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Judith Evans

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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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  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Food Prices
    ‘No longer cheap eats’: Ukraine war adds to pressure on UK fish and chip shops

    Supply shortages and price rises push family-run businesses to reduce portions in effort to stay open

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    UK Inequality
    Number of UK households cutting back on meals jumps 57%

    Survey for the Food Foundation finds one in seven homes are ‘food insecure’

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Italy’s tough new approach to Russia

    Investors are pressuring food multinationals for more action on nutrition

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Reckitt Benckiser price rises help offset falling demand for disinfectants

    UK consumer products group among several companies that have started passing on commodity cost increases to customers

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Unilever PLC
    Unilever raises prices by 8% and warns inflation will accelerate

    Consumer goods group suffers hit to sales volumes but maintains profitability outlook

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Government neglect of UK countryside stifles productivity, MPs warn

    Poor broadband, few jobs and ‘broken’ planning system have led to disillusionment with Tories, report says

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Reckitt Benckiser seeks up to $10bn for remainder of infant milk business

    Consumer group has written off £8bn after failed takeover

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Food & Beverage
    Investors push Nestlé and Kraft Heinz to set new health targets

    Shareholders seek action from various food multinationals on nutrition and obesity after victory at Unilever

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    Great cancellation spreads beyond Netflix

    Consumer groups feel the pressure as tightening squeeze on incomes hits spending

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Oatly
    Oatly poaches Mars and Danone execs to help regain momentum

    Oat milk maker taps consumer goods experience to fix production woes and revive shares

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé boosts sales with 5% price increase

    World’s largest food group follows peers P&G and Heineken

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    How a post-Soviet pioneer has kept alcoholic drinks flowing in Ukraine

    The Kyiv-based Obolon brewery has pushed through bombardments and the loss of staff to the Russian invasion

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Procter & Gamble Co
    P&G reports strongest sales growth in two decades

    Consumer goods group joins Heineken in passing on higher costs to customers

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    News in-depthFood & Beverage3 min
    Upcycled food is on the up | FT Food Revolution

    The FT’s Judith Evans reports on how upcycling has now become a trend in food production, feeding a fast-growing industry in Europe and the US

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Surging costs hard to swallow for makers of the humble BLT

    Sandwich groups and UK retailers grapple with soaring prices of staple ingredients

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    UK agriculture
    UK food industry faces risk of ‘permanent shrinkage’, MPs warn

    Select committee says government has failed to address labour shortages resulting from Brexit and coronavirus

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Food Prices
    UK egg farmers face crisis as Ukraine war raises input costs

    Industry calls on supermarkets to increase consumer price of eggs by 40p

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Nestlé S.A.
    A tough test on Russia for the man who turned round Nestlé

    Chief executive Mark Schneider has faced public animosity over the company’s response to the invasion of Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé to halt sales of most brands in Russia

    Campaign against multinationals operating in Russia triggers suspension of non-essential items

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    UK immigration
    UK farms race to recruit harvest pickers as Ukrainians trapped by war

    Agencies look as far afield as Mongolia to replace workers who made up most of seasonal fruit and veg labourers in 2021

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Special ReportFT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Pandemic delivers rich pickings for niche food start-ups

    Direct-to-consumer sales allow start-ups to bypass retailers and expand through strong digital marketing

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    Waste management & recycling
    Food companies criticise UK plastic packaging tax for being too strict

    Industry warns levy will increase costs and risk fuelling inflation

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Stay or go? Western consumer brands wrestle with Russian dilemma

    Multinationals making household staples balance pressure to exit against impact on business, staff and shoppers

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Personal & Household Goods
    Unilever chief executive’s pay jumps 42 per cent

    Price increases to cover cost of inflation help drive bonuses higher

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Unilever PLC
    Unilever to set new healthy food targets after investor pressure

    World’s largest ice-cream maker pledges to assess performance against six measures

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