Analysis
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Britain’s new Brexit border ready to roll?
After three years of delays, the Border Target Operating Model is here. How does it work? And at what cost?
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Analysis & Features
What the Windsor Framework really means for food businesses
The new ‘Windsor Framework’ totals more than 100 pages and addresses some of the shortcomings of the Northern Ireland protocol
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Analysis & Features
At 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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Analysis & Features
What we could do with food since Brexit that we couldn’t in the EU...
The UK’s novel foods approval process currently matches the EU’s: lengthy and complicated. Could the FSA’s new, Singapore-inspired approach cut red tape and allow British innovation to thrive?
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Analysis & Features
Can Keir Starmer’s charm offensive woo big business?
Keir Starmer and his team are on a charm offensive to woo big business. Now with many boardrooms signed up, there is a rising clamour for policy
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Analysis & Features
How Brindisa became a trailblazer in bringing Spanish cuisine to the UK
The business, once a fledgling cheese importer, has developed into a wholesaler, retailer and award-winning supplier
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Analysis & Features
Is food & drink losing the war on supply chain food waste?
Not only are big leaps in reducing food waste now being lost, but we’ve learnt the scale of the problem has been hugely underestimated for years
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Analysis & Features
Labour shortage crisis in food: what progress has been made?
Politicians are taking a hard line on migration, leaving food companies to find solutions to labour shortfalls. How are they managing it?
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The Big Interview
Ashwin Prasad: planning Tesco’s way out of the permacrisis
Tesco’s chief product officer is in full-on Christmas mode, as he looks to help shoppers find value, but his mission is also to tackle volatility once and for all
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Analysis & Features
Watch: A cost of living survival guide for shops, shoppers and suppliers
The Grocer’s managing editor Emma Weinbren hosts this discussion on the origins of the cost of living crisis and what it means for the fmcg sector going forward
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Analysis & Features
British dairy’s international treasure hunt
Dairy can often feel like a dwindling industry in the UK. Declining milk consumption and promotion of vegan alternatives – amid allegations around the impact of cows on climate – have led to a sense of woe across the sector
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Analysis & Features
What can be done to tackle the hidden UK warehousing crisis?
Low pay, tough working conditions and a lack of foreign labour are driving a crisis – so what can the sector do to appeal to British workers?
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Analysis & Features
Can the EU’s stance on genetic engineering last?
A 2001 directive was introduced that applied a de facto ban to the technology
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Analysis & Features
Can gene editing ease the cost of living crisis?
The UK is breaking from the EU to press ahead with gene editing. Could it cut costs on shelves? And is it even worth the risk?
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Analysis & Features
Are farmers’ concerns over NZ trade deal warranted?
Lamb exports to UK could rise 69% in worst case, AHDB warns
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Analysis & Features
Can food and drink ever thrive under the Northern Ireland protocol?
The protocol placed a border in the Irish Sea to the seeming detriment of all businesses. But while not perfect, many insist it is working
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Analysis & Features
NI Protocol changes: how has the industry reacted to government’s Brexit u-turn?
While not ideal, the Northern Ireland Protocol is preferable to a trade war, most say
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Analysis & Features
FDF’s plan for ‘total overhaul’ of border checks
A new strategy document calls for a bonfire of onerous red tape
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Analysis & Features
Do ministers have a plan for new Brexit import controls?
Businesses are ‘aghast’ after a fourth delay to new import checks
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Analysis & Features
How has Brexit shaped a new all-Ireland food sector?
Future trends could depend on UK-EU relations and Northern Ireland protocol
