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  Agricultural commodities

  Orange juice prices plummet from record highs as demand sours

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• March 19 2025
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  ‘ABCD’ agricultural traders struggle to escape boom-bust cycle

  Companies that dominate global supply of grain and oilseed suffer from latest downturn despite efforts to diversify

  
• March 19 2025
  Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc

  Ben & Jerry’s says chief ousted by Unilever over political activism

  Ice-cream brand alleges parent is ‘dismantling’ merger agreement that protected its ‘progressive values’

  
• March 17 2025
  PepsiCo Inc

  Pepsi taps booming gut-health market with $2bn Poppi deal

  Drinks group buys prebiotic brand initially funded by investor on ‘Shark Tank’ show

  
• March 14 2025
  Novo Nordisk Foundation’s obesity head works as paid adviser to chocolate maker Ferrero

  Professor Arne Astrup is also involved in project to change widely-accepted definition of ultra-processed food

  
• March 14 2025
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• March 13 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Trump threatens 200% tariffs on EU alcohol imports

  US president demands bloc scraps proposed duty on US whiskey

  
• March 13 2025
  Roofoods Ltd

  Deliveroo turns first annual profit as it plots bigger grocery push

  Takeaway group expands beyond takeaways but warns of weak consumer sentiment

  
• March 12 2025
  HM Revenue & Customs

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  Foodstuffs: they are what you eat

  
• March 11 2025
  Co-operative Group Ltd

  Co-op to stop selling suffocated prawns following welfare outcry

  Supermarket becomes latest to ban practice of ‘eyestalk ablation’ after animal cruelty concerns

  
• March 10 2025
  Unilever PLC

  Unilever to boost influencer spend to win over ‘suspicious’ consumers

  New CEO says Marmite and Magnum maker is increasing social media marketing from 30% to 50% of total ad spend

  
• March 10 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Champagne and Parmigiano under threat from Trump’s tariffs

  Producers warn Europe’s finest foods and wine could become unaffordable for ordinary US consumers

  
• March 10 2025
  Whistleblowing

  Ad agency AMV BBDO faces claim over Mars ‘greenwashing’

  Chocolate and cat food campaigns at centre of employment tribunal cases

  
• March 10 2025
  Office life

  The office lunch disrupters

  Return to in-person work has driven demand for premium, healthier options

  
• March 9 2025
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  Before last year, the bakery chain had enjoyed three years of double-digit like-for-like revenue growth

  
• March 7 2025
  Nestlé S.A.

  Nestlé says parents with fewer children buy more expensive baby food

  World’s largest food company says fall in number of children per household has driven ‘premiumisation’

  
• March 6 2025
  Agricultural commodities

  US grain prices fall as trade war sparks fears of glut

  Wheat and soyabean futures hit as China and Canada impose retaliatory tariffs on foodstuffs

  
• March 5 2025
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  ‘My job is basically just eggs now’

  There have been heists, Facebook ads and agitated grocery store queues as prices across America continue to rise

  
• March 5 2025
  News in-depthCommodities

  How illegal gold mining is fuelling a chocolate shortage

  Ghanaian farmers are ditching cocoa to dig for bullion and driving up global prices

  
• March 5 2025
  Property sector

  Global vineyard values tumble as falling wine consumption hits industry

  Winemakers are battling shifting tastes among younger generations and lower prices caused by oversupply

  
• March 4 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Trump’s tariffs will bring ‘nothing but pain’ to rural America, say farmers

  Agriculture industry warns that customers are looking elsewhere for key commodities

  
• March 4 2025
  Greggs PLC

  Greggs warns of ‘tough’ year as sales growth slows

  UK bakery chain says customers ‘continue to worry’ about cost of living

  
• March 4 2025
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  FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies

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• March 4 2025
  UK inflation

  UK food inflation hits five-month high

  Grocery price growth highlights persistent pressure on living costs

  

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