All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 42
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NewsWyke Farms defies inflation challenges to post £11m profit
The West Country-based cheese and butter maker delivered a 68.4% rise in operating profits to £10.9m in the year to 31 March 2023
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Analysis & FeaturesThe produce hit hardest by Britain's disastrous weather
With thousands of acres of land under water, farmers of crops and livestock are counting the costs. And the retailers have been responding
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NewsNestlé rolls out Kit Kats made using ‘fully traceable’ cocoa
The treats are made with cocoa mass from beans grown by farmers engaged in Nestlé’s income accelerator programme
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Comment & OpinionHow to ensure a robust supply chain in 2024
For the fmcg sector, the developing regulatory landscape poses many challenges, says Julia Grothaus, litigation, arbitration & investigations partner and James Marlow, environment & climate change managing associate at Linklaters
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NewsInnocent losses soar as £200m factory needs more investment
Revenues declined by £15.6m – a 3.5% fall year on year – to £426.2m in the 12 months ended 31 December 2022, according to newly filed accounts
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NewsPosh ready meals maker FieldGoods lands high-end listings
The ‘farm to fork’ brand has added Fortnum & Mason, Partridges London, Daylesford Organic and Darts Farm to its portfolio of distributors
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket veg is over-packaged and over-travelled. No wonder Brits turn away
Only 33% of adults get their 5 a day – and I suspect fruit is disproportionately represented, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsSushi Daily trials chopstick sleeves made from surplus salmon skin
The limited-edition product is made using salmon skin offcuts taken from some of its French stores
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Comment & OpinionGreen energy can save retailers money – if they do it right
Most retailers have now tackled what might be considered ‘low-hanging fruit’ in green energy, says Megan Paul, partner, commercial team, Charles Russell Speechlys
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Comment & OpinionAfter Pringles and Flora, is 2024 the year of the paper packaging?
While the improvements are overdue, their impact will be massive
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NewsSainsbury’s launches EV charging business in supermarket first
Smart Charge will be fully owned and operated by Sainsbury’s
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News‘War room’ head Chris Tyas handed key Defra role
Tyas has been given a three-year term to help provide strategic and corporate leadership to the department under secretary of state Steve Barclay
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NewsM&S expanding returnable packaging scheme to 25 stores
Branches now set to gain the retailer’s ‘Refilled’ initiative include Liverpool One, a full-line M&S store that opened at the end of last year
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NewsUpfield launches world’s first plastic-free, recyclable tub for plant butters and spreads
The Flora owner has begun transitioning to paper packaging across its portfolio
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Joe Farrar, senior brand manager, Oggs
‘Every 50ml of our egg alternatives we sell removes the need for a chicken egg’ says plant-based brand manager Joe
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Analysis & FeaturesHow a fifth-generation butchery created award-winning ready meals
Launched in May 2022, Althams Fine Foods’ Supper Club last year scooped six golds at the Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards
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NewsBeefeater 24 undergoes ‘striking’ refresh to cut plastic and aluminium content
The new look boasts of improved sustainability credentials
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NewsMore imported vegetables likely as flooding hits key growing areas
Carrots, parsnips and leeks are among crops affected by ‘a recent surge in flooding’
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NewsLa Vie launches plant-based ham into UK with Tesco partnership
The new smoked and non-smoked hams launch in the UK following success in France
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NewsPringles launches kerbside recyclable paper tubes into Tesco
The move has involved an investment of £86m into new technology