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Judith Evans is the consumer industries correspondent for the Financial Times, covering food, drink, and home and personal care products, and companies such as Nestlé, Unilever and AB InBev, along with the UK farming sector. She previously wrote about property and investment for the FT and worked for newswires in the UK and Asia.
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  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    News in-depthUK agriculture
    UK pig farmers take desperate measures in face of soaring costs

    Shortage of abattoir workers and higher input costs are pushing some to cease independent production

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    IPOs
    Huel weighs London IPO as appetite for plant-based meal replacements grows

    Maker of ‘complete food’ drinks and snacks explores options with listing its preferred choice

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Private equity
    Bidders for Unilever’s tea business pulled out on plantation concerns

    Two of final three private equity firms failed to submit bids for entire division over worker worries

  • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
    Unilever PLC
    CVC agrees €4.5bn deal to buy Unilever’s tea business

    Private equity group wins auction for division that has been hit by changing consumer tastes

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Global brands’ use of ‘virgin’ plastics on track for significant drop by 2025

    Ellen MacArthur Foundation says data from groups including Nestlé and Unilever show progress in using more recycled packaging

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    News in-depthUnilever PLC
    Plantation conditions in spotlight as Unilever tea sale heats up

    Any buyer would have to decide how to address sensitive questions of human rights and fair pay

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
    The Hut Group
    Former THG employees allege they were fired for raising US safety fears

    UK ecommerce group denies claims in lawsuit and says Kentucky plant is subject to frequent audits

  • Friday, 12 November, 2021
    Johnson & Johnson Co Inc
    Johnson & Johnson to spin off consumer business

    World’s largest healthcare group follows trend to slim down with plans to focus on pharmaceuticals

  • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
    UK agriculture
    UK poultry industry to use only half of emergency visas for foreign workers

    Cut in number of birds and local hiring has offset need for migrant labour after Brexit

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  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
    UK agriculture
    UK producers send meat to EU for processing amid butcher shortage

    Pig cull tops 10,000 as backlog from labour crisis continues with farmers ‘stuck in limbo’

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
    AB InBev sales surge as drinkers trade up to premium brands

    Brewer raises forecasts but will not pay an interim dividend, focusing instead on reducing debt

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    FT CollectionsUK Budget autumn 2021: essential reading
    Government winners and losers in the UK budget

    Real-terms spending increases benefit some departments at the expense of others

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Tax
    UK drinks trade welcomes alcohol duty overhaul in Budget

    Chancellor announces a sweeping overhaul of alcohol taxes

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Heineken NV
    Heineken sales fall as lockdowns return in Asia

    Pandemic restrictions in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia hit sales

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Return of colds and flu boosts Reckitt Benckiser

    More social mixing has increased seasonal illnesses and demand for over-the-counter remedies

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Unilever PLC
    Unilever raises prices as inflationary pressure bites

    UK maker of Dove soap and Magnum ice cream warns input cost increases could be higher next year

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé upgrades sales outlook again after raising prices of products

    Swiss consumer goods group hit by increasing costs for energy, transport and raw materials

  • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
    InterviewHow to Lead
    The leadership challenges of reinventing a traditional industry

    Milk & More’s Patrick Müller set about transforming the dairy delivery service to one fit for the digital age

  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    Six ways to get back to nature
    A dying rural dream — is this the end for the family farm?

    A generations-old culture is in decline, with post-Brexit changes to subsidies and trade making things worse

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    JAB Holdings Ltd
    JAB seeks to raise $5bn fund to invest in petcare

    European investment group wants to expand further in market that has boomed during Covid crisis

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé unveils plant-based shrimp and eggs as vegan shift accelerates

    Group seeks to capitalise on changing diets and consumer worries about carbon emissions

  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    UK agriculture
    UK pig farms cull healthy animals amid labour shortage

    Trade body warns mass slaughter likely to follow, as PM dismisses sector’s concerns

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    UK agriculture
    Poland and France keep turkeys on Britain’s Christmas dinner menu

    Imports from EU to fill gap after labour shortages force UK farmers to cut production

  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK supply chain problems spread deeper into the agriculture sector

    Driver and labour shortages are putting at risk pumpkin distribution for Halloween and leaving a pig surplus

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK to loosen rules on research into gene-edited crops

    Easing of regulations intended to remove long and costly licensing process but campaigners warn of unknown risks

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