KFC plans to invest £1.5bn in UK and Ireland, creating thousands of jobs
Fast-food chain’s plan on back of booming fried chicken market includes opening 500 new restaurants KFC is to invest almost £1.5bn and create thousands of...
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EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn
Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience Climate breakdown and wildlife loss are deepening the EU’s...
UK cheesemaker welcomes new EU deal – but says it comes four years too late
Simon Spurrell was forced to sell his business because of £600,000 loss caused by Brexit red tape A British cheese maker who was forced to...
Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’
Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years’ time A...
UK sand eel fishing ban remains in place despite EU legal challenge
Creatures make up the bulk of seabirds’ diet but are fished for commercial pig food Europe live – latest updates A ban on fishing for...
‘A win-win for farmers’: how flooding fields in north-west England could boost crops
A ‘wetter farming’ project explores rehydrating peatland to help grow crops in boggier conditions while cutting CO2 emissions “I really don’t like the word ‘paludiculture’...
In the red: global wine sales fall to lowest levels since 1961
Consumption and production falls in almost every market as industry fears a ‘generational’ change in drinking habits Worldwide consumption of wine fell in 2024 to...
‘Fika has become more expensive’: rising coffee prices affect a Swedish tradition
Swedes are stockpiling supplies of the drink amid cost hikes, with some saying the coffee culture is changing Nursing an iced chai latte in a...
Norway rules out fish farm ban despite ‘existential threat’ to wild salmon
Open-net farms to continue despite numbers of wild fish halving as minister looks for ‘acceptable’ pollution levels Norway’s environment minister has ruled out a ban...
Scientists point to Andes potato pathogen as origin of Irish famine
Researchers say study may help global efforts in controlling disease that still destroys crops today It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people,...
