5,000 meals donated by British farmers to help feed people in need
Fresh, seasonal British produce, produced by NFU members across the country, has been donated to charity to provide more than 5,000 meals to help feed people in need across London. The food including apples and pears, pumpkins, potatoes, onions, cabbages and carrots,...
Rabobank’s global animal protein outlook 2020
RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness has published its annual global animal protein outlook. In general, African swine fever (ASF) overwhelms the outlook for 2020 – as it has done during 2019 – and will pull down overall growth, as well as bring uncertainty to all...
Crosse & Blackwell celebrates 200 years
To mark its 200th year Crosse & Blackwell is partnering with Jimmy Doherty to launch a soup range that features locally sourced produce from British farmers. Research commissioned by the brand found that 65 per cent of the population would rather buy British if...
Christmas can’t come too early for supermarkets as growth slows
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show that year-on-year supermarket sales grew by 1.0% over the past 12 weeks. The increase is slightly behind the equivalent rate last month, against a backdrop of political uncertainty and a persistently wet...