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Judith Evans

Consumer industries correspondent
Judith Evans is the consumer industries correspondent for the Financial Times, covering food, drink, and home and personal care products, and companies such as Nestlé, Unilever and AB InBev, along with the UK farming sector. She previously wrote about property and investment for the FT and worked for newswires in the UK and Asia.
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  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Diageo PLC
    Diageo to resume £4.5bn capital return programme

    Global distiller says profit growth to be above market expectations

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    The Big Read
    The battle for the future of milk

    Start-ups and multinationals are competing in a $17bn plant-based drinks market that mixes science and shifting consumer tastes

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
    AB InBev chief Carlos Brito to leave after 15 years in top job

    World’s biggest brewer names head of its North America business Michel Doukeris as successor

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé to take on Oatly with pea milk brand

    World’s largest food company targets share of $17bn plant-based dairy market

  • Saturday, 1 May, 2021
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    Inflation tests pricing power of global brands

    Consumer goods groups risk losing share as they seek to offset record rises in input costs

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    UK pubs caught on the hop after drinkers roll through the barrels

    Sunny weather drives demand for beer, leaving breweries working flat out ahead of the bank holiday weekend

  • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
    Unilever PLC
    Unilever plans €3bn share buyback after buoyant quarter

    Move comes as Anglo-Dutch group beats expectations, with underlying sales rising 5.7%

  • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Reckitt sales beat forecasts as Covid disinfectant boom persists

    Sales of hygiene products jump 29% as consumers keep homes clean

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé sales propelled by pandemic coffee surge

    First-quarter growth at world’s biggest foodmaker exceeds forecasts

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  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Heineken NV
    Heineken’s Asia and Africa sales help compensate for lockdown-hit Europe

    Brewer of Tiger, Amstel and Moretti beers beats expectations in first quarter

  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    The Big Read
    Going to the vet: what happens when private equity invests in a cottage industry

    Rapid acquisitions are transforming the animal care sector but also prompting a political backlash

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    FT Magazine
    Whisky world at war as tech allows spirits to be ‘aged’ instantly

    Brands that speed up the ageing process with heat, light and reactors have upset traditional barrel-agers

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Inside BusinessBeauty
    Unilever’s ‘skin lightening’ cream tests its purpose

    Multinational seeks to challenge ‘narrow beauty ideals’ in packaging and advertising

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    UK agriculture
    ‘It’s the end of the road’: UK’s sugar beet farmers face rising pressures

    Future of production in question after disease and poor weather ravage 2020 crop

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Heineken NV
    Heineken investors urged to revolt over former chief’s payout

    Brewer gave Jean-François van Boxmeer a €5.5m severance award in defiance of Dutch governance code

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    UK business & economy
    English pork processors seek help after China ban

    Beijing slow to reinstate imports from meat plants that have suffered Covid outbreaks

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    News in-depthOatly
    Milk alternative Oatly on a quest to become a $10bn brand

    Changing consumer tastes and marketing savvy have propelled the Swedish company towards an IPO

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    FT Magazine
    How two decades of EU migration went into reverse

    Tens of thousands of foreign-born workers have left the UK. What does it mean for them, and for Britain?

  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
    Special ReportFTfm: Real Assets
    Bill Gates’ farmland buying spree highlights investment appeal

    With productivity expected to increase, arable land is attractive — and can help meet carbon-neutral targets

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    Brexit
    UK meat producers fear 20% drop in exports because of Brexit rules

    ‘Mountains of red tape’ around EU trade threaten permanent damage, says industry body

  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    News in-depthKraft Heinz Company
    Change of menu: Kraft Heinz bets on old brands to win new consumers

    Effort to expand market share is a shift from the focus on M&A espoused by key investor 3G

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Mondelez International Inc
    Cadbury maker Mondelez scoops up ‘Carb Killa’ in healthy push

    US group to acquire sports nutrition brand Grenade as it taps into nutritious eating trend

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    The Big Read
    Brexit: the low-paid migrant workers ‘trapped’ on Britain’s farms

    Employers are setting demanding targets for labourers on the UK’s seasonal work scheme

  • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
    FT Magazine
    How hard seltzer’s viral success could transform the drinks market

    Alcoholic sparkling water is a big hit on social media — but can sales really contend with beer?

  • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Pandemic shift to premium brands leaves drinks makers in high spirits

    Savings on travel and leisure enable housebound consumers to upgrade to high-end bottles

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