Yorkshire Food in a Challenging World: Conference - 06 October 2009
The past year has been tough for all companies as a result of the recession which began almost two years ago. Although the food sector has been traditionally resilient to economic downturns, a “cost price squeeze” has made life very challenging to say the least. This “cost price squeeze” is a result of rising input and raw material costs combined with retailers desire to reduce prices in order to be able to deliver “value” to their consumers. To survive this two-way challenge, food businesses need to find new innovative ways to reduce costs and add value.
This Farexchange Conference gave practical solutions to improve efficiency and help businesses not only survive these difficult times and make the most of future opportunities. Top level industry speakers gave presentatins on how they are facing up to the current challenges which were followed by interactive workshops which gave practical solutions for attendees to take away.
Presentations available (all pdf):
Yorkshire Food in a Challenging World
Siôn Roberts, Chief Executive, EFFP
Asda working with Farmer Suppliers for Better Returns
Pearce Hughes, Agricultural Development Manager, ASDA
The Northern Way: how we do business
Paula Widdowson, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Northern Foods
Improving Supply Chain Logistics
Roly Taplin, Business Director, DHL Supply Chain
Fuel for Thought: What will farmers be growing in the future?
Lucy Hopword, National Non-Food Crops Centre
Farexchange Conference 2009
Steve Cann, Project Director, Farexchange
