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The new normal for supply chains
Professor Chris Elliott ponders on the future of food and drink supply chains as the world eases back into a sense of a normality.
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Don’t stop UK food voucher scheme, pleads Marcus Rashford
As more than 200,000 children skip meals because their family could not access sufficient food during lockdown*, footballer Marcus Rashford urges UK Government to rethink its stop to UK food voucher relief.
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Seafood restaurant owners receive hefty sentence of 1,446 years in jail
The restaurant owners say they were unable to keep up with demand for their online promotion, resulting in guilty ruling of fraud from court in Thailand.
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Food industry must share blame for obesity pandemic and severity of COVID-19 disease
Obesity is an independent and modifiable risk factor for more severe illness and death from COVID-19, say researchers from Queen Mary University of London.
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No quick return to ‘normal’ food habits after COVID-19, survey suggests
A consumer survey, conducted by Leatherhead Food Research, has revealed that the majority of UK consumers have changed their food and drink shopping habits following the COVID-19 outbreak, some of which will continue beyond the pandemic.
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Live Panel Discussion: Challenges and opportunities of the European baking sector
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While the baking industry is working hard to meet the demand in fresh, frozen and packaged baked goods, will trends like ‘clean label’ stay?
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Dairy’s possible renaissance
With the coronavirus pandemic having prompted a digital era of home-cooking and online food shopping, Dr Sylvain Charlebois suggests that the dairy sector has the opportunity to reintroduce itself into people's lives.
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A tale of two food systems
Professor Chris Elliott highlights the UK’s clear food poverty divide and calls for a new, stronger national food strategy.
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Consumers closely monitor fats and oils in packaged food, finds global study
The findings are from Cargill's FATitudes, an annual study constructed to learn more about consumers’ awareness, perceptions and behaviours around fats and oils found in packaged foods, and to help inform the future of food innovation.
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Top US retailers scored on plant-based offerings in GFI report
The report ranked the retailers based on their plant-based product assortment, merchandising and marketing.
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Building on consumer preferences shaped by the pandemic
Anneke van de Geijn from FrieslandCampina Ingredients Food & Beverages explores how some of 2019's trends, such as conscious and personalised consumption, have been shaped by COVID-19 and how manufacturers could build upon these evolving preferences.
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How has COVID-19 impacted the UK brewing and distilling industries?
Murdoch MacLennan, Partner & Head of Brewing & Distilling at Campbell Dallas, tells New Food how the novel coronavirus has impacted UK brewing supply and demand.
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COVID-19 will change the future of snacking, research suggests
Data and analytics firm GlobalData has suggested that the snack sector will change as consumers move away from the 'on the go' trend towards healthier, eat-at-home options.
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Craft brewery embraces new identity amid sustainability efforts
BrewDog commits to sustainable beer production and sets out new course for business which balances profit with people and planet.
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Optimism for organic
Lee Holdstock, Business & Trade Development Manager at Soil Association Certification, explains how many consumers have looked to organic as a trusted source of food during times of uncertainty and fear, and how he has high hopes for the future of the market.
