food industry

Hi all, I'm a 4th year Agri-business student at harper Adams, and I am collecting data for the purposes of my Dissertation. It will consist of questions regarding Covid 19’s effects on the food retail market and consumer trends and should only take about 5 mins to complete and will be a massive...

The UK will be getting its first national centre dedicated to improving transparency in the food and drink supply chain. Farmer-led food provenance group, Happerley England, has today (12 July) announced the plan to deliver increased transparency from farm-to-fork by publicising plans to build...

Dragon’s Den-style competition launches for food and drink businesses in Gloucestershire This is a great opportunity not to be missed...... Applications are now open for a new Dragons’ Den-style competition that will give people from Gloucestershire the chance to see their food and drink...

Consumers tucking into sun-dried tomatoes at a picnic during the summer’s heatwave probably gave little thought as to how that food went from farm to fork. But those in the food industry know only too well that processors, manufacturers and wholesalers supplying supermarkets and restaurants are...

In the week where we’ve seen the second reading of the Agricultural Bill, the NFU outlines its top ten amendments it wants to make. As it stands, the government has outlined plans to phase out direct payments to farmers between 2021 and 2027 which will be replaced by a new system of support...

Eight out of 10 food and drink products at new discount chain Jack’s will be grown, reared or made in Britain. Tesco has launched its new Jack's stores which are set to rival the offering of existing discount supermarkets, Aldi and Lidl. The food retailer opened the first two Jack’s stores in...

A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could see food retailers and their suppliers facing a £9.3 billion blow. A new report from Barclays Corporate Banking has revealed that a failure to reach any Brexit deal will create an average tariff of 27% on products imported from the EU for food and drink supply chains...

The first six months of 2018 have seen UK food and drink exports hit record levels. According to Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) exports rose to £10.6 billion, up 4% compared to the same period last year, with products now being sold in more than 200 different...