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    Judith Evans

    Consumer industries correspondent
    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, 26 September, 2022
      Unilever PLC
      Unilever chief Jope to retire next year

      Departure plan follows shareholder discontent and arrival of activist investor Nelson Peltz

    • Sunday, 25 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Ministers review post-Brexit green subsidy plan for farmers

      A return to EU-style payments based on land area is among the options

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      UK tax
      Pub operators warn alcohol duty relief may not stop closures

      Businesses face a battle to survive this winter, industry bodies warn

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Haleon
      Haleon rejects liability in Zantac cancer cases

      Newly listed consumer health group refuses indemnification requests related to heartburn drug

    • Monday, 19 September, 2022
      News in-depthFood & Beverage
      Inflation kills off hopes for return of plant-based meat boom

      A sector once favoured by investors is coming under pressure amid rising prices for consumers

    • Sunday, 18 September, 2022
      Food Prices
      McVitie’s owner warns of more price rises for biscuit lovers

      Chief says group faces challenge of resetting consumers’ expectations after years of flat prices

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      UK brewers hit by soaring price of carbon dioxide

      Production at risk of coming to standstill ahead of Christmas as CF Industries halts operations over high gas prices

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      How King Charles channelled his passions through the Duchy of Cornwall

      New monarch threw much of his energy into shaping an estate created almost 700 years ago to fund the next in line to the throne

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      News in-depthAgricultural production
      Salad days are over for European food producers as energy costs bite

      Industry warns that soaring cost of heating greenhouses and other energy-intensive processes will lead to shortages

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Cineworld Group PLC
      Cineworld laments failure to become meme stock in bankruptcy filing

      UK-based group says restructuring of nearly $9bn debt and lease burden will dilute equity interests

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Food Prices
      Farmers warn of winter food shortages in Europe

      Price rises across wide range of products predicted as output is cut over surging energy costs

    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      The National Lottery
      Camelot drops appeal over loss of UK National Lottery to rival

      Decision removes key obstacle to transfer of 10-year contract estimated to be worth as much as £100bn

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      UK’s top chicken producer warns on spiralling CO₂ costs

      Soaring price of natural gas leads to knock-on effects, with companies such as 2 Sisters Food Group hit hard by rising costs

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
      Reckitt Benckiser chief Laxman Narasimhan to step down

      Former head of BAT to take over while consumer group seeks permanent replacement

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      UK meat and drinks sectors in turmoil as CO₂ production halted

      Ammonia output at Billingham deemed uneconomical as price of natural gas more than doubles

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Climate change
      Climate activists take UK government to court over food strategy

      Lack of proposals to reduce meat and dairy consumption breaks the law, say campaigners

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      News in-depthUK agriculture
      Farmers fight to save stunted crops in record UK heat

      Livestock and dairy farmers use up winter feedstocks as climate change brings further extreme weather threats

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Ben & Jerry’s bitter battle with Unilever

      European corporate bond markets slow to a standstill and US IPO market dries up

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc
      Unilever stops paying Ben & Jerry’s board members in Israel dispute

      Ice cream brand suing parent over operating in occupied territories

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      US Food & Drug Administration
      FDA halts UK group’s baby formula imports over ‘modified’ paperwork

      Supplies were intended to help with months-long shortage in America

    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      How the great British sandwich trade was derailed by Brexit, Covid and inflation

      An industry that became a symbol of the changes in the economy over four decades now faces a perfect storm of problems

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Diageo PLC
      Diageo sales rise as drinkers celebrate with premium spirits

      Drinks maker says customers are not trading down despite cost of living pressures

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Nestlé S.A.
      Nestlé raises prices but takes hit to margins

      World’s largest food group increases sales forecasts for the year

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Health sector
      Reckitt gains from rising medicine sales as Covid-19 beds in

      Strepsils-maker and rival Haleon benefit from over-the-counter treatments boost from Omicron, colds and flu

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Corporate earnings and results
      World’s largest consumer goods groups reveal soaring price rises

      Unilever, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s warn of more pressure on households as global inflation surges

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