Hatching new ideas – Big Food’s incubator and accelerator programmes
As with in-house venture capital funds, for big food companies looking to gain exposure to new, exciting, potentially faster-growing categories,…
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Can marketing magic help food waste disappear?
In 2022, the Japanese artist Ichio Usui fixed googly eyes to the sort of food that often gets wasted –…
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Greencore, Samworth issue sandwich recalls amid UK E. coli outbreak
Greencore and Samworth Brothers have recalled sandwiches and wraps in the UK due to a possible link to an E.…
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UK supermarkets taken to task for freshly baked bread claims
Complaints have been lodged against five major UK supermarket groups over claims they offer freshly baked bread in their stores.…
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UK retailers in talks over Fairtrade buying pilot
Supermarkets in the UK are in negotiations with the Fairtrade Foundation over the trial of a collective buying scheme for…
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Why claims of ‘sustainable’ beef should be taken with a pinch of salt
In September 2019, the New Yorker published a lengthy article detailing the disruptive intentions of alternative meat businesses. The major…
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UK supermarket chiefs rebuff ‘profiteering’ complaint
The idea UK supermarkets are benefiting unduly from inflation was batted away today (27 June), with four of the country’s…
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Aldi’s UK market share exceeds 10% – Kantar
Aldi accounts for more than 10% of UK grocery spending for the first time, data released today (25 April) by…
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The multiple issues putting the UK’s salad days at risk
On a simplistic level the story of the ongoing shortage of salad items in UK supermarkets is an easy one…
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UK food inflation soars to unprecedented level, data shows
Data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed that UK food inflation reached an unprecedented high in December. Overall…
