Waitrose & Partners pledges to boost chicken welfare
Waitrose & Partners has confirmed that it has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) to strengthen what it describes as its ‘already award-winning standards.’ This represents an industry leading pledge to only sell meat from slower growing breeds with...
Ambassador defends US approach to food and farming.
Following on from his controversial article in Saturdays Daily Telegraph, which generated considerable media coverage over the weekend, Woody Johnson the US Ambassador to the UK has told the BBC that criticism of US food standards was ‘designed to reduce not increase...
Grocery growth steady as Brexit deadline looms
As Brexit uncertainty intensifies, the latest grocery market share figures, published from Kantar Worldpanel, shows year-on-year supermarket sales growth of 1.9% during the 12 weeks to 24th February 2019. Overall, grocery volumes rose by 1.2% in the 4 weeks which is...
Boparan Restaurant Group to close Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner branches
Hundreds of jobs are reported to be at risk after the owner of the Giraffe and Ed's Easy Diner chains announced plans to close a third of their restaurants under a rescue deal. The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), owned by Ranjit Singh Boparan, is reported as...
‘Museum of Agriculture’ approach not sustainable’ – US Ambassador
In a newspaper article over the weekend, the US Ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, has claimed that the EU's ‘Museum of Agriculture’ approach was not sustainable. He also stated that American farmers are ‘the future of farming.’ Published in Saturday’s Daily...
