Supply Chain

Cocoa Rout Raises Concern Some Farmers Will Return To Cocaine

The worst cocoa price rout in more than 17 years is raising concern that farmers in South America may quit growing the raw material used in chocolate, and...

Eurostock Foods Lauded For Manufacturing Best Practice

UK-based meat supplier Eurostock Foods has been given a prestigious honour for its food manufacturing practices by the British Retail Consortium Global Sta...

Sweet Times Ahead For France’s Sugar Industry As Quotas Expire

In Gamaches-en-Vexin, Normandy, the heart of France’s sugar-beet country, farmers like Alexandre Quillet are busier than usual for this time of year....

Italian Supermarkets Halt Sales Of Pangasius Fish

Several Italian supermarkets have ceased sales of pangasius fish, due to reports indicating a high level of pollution in fish farms. Coop has exclu...

Coop Switzerland Named Global Animal Welfare Leader

For the fourth consecutive time, Coop Switzerland has been awarded first place in the so-called Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW)....

Retailers Call On Governments To Ease Food Waste Processes

EuroCommerce, a group that represents retailers across Europe, has called on national governments and the EU to make it easier for businesses to deal with...

Metro Group Closes Acquisition Of Foodservice Firm Pro à Pro

Metro Group has completed the acquisition of French foodservice distribution firm Pro à Pro, with the deal receiving approval from the French Competition...