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Dean Best
Food prices grab UK headlines
17 August 2010 17:40
Food inflation dominated the business pages in the UK today (17 August) after official figures showed a jump in prices between June and July.
Katy Humphries
Katy is on maternity leave
4 June 2010 14:51
just-food is very pleased to announce that our deputy editor Katy Humphries has had a baby girl and is subsequently on maternity leave. I am sure all our readers will join us in wishing her and her expanded family all the best and forgive the break in normal service of her blog.
Michelle Russell
Carrefour's transformation continues...
25 August 2010 14:54
The launch of Carrefour’s new concept stores yesterday (24 August) is a fresh sign that the French retail giant is attempting to revive flagging European sales.
Chris Brook-Carter
Put your money where your mouth is
23 August 2010 17:07
Long term investment in the food industry continues to get coverage in the financial pages of the UK's national press, as the media sinks its teeth into the issue of rising food prices.
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Carrefour's transformation continues...
By: Michelle Russell - 25 Aug 2010 14:54
The launch of Carrefour’s new concept stores yesterday (24 August) is a fresh sign that the French retail giant is attempting to revive flagging European sales.
Put your money where your mouth is
By: Chris Brook-Carter - 23 Aug 2010 17:07
Long term investment in the food industry continues to get coverage in the financial pages of the UK's national press, as the media sinks its teeth into the issue of rising food prices.
Food prices grab UK headlines
By: Dean Best - 17 Aug 2010 17:40
Food inflation dominated the business pages in the UK today (17 August) after official figures showed a jump in prices between June and July.
Nestle gives rivals plenty to chew over
By: Dean Best - 12 Aug 2010 11:52
One analyst spoke of Nestle's "unstoppable momentum" after the world's largest food maker published its first-half results yesterday (11 August).
Food inflation fears overplayed, says Kantar
By: Dean Best - 10 Aug 2010 12:40
The drought in Russia and subsequent ban on grain exports (the latest analysis from our Moscow correspondent can be seen here) has led to fears in the UK national media about the spectre of rising food prices. However, grocery sector analysts at Kantar Worldpanel believe those fears have been overplayed.
A souring of confidence
By: Michelle Russell - 4 Aug 2010 15:57
A furore erupted in the UK earlier this week after an anonymous UK farmer told the International Herald Tribune that he was producing milk from a cow bred from a clone as part of his daily milk output.
Price hikes "inevitable", warns Premier Foods boss
By: Dean Best - 4 Aug 2010 15:25
Following on from yesterday's blog on wheat prices, news emerged today from Premier Foods plc that increased wheat prices meant the UK's largest food maker and owner of Hovis bread, was sure to up the price for its bread.
Wheat prices leave industry with plenty to chew over
By: Dean Best - 3 Aug 2010 17:50
Wheat prices fell back a touch today (3 August) following the announcement from Russia, one of the world's major exporters of the commodity, that it would not restrict exports even amid one of its worst droughts in a century.
A sizzling summer offer
By: Chris Brook-Carter - 3 Aug 2010 12:37
The summer months are upon us but there has been no discernible slowdown in industry activity. A surge of M&A deals (the sale of Findus Italy, Rachel's and MWBrands to name but three), have been a timely means to flex the proverbial muscle of our new site, which is three-months-old this week.
The smile returns to the UK high street - for now
By: Chris Brook-Carter - 29 Jul 2010 12:34
The sun on our backs, a World Cup to entertain us, so far the summer has proved a welcome tonic it seems to months of economic gloom and the belt tightening that has inevitably followed it. Consumers are finally returning to the UK high street.
John West, Rachel's Organic join M&A merry-go-round
By: Dean Best - 28 Jul 2010 14:49
The M&A merry-go-round continues to spin with two more notable deals involving some household brands.
Lion gets its prey and pounces for Picard
By: Dean Best - 27 Jul 2010 16:54
Private equity just cannot keep away from the food industry headlines at the moment.
FSA changes? Pretty much as expected
By: Dean Best - 22 Jul 2010 17:40
In the end, the UK coalition government's decision on the future of the Food Standards Agency was pretty much as expected.
