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• Food Shopping 2012 - Not So Different From Granny's Day

  So many things about the way we shop today would strike a chord with consumers in the 50’s and even 60’s. Then, there was little choice but to buy locally. Home delivery was the norm with the customer making a list, and handing it over to the shopkeeper... Posted Feb 21 2012, 02:49 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Animal welfare, local foods, changing consumer behaviour [Edit Tags]

• Local Food Gains Ground as Consumers Support Those Closest to Home

  The move towards buying local food has been around for several years now and the economic downturn seems to have made consumers even more inclined to support nearby producers. According to the Institute of Grocery Distribution, the number of shoppers... Posted Dec 09 2011, 12:01 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: local foods, changing consumer behaviour, food buying trends [Edit Tags]

• Consumer Purchases of "Ethical" Foods - Some Data from DEFRA

  It is difficult to get a factual grip on the difference between what consumers say they will do and what they actually do when buying food. DEFRA has had a stab at this as part of their effort to build a sustainable food chain. Their research confirms... Posted May 08 2011, 03:21 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Animal welfare, ethical purchasing, environment, local foods, Defra [Edit Tags]

• Local Foods – From Niche to Mainstream in 5 Years

  In early 2005, the local food movement was mostly confined to farmers markets, a few intrepid souls selling by mail order or over the internet, one or two up market shops sufficiently different to flourish despite the supermarkets, and funnily enough... Posted Apr 04 2010, 02:47 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, local foods, IGD [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]

• 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 [Edit Tags]