Hard bargains as European retailers take on food giants
Reuters reports that European retailers are locked in extended price negotiations with giant food companies - including the world's biggest, ...
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Which? says more data needed to measure UK supermarket sustainability
A comprehensive Which? study has assessed the impact of UK supermarkets across greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, plastic use and food ...
Why supermarkets should listen to Jack Monroe
The Financial Times says it’s worth paying attention to food writer and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe. She tweeted last week ...
UK supermarkets are operating on a knife edge
UK supermarkets are using a business model which has placed them on a knife edge, says a report by Professor Lisa ...
Food industry backs England footballer on child poverty
Food businesses and supermarkets have joined England and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford in his campaign against child poverty in ...
Group buying to digitise Chinese agriculture
TechCrunch reports on Pinduoduo, launched in China in 2015 as a group-buying service for fruits. The company believes its “pin” ...
You tell us: innovating in lockdown
Matthew Cushen is a London-based investor, strategist and consultant in food retail, via his dual businesses Worth Capital and Uprising ...
Ramadan deals at Tesco, Morrisons, Asda
During Ramadan, two main meals are eaten - suhoor (also called sehri or suhur) in the early hours before dawn ...
“State-sponsored human trafficking”: farming claim
Human-rights lawyers are warning that abuse claims by Moroccans picking fruit in Spain for UK supermarkets could amount to “state-sponsored ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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