An organic re-evaluation?
By: Michelle Russell - 20 Jul 2010 16:53
It's probably common knowledge that the organic market has taken a bit of a hit in the last year or so as the recession hit consumers' pockets.
The bankers go cocoa
By: Chris Brook-Carter - 20 Jul 2010 16:45
Food prices, commodities trading and their effects on the global supply of food have once more come to the forefront of the media spotlight this week.
A welcome addition to Austria's Full English?
By: Petah Marian - 20 Jul 2010 10:22
Expats can be a fiercely loyal bunch. The Austrian Times reported last week that Heinz will adopt the UK recipe for baked beans in Austria following a campaign by an English-language paper.
Christmas in July
By: Petah Marian - 15 Jul 2010 13:32
I visited a rather nice terrace house in Fitzroy Square for Waitrose's Christmas press day yesterday (14 July), the first of many over the coming weeks.
Twiggy, gingerbread men and Monty Python - the M&S AGM
By: Dean Best - 15 Jul 2010 11:38
In the end, there were not the fireworks some were expecting at the Marks and Spencer AGM in London yesterday (14 July).
A day of two halves
By: Dean Best - 14 Jul 2010 15:32
A day of AGMs today. This morning, UK retailer Sainsbury's held its annual shareholders meeting in London.
Change is in the offing for the FSA
By: Dean Best - 13 Jul 2010 15:29
So, after the bluster over the future of the UK's Food Standards Agency over the last 24 hours, it seems that, for now, it is business as usual at the country's food watchdog.
Hotel Chocolat "bowled over" by chocolate bond proceeds
By: Dean Best - 13 Jul 2010 12:58
A few weeks ago, we reported plans by upmarket UK chocolate chain Hotel Chocolat to raise funds through expansion through the issue of a so-called chocolate bond.
Social media: why it pays to pay attention
By: Petah Marian - 8 Jul 2010 12:18
I stumbled across this article in the New York Times about food brands getting sociable on Facebook and Twitter.
Wimm-Bill-Dann beefs up war-chest
By: Dean Best - 6 Jul 2010 15:39
Russian dairy and baby food group Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods gave a sign of its financial firepower today (6 July) with news of a US$300m bond issue.
Lots of noise, but no change at Tesco
By: Petah Marian - 5 Jul 2010 11:15
After last week's brouhaha around around Tesco's executive remuneration scheme, shareholders still approved its management pay plans, with 62.36% endorsing the programme.
For the good of the food sector, we should cheer on Germany and Spain
By: Chris Brook-Carter - 2 Jul 2010 15:18
Europe's economy is in danger of sinking into the bog so, for the sake of retail sales, let's all support Germany and Spain in this weekend's World Cup Quarter Finals.
Hello, Bonjour, Guten Tag, Konnichiwa
By: Petah Marian - 1 Jul 2010 17:38
Welcome to the first of what will hopefully be a series of mildly entertaining, pithy blog entries coming from the very heart of the food industry. Coming to the tail-end of my first week at Just-Food, I can reliably say I'm very excited to be here.
Holden's international aspirations for organic
By: Dean Best - 29 Jun 2010 15:42
Aside from the music and the mud - or this year, the melting crowds, sweltering in the heat - care for the environment is an ideal promoted at the Glastonbury festival in south-west England.
Has the law finally caught up with McDonald's Hamburglar?
By: Michelle Russell - 25 Jun 2010 13:04
Consumer watchdog The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has likened McDonald’s Happy Meal toys to “the temptations of a paedophile”.
Food inflation - can we blame the banks for that too?
By: Chris Brook-Carter - 25 Jun 2010 12:08
It may come as a surprise to food manufacturers worldwide that the price bubble in commodities that caused such trouble in 2007 to 2008 was NOT the fault of financial speculators.
Germany's Nordmilch looks to milk consolidation
By: Dean Best - 22 Jun 2010 14:50
More news on the wave of consolidation flowing across Europe's dairy industry.
