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• Food Buying Behaviour – Distinguishing Between a Fad and a Trend

  There is a lot of change just now in consumer food buying behaviour, and being able to distinguish between which of these changes are fads and which are trends saves time, money and heartache. Well documented changes include more buying of local and British... Posted Jan 20 2010, 02:26 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: local foods, premium foods, online shopping, food buying trends

• Pros and Cons of a Locally Sourced Xmas Dinner

  According to a recent report from Farmers Weekly Farmer of the Year John Geldard and Henry Brown of Westley Consulting the local foods market could grow from its current £2.34bn to over £15bn in 10 years. A growing number of consumers believe that local... Posted Dec 27 2008, 10:37 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: local foods, Farmers Weekly, John Geldard

• What Tesco Think About Local Foods

  Boy, do Tesco tell it like it is. Alistair Robinson,Senior Buying Manager buyer for the North of England, addressed the Institute of Agricultural Managers conference last week. His topic was "Local Foods Opportunities with Supermarkets". Here's... Posted Nov 25 2008, 04:44 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Tesco, local foods, premium foods, British farming

• Unthinking Consumerism - R.I.P

  It looks as if the days of "I want what I want when I want it" are over, even for the relatively affluent, and even when it comes to food which still only accounts for about 10% of UK consumer expenditure. Shoppers are planning more carefully... Posted Oct 20 2008, 05:39 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, Sainsbury, Tesco, credit crunch, Waitrose, organics, local foods, red meat market, ALDI, IGD

• Farm Shops - The Good, the OK, and the Truly Terrible

  There's been an explosion in the number of farm shops opened recently. FARMA, (National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association) reckons there are now over 1000 in total, and a recent article in the Telegraph suggested that the number is 1796... Posted Aug 24 2008, 06:05 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: local foods, farm shops

• Jargon Busting - What is "Provenance"?

  Its amazing how jargon creeps into business language. "Provenance" is a classic example. No food discussion passes without reference to provenance. Farmers are regularly told that having provenance is big market opportunity, and that people... Posted Jul 22 2008, 04:12 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: DairyCo, local foods, provenance

• Ethical Purchasing and the Credit Crunch... Continued

  Concern about whether the credit crunch will bring ethical purchasing to a halt seems to be exercising many minds. The latest to publish a survey is The Times newspaper. In answer to the question "In the next year are you likely to .....", the... Posted Apr 07 2008, 02:02 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, organics, Fair Trade, local foods

• Whither Ethical Purchasing?

  One of the questions of the day is whether rising food prices and a financially squeezed consumer will result in ethical purchase considerations taking second place to price. Not so far said the Institute of Grocery Distribution yesterday. Certainly the... Posted Mar 07 2008, 09:26 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Animal welfare, ethical purchasing, environment, local foods, British farming