UK food SMEs look for silver linings amid sterling weakness
This week’s latest downward pressure on sterling has heightened concerns among weary UK food SMEs about input costs, although manufacturers…
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Unilever will still face questions after Jope’s tumultuous reign
Unilever’s share price rose today (26 September) in the wake of the FMCG giant’s announcement that CEO Alan Jope plans…
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Spectre raised of plant-based meat fragility as Very Good Food goes on the market
The plant-based meat market may well be at a crucial juncture judging by the up-for-sale signs at Canada’s The Very…
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Inflation outlook uncertain as food wrestles with consumer anxiety
Inflation. It’s dominating not just business but mainstream headlines globally, with executives and consumers wrestling with cost pressures not seen…
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The future of work’s time is now
As the pandemic rumbles on, the war in Ukraine, restricted energy supplies and rampant price inflation are driving a sense…
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Could the climate crisis mean a new era of higher food prices?
The price to put food on the table right now is dominated by the current inflationary environment. But beyond the…
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Secret sauce – what’s driving the US condiments market?
In the world of reinvigorated centre-store grocery in the US, the condiments, marinades and dressings category is creating excitement and…
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Kellogg’s radical playbook – a risk worth taking?
US food heavyweight Kellogg’s decision to split its business into three distinct entities might be interpreted as it making plays…
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The pricing predicament – food brands in an inflationary climate
Grocery prices are going up but at what cost to the future relationship between branded food manufacturers, retailers and consumers?…
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Why there’s no single formula to fix US infant-milk market
The US infant formula market has been suffering from shortages, in part, because of a problem rarely encountered in the…
