The supply crisis in the UK is leading supermarkets to resort to cardboard cut-outs of fruit, vegetables and other groceries to fill gaps on shelves. Tesco has begun using pictures […]
mar 02/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
The UK logistics sector has hit back at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim that the supply crunch currently hitting the country is the fault of the logistics sector. David Wells, […]
mer 27/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
The English and Welsh farming unions NFU and NFU Cymru have expressed concern over the implications for British farmers of a free trade deal with New Zealand, announced in principle […]
mar 26/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Aldi is currently British consumers’ favourite supermarket. This is the finding of the latest YouGov poll. The German discounter beat M&S, Tesco and Sainsbury’s in a ranking based on the […]
jeu 21/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
New research indicates that the UK’s grocery sector is likely to see a reduction in profits of nearly £250 million, due to the rise in online food shopping during the […]
mer 20/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Several leading UK retailers have pledged to sell disease-resistant organic potatoes. The news comes as a major boost to producers.
mar 19/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
To solve the current UK supply-chain crisis, European haulage firms have appealed to the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson to relax rules on the number of deliveries foreign drivers can […]
mar 12/10/2021
The Environment Agency has launched a project to establish standardised metrics to measure environmental performance in the food and drink sector. The project, in partnership with the Institute for Manufacturing […]
lun 11/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Two new events have been developed by the UK’s Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to educate and arm the industry in terms of tackling the challenges faced in all areas of […]
jeu 07/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Sales in UK supermarkets fell by 1.9% during the 12 weeks to 5 September 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, according to the latest figures from Kantar. However, […]
mer 22/09/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
British consumers can’t get enough blackberries, with sales of new, improved varieties soaring amidst a growing awareness of the fruit’s health benefits. In the past year, sales of blackberries in […]
mar 21/09/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
