Why won’t Brits pick vegetables for £30 an hour?
Last year, with the pandemic preventing people entering the UK, David Simmons realised he would have to find local people to work on his...
‘Quite frankly wrong’: Business hits back as Johnson blames industry for UK logistics collapse
Is business to blame for Britain’s supply chain mess? Boris Johnson thinks so. In a speech to the party faithful on Wednesday, the leader...
“It makes you want to cry” says tomato plant boss
APS, the UK’s largest tomato packing group historically packs and distributes a million packs of tomatoes every week. These usually...
Thanet Earth loses £320k in tomato sales due to worker shortage
Kent grower Thanet Earth was unable to send £320,000 worth of tomatoes to retail customers due to a shortage of labour in the...
Farms consider investing in robotics to fill crucial seasonal labour gaps
A shortage of seasonal labour is seeing crops being left to rot and farmers considering investing in robotics as a replacement. While the...
Thanet Earth had to bin £320k of food produce due to lack of workers
A lack of pickers and drivers has led to Birchington-based Thanet Earth ‘trashing’ £320,000 worth of produce in just three weeks, North...
Will bin men solve supply chain crisis?
Refuse workers are being headhunted by HGV firms trying to plug a shortfall of 100,000 lorry drivers that has emptied shelves amid an...
Half of UK consumers value sustainability, but 80% discard fresh food, survey reveals
Despite a considerable rise in awareness of the impact of food production and waste on climate change, the UK is still falling behind in...
Tons of cauliflower and broccoli going to waste, due to labour and haulage crisis
Reports are surfacing that significant amounts of cauliflower and broccoli are going to waste, due to the lack of labour needed to...
Apeel adds $250M to accelerate innovation and sustainability in supply chains
Apeel, a food system innovation company recognised as a CNBC Disruptor 50 and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, today...
Waitrose trialling linerless solution for gold kiwis
Waitrose have begun 8 week trials using the Pro-Produce pack linerless solution for gold kiwis. If successful, the Pro-Produce pack could...
Vegetable producer says labour shortage means food is being thrown away
One of the country's biggest vegetable producers says it is losing thousands of pounds a week and having to throw away food due to a...
Food distribution charity sees supplies drop by up to 20% due to lorry driver shortage
Charities are being hit by the lorry driver shortage in the UK, with one saying it has received up to 20 per cent less food than usual...
Food rotting at wholesale fruit and veg market due to crippling driver shortage
Jason Tanner, director of Premier Fruits at New Covent Garden Market, has been forced to throw out some of his produce due to the UK's...
‘Real prospect’ of food shortages in supermarkets due to a serious lack of labour
‘I think the longer term issue is it just continuously erodes the confidence of growers,’ Jack Ward, chief executive of the British...
