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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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    • 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

    • Saturday, 23 July, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      Consumer groups face sales hit as cash-strapped shoppers trade down

      Customers switch from branded goods to own-brand labels in response to cost of living crisis

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Premier Foods PLC
      Premier Foods benefits from return to home cooking as cost of living rises

      UK foods group beats sales forecast on strong demand for branded groceries such as Batchelors sauces and Nissin noodles

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      2 Sisters Food Group
      Rising costs push up losses at UK’s largest chicken producer

      2 Sisters warns of feed price increases and ‘significantly restricted’ pool of workers

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Haleon
      Debut of GSK consumer-health spin-off Haleon disappoints

      Investors cool on biggest London listing since Glencore in 2011 on worries about inflation and consumer confidence

    • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
      Starbucks Corp
      Starbucks examines sale of its UK business

      World’s largest coffee chain explores options as it faces hit from pandemic and increased competition

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      News in-depthUK agriculture
      English farmers count cost of changes to subsidy regime

      Government says post-Brexit schemes will bring wider benefits but sector airs concern over lack of clarity

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      US retail
      US baby formula crisis spurs debate over lack of competition

      Shortage following Abbott safety scandal draws scrutiny of sector dominated by just two companies

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Mars Inc
      Mars reveals bigger revenues than Coca-Cola as it appoints new chief executive

      Intensely private chocolate and pet care company shows $45bn sales as Poul Weihrauch succeeds Grant Reid

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Health
      Overweight England struggles to break the ‘junk food cycle’

      Boris Johnson’s new health strategy is undermined by stress on ‘individual responsibility’, experts say

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Revlon Inc
      Revlon files for bankruptcy after supply chain woes and competition struggles

      US cosmetics group majority owned by billionaire Ron Perelman vows to ‘unlock full potential’ of its brands

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      UK food review head calls for ‘much bolder’ action on climate change and obesity

      Henry Dimbleby says government needs to be more radical and wants targets enshrined in law

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Ministers poised to reject key proposals from food strategy review

      Boris Johnson seeks to regain support of rightwing MPs and avoid hitting households with more expense

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Tesco PLC
      Tesco rebuked over greenwashing in adverts for plant-based food

      UK supermarket could not substantiate claims over products’ environmental impact, ASA watchdog rules

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      UK sales of low-alcohol and no-alcohol beers almost double in 5 years

      Alternative versions of mainstream brands help drive uptake

    • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
      News in-depthFood & Beverage
      Big food’s unhealthy products leave bitter taste for ESG investors

      Pandemic puts tackling obesity back in focus as shareholders urge action

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      UK agriculture
      UK cucumber and pepper crops face energy and labour crunch

      Harvests down to less than half after growers opted not to plant in face of surging costs

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Pfizer to exit GSK consumer health joint venture after London listing

      US pharma group to sell down stake in Haleon business after July IPO

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