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I feel for the greenhouse growers in this country who are mothballing their businesses due to the energy costs, it must be extremely worrying times for them and their families as it is for so many others in business. That aside, a small part of me won’t miss salad in the winter, or...

Definitely not Brexit How was the supply chain in the Southern Hemisphere immediately after the Covid lockdowns? yes definitely. The price increases across the industry I work in were slight in the aftermath of Beexit and supply chain issues were negligible. As I said I’m sure other industries...

Doubtless some truth in that , in as much as some price increases come from the producers but Tesco’s version of profiteering is often simply ‘increasing prices’ I have seen the other side of Tesco’s sourcing practices when working for a massive food producer. M&S annual visit they were all...

I’m sure that Brexit has had an effect on British industry - to varying degrees, however I don’t feel it’s the main cause of cost increase affecting my business. Greek currants have increased in price by normal amounts. Undoubtedly the cost of wheat, animal feed and fertiliserafter the Ukrainian...

I own a bakery. Last March flour that we use went from £440 a tonne to £580 a tonne - such a jump that we got a letter from the flour mill explaining “never known anything like it etc etc” in July it went up to £780 a tonne. Our major wholesale supplier (14,000+products) sends out a monthly...