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Kanes Foods Collapses With 660 Jobs Lost, Raising Wider Supply Chain Concerns
Major UK fresh prepared food manufacturer Kanes Foods has entered into administration resulting in the loss of 662 jobs and uncertainty over the potential impact on its wider network of grower suppliers and customers. Image: Kanes Foods The Evesham-based business produced a range of prepared food products, including pre-packed salads, stir-fry ingredients, and sauces, supplying several major UK supermarket customers, reports BBC News. The immediate cessation of trading on Mo
Red Tractor Launches Six-Week Consultation On Fresh Produce Standards
Red Tractor has opened a six-week consultation on proposed changes to its Fresh Produce Standards, which aim to strengthen food safety controls for higher-risk crops, clarify requirements, and reduce duplication across the assurance scheme. Running from 10 November to 22 December 2026, the consultation period offers growers and stakeholders across the supply chain, including retailers, agronomists, and industry bodies, the opportunity to review the proposals and provide feedb
Newcastle Airport Opens New Gateway For Fresh Produce Imports
A new Border Control Post (BCP) at Newcastle Airport could provide fresh produce, flower, and plant importers with an alternative route into northern UK markets, as the North East airport looks to expand its growing cargo business. Image: Newcastle Airport The government-approved BCP will allow regulated plant products, including fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers, and plant products to be inspected and cleared at the airport, according to a news release. Opened by Worldwide Fl
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Fresh & Safe: New Specialist Food Safety Training Launches for Fresh Produce
The Fresh Produce Academy's two-day, CIEH Assured programme gives growers, packers and technical teams the tools to tackle microbiological risk before it becomes an incident. How confident are you that your business is prepared for the next food safety challenge? From growing and harvesting to packing and distribution, microbiological risks can threaten product safety, consumer confidence and business reputation in equal measure. To help the industry answer that question with
UK Greenhouse Expansion at Risk as Energy Costs Threaten Growers’ Investment Plans
Britain's greenhouse industry has delivered a clear message to policymakers: modernisation is essential, but affordable energy and commercially viable investment must come first. Findings from the first consultation on the proposed UK Greenhouse Modernisation and Expansion Programme (UK-GMEP) reveal strong support for a coordinated national strategy, alongside significant concerns about the financial realities facing growers. According to HortiDaily, the consultation, conduct
UK Grocery Inflation Climbs Again as Winter Bills Put Further Pressure on Shoppers
UK grocery inflation has edged upwards for the third consecutive monthly reporting period, raising fresh concerns about household spending power as retailers enter the crucial winter trading season. According to the latest figures from Worldpanel by Numerator, like-for-like grocery price inflation reached 2.6 percent in the four weeks to 1 November 2026, compared with 2.5 percent in the previous reporting period and 2.3 percent in September. The increase follows a period of e
Britain's Fresh Produce Supply Under Growing Threat as Fresh Direct Sounds Alarm and FPC Warns of £300m EU Reset Risk
Britain's fresh produce industry is confronting an increasingly complex combination of climate disruption, soaring costs, labour shortages and geopolitical uncertainty, with new research exposing growing vulnerabilities across domestic and international supply chains. The findings add weight to warnings from the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) that proposed changes under the UK–EU reset could place further unnecessary pressure on the global supplies essential to feeding the na
Britain's Data Centre Boom: Why Protecting the Digital Infrastructure Behind Our Food Supply Is Critical
As the UK accelerates investment in artificial intelligence, data centres are becoming increasingly important to agriculture, food production and the nation's economic security. But their rapid expansion raises urgent questions about cybersecurity, energy consumption and resilience. Britain is pressing ahead with plans to expand its AI infrastructure, despite growing concerns about the environmental impact and security of data centres. According to reporting by the Financial
UK–EU Reset: Nigel Jenney Warns Global Fresh Produce Trade Could Pay Price for Modest Economic Gains
The Government’s claim that closer ties with the European Union could boost the British economy by 0.4 per cent has come under scrutiny, with Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) Chief Executive Nigel Jenney warning that the proposed agreement risks imposing substantial new costs on fresh produce imports from outside the EU. An analysis published by The Telegraph on 5 November questions whether the economic benefits being promoted by Prime Minister Andy Burnham adequately reflect t
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