of scale for products sold in more than one country