Minette Batters
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 56 |
| Date of birth | May 28,1967 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
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Minette Batters Life story
Minette Bridget Batters, is a British farmer who is the President of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales for 2020–2022.
Food industry leaders to meet PM as prices soar
... Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, welcomed the government s announcement and said they showed " a recognition and an understanding of the strategic importance of British food and farming to the nation"...
Does the UK have an inflation problem?
... The shortages have also been compounded by high energy prices in the UK leading to vegetable growers and farmers cutting down on crop yields or avoiding producing certain foods at all due to rising running costs, according to Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union (NFU)...
Food shortages due to 'supermarket culture', says Leon co-founder
... Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union (NFU), told the BBC that some producers were on contracts that could be renegotiated to factor in higher production costs - but not all of them...
Food suppliers hit back at Tesco chair in price hike row
... Commenting on Mr Allen s views, Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, said it is " almost like he was living in a parallel universe"...
UK sleepwalking into food supply crisis, says farming union
... " Shoppers up and down the country have for decades had a guaranteed supply of high-quality affordable food produced to some of the highest animal welfare, environmental and food safety standards in the world, " said NFU president Minette Batters...
Government review of ELMS farming subsidies stokes anger
... NFU president Minette Batters said her organisation had wanted a delay to the schemes introduction...
Farmers cut food production as costs soar
... Minette Batters, the president of the NFU, says farming has always been a volatile sector, but price rises mean the decisions farmers are making now " feel more like a gamble than ever before"...
Food strategy for England will back farmers, Boris Johnson says
... The president of the National Farmers Union, Minette Batters, broadly welcomed the commitment to food production and food security, but said this was dependent on the policies put in place to deliver it...
Food suppliers hit back at Tesco chair in price hike row
By Dearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC News
Food suppliers have hit back at claims by Tesco's chairman that they are using high Inflation as an excuse to raise prices unnecessarily.
Tesco's John Allen told The Bbc that suppliers were taking advantage of poorer households.
But the Food & Drink Federation (FDF) called his comments " difficult" and said the suppliers it represents have seen a " massive" rise in their costs.
FDF boss Karen Betts said supermarkets are already " very tough" on suppliers.
" Most supermarkets are asking suppliers to open their books to justify exactly line-by-line where the cost increases are Coming In , " Ms Betts told The Bbc 's Today Programme.
" So I think it is difficult for Tesco to come out and say they think companies might be profiteering. "
'Outrageous'Ged Futter, a former senior buyer at supermarket Asda and now a retail analyst, said Mr Allen's comments were " outrageous".
He Said that some retailers have been raising their prices above the rate of Inflation , which reached 10. 5% in December. " So I would say it is quite disingenuous to be talking about suppliers profiteering at This Time , " Mr Futter said.
Tesco expects its full-year operating profit to reach up to £2. 5bn. It would be below the £2. 8bn Tesco reported for the previous 12 Months when Covid restrictions continued to boost online trade for the UK's big supermarkets.
Mr Allan told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that Tesco had " fallen out" with suppliers in The Past over price rises.
The supermarket temporarily removed Heinz products from its shelves Last Year , including Baked Beans , tomato and ketchup after Kraft Heinz tried to raise its prices. At The Time , US giant said it was becoming more expensive to manufacture its goods.
In The End , Tesco and Kraft Heinz reached an agreement and the products returned. " We do try very hard I think to challenge cost increases, " said Mr Allen.
Ms Betts said that food and drink manufacturers were dealing with unprecedented cost pressures. " Those increases are rooted in the disruption caused by Covid-19, by The War in Ukraine, by the cost of Brexit when moving food stuffs across The Border has become much more complicated and expensive. "
She Said companies cannot " operate at a loss so they are having to go to the supermarkets and say 'we need to pass through some of these price rises' and the supermarkets are very tough on this".
Commenting on Mr Allen's views, Minette Batters , president of The National Farmers' Union, said it is " almost like he was living in a parallel universe".
She told: " We're seeing a wholesale gas price 650% higher than it was back in 2019 and the cost Inflation on that back of that has been absolutely unprecedented.
" It has dwarfed any price increases to date. "
The rate of price rises - or Inflation - for, according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is the highest pace of food and drink price rises since 1977 and was driven by higher prices for milk, cheese and eggs as well as sugar, jam, honey and chocolate.
Just three years ago, in December 2020, food and drink prices were falling at an annual rate of 1. 4%.
Source of news: bbc.com
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