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Brexit: What it means for the food and
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Posted: 29 Jun 2016 06:35 AM PDT What Britain’s exit from the European Union (“Brexit”) means for food and agriculture is worth attention. As
The Guardian put it,
Agrimoney,
a London-based concern that reports on commodity markets began its report on Brexit’s impact with these words:
Tim
Lang, professor at City University London’s Centre for Food Policy,
told Food Navigator:
Bakery & Snacks is especially interested in
the meaning of Brexit for the food and drink industries. It produced a
Special Edition highlighting its articles on the topic.
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Britain
votes to leave the EU: What now?: Britain has voted to leave the European Union and Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned as a result. Across Europe and the UK, the food industry is coming to terms with the outcome…
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Brexit
fallout: Snack sales face threat of drop in discretionary spend: Sweet and savory snacks will be among the hardest hit UK food categories as a result of the Brexit vote, according to analysts Euromonitor International…
Read
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Brexit:
The industry responds: As snacks and bakery businesses across the globe come to terms with the ramifications of the UK’s impending exit from the European Union, we gather responses from businesses, trade bodies and stakeholders…
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Confectionery
to be worst hit UK food sector after Brexit, says Euromonitor: Confectionery volumes are forecast to decline faster than any other packaged food category after the UK voted to leave the European Union…
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Dairy
reacts to Brexit vote: Following the decision of the British public to leave the EU, attention has turned to how business will be affected, how negotiations will take place and the timescales involved…
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BREXIT:
Leave vote poses huge questions for Britain’s agricultural supply industry, says UK feed lobby: The result of the Brexit referendum was announced this morning with a vote in favor of the UK leaving the EU, and the British prime minster, David
Cameron, subsequently announcing he is going to step down. Sterling has hit a 30 year low and uncertainty now reigns in the UK feed and agribusiness sector…
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Industry
reaction: What #Brexit means for UK & EU nutrition sectors: For the first time the European Union has lost a member after the British people yesterday voted to leave the bloc which began life as the European Economic Community in 1951…
Read And here is one more.
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British
food firms set to increase trade with US following Brexit vote: UK confectionery and snack businesses may look to ramp up their trade with the US in light of last week’s vote
to leave the European Union…
Read It’s obvious from reading all this that the effects of the Brexit decision are largely unknown. not easy to predict, but unlikely to be good.
The follow-up will be interesting to watch. Fingers crossed that the fallout won’t be as bad as predicted. Additions
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Bee Wilson’s eloquent elegy for the benefits of European Union food for British palates
in the New Yorker
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Tim Lang’s expanded and referenced discussion
in The Guardian |
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