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Can Red Meat Keep Up with the Chicken Run?

Who’s top of the global league in land-based meat consumption? It’s chicken, but that wasn’t the case 12 years ago. Whereas ALL the major meats (chicken, pork, beef, lamb) have seen global market growth since 2013, chicken has screamed ahead

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The Giant Pumpkin in The Fresh Produce Room: Declining Consumption Across the Globe! Can We Reverse the Trend?

Wherever one looks. North America, Europe, Australasia, Japan, per capita fresh fruit and vegetable consumption is drifting downwards. What’s going on? Everybody knows that they’re essential for our health but very few of us get even close to meeting our

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What’s  the Global Story and Outlook for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables?

If you’re in the fresh produce business, you’d think it reasonable to conclude: “right time, right place”! Around the globe, consumers put “eating more healthily” pretty much at the top of their “To Do” list for 2025 and it’s for

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Future-Proofing Challenges for Fresh Produce Businesses

Fresh food – fruit & vegetables, meat, etc. – takes a battering when household incomes are under stress. In the meat department, chicken sales soar as they’re the lowest-priced protein. For fruit & veg., the research evidence is scanty, but

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Prof David Hughes: Around the world, David speaks to senior agribusiness and food industry managers about global food industry developments that are and will affect their businesses and industry. Energetic, engaging, humorous and insightful, David gains the very highest evaluations at seminars, conferences and Board level discussions in every continent he visits. Miguel Flavián: works for several Spanish organisations and companies to help them to learn from the developments of the British grocery market and improve their business back home.