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UK food SMEs look for silver linings amid sterling weakness

This week’s latest downward pressure on sterling has heightened concerns among weary UK food SMEs about input costs, although manufacturers…

Unilever will still face questions after Jope’s tumultuous reign

Unilever’s share price rose today (26 September) in the wake of the FMCG giant’s announcement that CEO Alan Jope plans…

Spectre raised of plant-based meat fragility as Very Good Food goes on the market

The plant-based meat market may well be at a crucial juncture judging by the up-for-sale signs at Canada’s The Very…

Inflation outlook uncertain as food wrestles with consumer anxiety

Inflation. It’s dominating not just business but mainstream headlines globally, with executives and consumers wrestling with cost pressures not seen…

The future of work’s time is now

As the pandemic rumbles on, the war in Ukraine, restricted energy supplies and rampant price inflation are driving a sense…

Could the climate crisis mean a new era of higher food prices?

The price to put food on the table right now is dominated by the current inflationary environment. But beyond the…

Secret sauce – what’s driving the US condiments market?

In the world of reinvigorated centre-store grocery in the US, the condiments, marinades and dressings category is creating excitement and…

Kellogg’s radical playbook – a risk worth taking?

US food heavyweight Kellogg’s decision to split its business into three distinct entities might be interpreted as it making plays…

The pricing predicament – food brands in an inflationary climate

Grocery prices are going up but at what cost to the future relationship between branded food manufacturers, retailers and consumers?…

Why there’s no single formula to fix US infant-milk market

The US infant formula market has been suffering from shortages, in part, because of a problem rarely encountered in the…