Kevin White

Wales

Fresh Foods Editor at The Grocer

Journalist/newyddiadurwr - fresh foods editor @TheGrocer. I write about how your food makes it into the supermarket/archfarchnad - Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Avara Foods unveils ‘more ambitious’ sustainability targets

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Avara Foods has submitted new environmental targets to the Science Based Targets Institute, including a 43% cut to Scope 1, 2 and 3 footprints by 2030. It said its focus and track record on sustainability was a cornerstone of its broader commitment to act responsibly under its ‘For Good’ responsible business agenda.
Food imports: what’s happened to the supermarkets’ rock-solid commitments to British meat?

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Meat sourcing – and the apparent slipping of standards when it comes to British beef, lamb and even chicken by some supermarkets – has become an recurrent theme in recent months. And just to prove how much of a hot topic it has become, The Grocer’s series of articles highlighting retailer pivots towards meat imports have consistently been among our best-read stories since we revealed Asda had started selling German chicken, processed in the Netherlands, back in March.
Small abattoirs win reprieve as FSA backs retaining vital discount

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

The future of the UK’s 47 remaining small abattoirs is looking more secure, after the Food Standards Agency moved to retain a vital discount on compliance measures. The FSA has given a long-standing discount to all abattoirs for services undertaken by official vets to comply with food safety regulations. For England and Wales in 2025/26, the total discount will amount to £14.9m – or about 10% of the FSA’s annual budget – with industry paying around 75% of the £58.9m total estimated costs.
Red Tractor reveals slump in consumer faith in imported food

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Consumer trust in food from the US and India has plunged over past year, while support for UK-grown food and calls for the UK to produce more have soared, new research by Red Tractor has revealed.
Tesco kicks off search for new artisan cheesemakers

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Tesco has launched a search for new artisan cheese makers to meet the growing demand for regional and specialist cheeses from its customers. The retailer said new suppliers had an opportunity to “win a share of its growing regional cheese market, which is already worth £12 million and growing annually”. “From Cornwall to Scotland, from Wales to East Anglia, the supermarket is keen to uncover local hero craft cheeses that are worthy of celebration and wider recognition,” it said.
Beyond Meat expands offering with new Asda burger listings

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Beyond Meat has expanded its offering in UK supermarkets with a first listing in Asda. The US plant-based giant’s Beyond Jalapeño Burger went into 317 Asda stores last week in chilled (rsp: £4.28/226g) and frozen (rsp: £3.98/226g) variants. The original Beyond Burger, meanwhile, is now on sale in 350 Asda convenience stores, in both chilled and frozen, at the same price points. The Asda listing means Beyond Meat is now available in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Ocado.
'Chicken King' BPO buys 2 Sisters JV poultry farming operation

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Source: 2 Sisters Food Group Ranjit Singh Boparan’s private office has acquired sister company 2 Sisters Food Group’s joint venture poultry farming operation, in a move that will see the ‘Chicken King’ take full control of his poultry supply chain. The company known as Hook 2 Sisters was established in 2006 as a 50/50 partnership between 2 Sisters Food Group and PD Hook Group. It specialises in rearing and growing broiler chickens and turkeys.
CO2 gas crisis looms closer as Ensus warns of ‘imminent closure’

1 week ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Chemicals giant Ensus has warned its Wilton biofuels site on Teeside – a key supplier of CO2 gas to the food sector – now faces “imminent closure” due to conditions laid out in last month’s UK/US trade deal. The US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal, announced on 8 May, will see US exporters given tariff-free access to the UK market for up to 1.4 billion litres of bioethanol, of which CO2 gas and high-protein animal feed is a byproduct.
Spending review: Food and farming offers ‘cautious’ welcome

2 weeks ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Food and farming groups have offered a cautious welcome to Wednesday’s Treasury spending review, which avoided significant cuts to Defra’s total expenditure. The department was handed a £2.7bn annual settlement for sustainable farming and nature recovery from 2026/27 until 2028/29 in Rachel Reeves’ review – similar to previous budgets.
Spending review: food and farming offer ‘cautious’ welcome

2 weeks ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Kevin White

Food and farming groups have offered a cautious welcome to Wednesday’s Treasury spending review, which avoided significant cuts to Defra’s total expenditure. The department was handed a £2.7bn annual settlement for sustainable farming and nature recovery from 2026/27 until 2028/29 in Rachel Reeves’ review – similar to previous budgets.