All Commodities articles
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NewsTunisian olive oil producers target UK as market stabilises
Tunisian olive exports to the UK have more than quadrupled since October
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NewsBritish Sugar factory closure fuels fears over imports
Under new proposals, British Sugar will concentrate processing at its three other sites
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Category ReportHow shoppers are saving time with home baking hacks
Baking is becoming ‘more about creativity and personalisation than skill’. What does this mean for the £1.1bn home baking category?
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Comment & OpinionEl Niño is exposing the flaw at the heart of the rice market
El Niño exposes how little buyers know about the rice they source and what that means for supply chain resilience, says Fergus O’Sullivan, founder of Nice Rice
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Comment & OpinionWhy climate finance failures are fuelling the UK’s future food crisis
With funding a ’signficant barrier’ to climate adoption, farmers must be given the tools and money they need to adapt
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NewsRetailers back EUDR-aligned UK anti-deforestation rules
Defra said the move would ‘further decouple UK consumption from global deforestation’
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NewsProgramme aiming to scale regenerative farming globally launches
Global non-profit membership network SAI Platform unveiled its Regenerating Together Programme on 24 June
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NewsPlummeting wholesale pig prices not showing up on supermarket shelves
Whilst the average price paid by abattoirs for pigs in the UK has collapsed 14.2% year on year, according to AHDB, The Grocer’s own analysis shows the average retail pork price has risen 5.8%
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NewsDaabon expands deforestation-compliant palm oil supply with Agropalma acquisition
The move makes the Colombian group the largest palm oil supplier in the Americas and ensures enhanced availability of fully traceable and certified palm oil that is compliant with EU deforestation regulation
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News10 years after Brexit referendum, ‘muddled’ EU reset ‘lacks strategy’ MPs warn
The Commons Business and Trade Committee warned the government had failed to articulate a clear long-term vision for UK-EU relations
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NewsCurrency volatility hitting profitability for food and drink exporters, study finds
Nearly half (45%) of UK food and drink businesses operating on margins below 10% had seen profitability slashed by a third over the past year
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NewsFertiliser ‘must be affordable’ amid Iran war price spike, NFU urges
Farmers are warning they may have to stop planting some crops due to the soaring cost of fertiliser
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NewsClimate change to push fruit & veg prices up by 170% by 2050, research claims
Healthy eating risked becoming ‘unaffordable’ for millions of shoppers, claimed research by thinktank The Autonomy Institute
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NewsLakrids By Bülow set for robust 2026 as cocoa prices normalise
Premium liquorice maker Lakrids By Bülow is on course for another year of double-digit growth in 2026 after reporting a 19% jump in revenues to DKK449m (£51.8m) in 2025
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NewsPetrol up, diesel down in ‘unusual’ May price split
The average price per litre of unleaded increased from 157p to 159.4p, while diesel fell from 188.4p to 183.9p
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NewsSchumacher shakes up strategy at cocoa giant Barry Callebaut
A ‘determined shift’ to premium segments will play part of Barry Callebaut’s new Focus for Growth strategy, revealed this week by the former Unilever boss
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Category ReportHow geopolitical events are creating challenges for oils
Suppliers of edible oils likely thought they could breathe easier at the end of 2025, but the market has since been upended
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Category ReportGeopolitical events leading to volatility in oils
The Covid pandemic, Ukraine war and climate change have combined to make the past six years particularly challenging for suppliers of edible oils
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Category ReportOlive oil prices remain higher than pre-2024
Olive oil prices have roughly halved since the market hit its peak at the turn of 2024
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Category ReportDemand soars for palm oil amid tightened supply
Despite its associations with deforestation, habitat loss, and health risks, demand for palm oil is booming