All Supply Chain articles – Page 95
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NewsSainsbury’s trials supply tie-up with SimplyFresh
Sainsbury’s will supply the convenience operator with own-label and branded products
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NewsCranswick pens charcuterie deal with major Spanish pork producer
Costa Foods will provide the meat processor’s Continental Foods arm with Spanish charcuterie products
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NewsSupermarket fruit & veg price hike urged as growers face ‘bleak’ profit outlook
Suppliers have warned of tightening margins in 2020 after poor weather and increased labour costs
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NewsSupermarket pesto shelves still barren weeks after Saclá recall
Market leader Saclà was forced to recall a vast swathe of products in late December amid contamination fears
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NewsBeer Hawk Fresh adds Fix8 Kombucha to chilled distribution
Chilled kombucha will be available for same-day delivery in London
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NewsTesco suspends Christmas card supplier following forced labour allegations
It comes after a message from Chinese prisoners was found inside a card
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NewsM&S poaches Sainsbury’s Chris Marrow to help overhaul supply chain
Marrow will join M&S in spring 2020 after 14 years as Sainsbury’s logistics director
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Analysis and FeaturesHow much will Christmas dinner cost this year?
Floods, labour shortages and Brexit stockpiling have all made an impact on Christmas favourites
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NewsCranswick launches ‘sustainability showcase’ website
The major meat processor will offer ‘transparent reporting’ and regular news updates through its new site
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NewsCoca-Cola European Partners opens £20m Edmonton line to boost sustainable production
The production line will make ‘bag-in-box’ products, which contain concentrate for foodservice and licensed operators
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NewsTesco and WWF link to produce Sustainable Basket Metric environmental measure
The supermarket’s Sustainable Basket Metric will initially involve 20 Tesco products
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NewsFirst bird flu case since 2017 reported at Suffolk chicken farm
Around 27,000 birds are set to be culled, while a 1km restriction zone has been set up around the affected farm
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Comment and OpinionFour key challenges for suppliers seeking retailer traction
To get investment and support requires complex thinking across four dimensions, but very simple communication, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsTesco pledges £10m to protect Brazilian soy-producing region from deforestation
Tesco’s investment will incentivise farmers to grow soy on existing agricultural land rather than burning virgin forest
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NewsMars apologises for wholesaler Christmas confectionery supply issues
Wholesalers raised concerns they were experiencing shortages of products and delays in delivery
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NewsBrazilian government urged to protect Amazon from soy crop deforestation
It comes after Brazilian soy farmers, who claim to have the support of president Jair Bolsonaro, started a campaign last month
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Comment and OpinionTo remain the people’s grocer, Aldi must make progress on ethics
Oxfam consistently ranks the discounter at the bottom of the UK’s supermarkets for its human rights policies, says Morgan Holt, chief strategy officer at Fitch
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NewsWooden pallet ‘upcycling’ could cause environmental damage, warns pooler
Social media sites, such as Pinterest, are fuelling interest in upcycling
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NewsUK pig farmers accuse processors of hoarding China export cash
The UK has more than doubled its exports to China since the ASF outbreak, but farmers claim they haven’t seen the benefits
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NewsHigher risk of single-mutation ‘hypervirulent’ superbugs revealed
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have warned far more bacteria than previously thought are one step away from mutating