All Supply chain articles – Page 3
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Comment & OpinionA lot is riding on Tesco’s latest ‘transformational’ reset
Tesco and its suppliers have just 11 months. Even ‘Drastic Dave’ Lewis took longer than that
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News
Oakland International cargo fleet goes fully electric
The supply chain specialist has linked up with Carrier Transicold to make its distribution fleet more sustainable
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Waitrose rolls out Fairtrade own-label coconut oil
Waitrose claims it is the first supermarket to launch a 100% Fairtrade own-label coconut oil
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Riverford boss slams supermarket treatment of suppliers
Veg box founder Guy Singh-Watson described the low returns passed on to many suppliers as ‘morally reprehensible’
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Comment & Opinion
Now the Adjudicator has been rescued, it’s time to turn up the scrutiny on retailers
The agriculture sector has been asking for the code to include non-direct suppliers – in other words, farmers – for years
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News
Jempson’s opens first Together with Morrisons store
The Peasmarsh store offers shoppers almost 30,000 products, with Morrisons now supplying over 60% of the stock
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Tea buyers accused of failing to address human rights abuses
Unfair wages, poor health and safety conditions and harassment were some of the allegations from tea plantation workers across the globe
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Government slammed for failing to use surplus to fight food poverty
New research found the 50,000 tonnes of surplus food redistributed to more than a million people across the UK every year by the charity saved almost £118m
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Comment & Opinion
Summit seasonal worker pledge lays bare government rift on immigration
Of the 70 or so industry bigwigs to attend Rishi Sunak’s food summit, many have expressed unexpected feelings of positivity
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Comment & Opinion
Sunak summit is an encouraging start to building UK food security
The government has given clarity and much-needed confidence to farmers and growers, says Minette Batters, NFU president
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Waitrose begins trial of first large all-electric van
Electric vehicles currently represent a small proportion of the grocer’s 1,800-strong delivery fleet
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Comment & Opinion
Sunak deserves credit for rebuilding relationships with farmers in summit
Sunak has restored simple dignity to the business of government, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion
Competition authority’s investigation into grocery prices smells strongly of political motivation
It is hard to imagine the CMA finding anything other than the UK grocery market is one of, if not the most, competitive in the world
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News
Plan to merge Groceries Code Adjudicator with CMA is scrapped
The adjudicator Mark White is among industry leaders attending the PM’s crunch talks on inflation in Downing Street today
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Wincanton lands 10-year deal with Tata Chemicals
The supply chain specialist will run British Salt’s Middlewich warehouse, where food and pharmaceutical-grade salt will be produced
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‘Simplify Seasonal Worker scheme to limit abuse’, say human rights experts
One of the key recommendations from the panel was to reduce the number of countries currently being recruited from in the scheme
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Comment & Opinion
Businesses must act now to avoid a future with no food
Food companies must wake up to the challenge of nature loss, says Dragons’ Den star and RSPB ambassador Deborah Meaden
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PML appoints new finance director and sales manager
Philip Booth has been hired as finance director and Karl Gerding as a sales manager
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Commons Efra Committee to probe fairness in food supply chain
The inquiry will focus on how profitability and risk is shared, alongside the structural relationships between retailers and suppliers
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Farming heads call for action on food security
Food bosses at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum criticised the government’s dismissal of a need for a national food strategy
