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Co-op slashes the price of plant-based food
The Guardian reports that the Co-operative Group is slashing the price of its plant-based burgers and sausages to push back against...
Shareholder activists win wider Tesco commitments
Tesco has responded to activist shareholders by committing to increased sales of healthier products across three central European countries and...
Acknowledge big farms, to hold them accountable
One per cent of the world’s largest farms operate over 70 per cent of global farmland, and nearly 40 per...
Food giants respond to worries over packaging
The BBC reports that in March, Mars Wrigley and Danimer Scientific announced a new two-year partnership to develop compostable packaging...
Impossible Foods wins US ruling to use GMO heme
Bloomberg reports that Impossible Foods has won a court ruling to continue using a key additive in its meat substitute,...
Organic General Mills farm “harms environment”
NPR reports on Gunsmoke Farms, covering 53 square miles just northwest of Pierre, South Dakota. The food company General Mills,...
Nestlé closing its Newcastle operation in the UK
Nestlé is to cut almost 600 jobs and close a confectionery factory in Newcastle. The company has said it will close...
Corporates asked to play a key role in “ending hunger by 2030”
Businesses and in particular food businesses which have thrived in the Covid pandemic are being asked to support a fund...
New ‘organic’ food that fights global warming
A Bloomberg feature says “regenerative” may become a more rarefied label than "organic", introducing the promise of climate benefits to the...
Asda chicken packaging reduced by 50 per cent
Asda is moving chicken out of plastic trays and into pouches to reduce plastic packaging on its chicken range by up...
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