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Retail

Birds Eye, Kantar, IRI, Young’s Seafood, Froneri, itsu [grocery], Meatless Farm UK, Strong Roots, Clearwater Seafood, Fullers International, IGD

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Brakes, Peter Backman, The Country Range Group, Meadow Vale Foods, Young’s Foodservice, Hopwells, Anglia Crown, Billington Foods, CGA, KK Fine Foods, Simon Stenning

Sustainability

Young’s Seafood, Inspired Energy, Newcold Advanced Cold Logistics, Greenyard UK, Crop’s Group, Excelerate Ltd, COOK, Cargill, Starfrost, Star Refrigeration

Consumer Behaviour

Magnavale, Ardo, Birds Eye, Strong Roots, Place UK, The Food People, Wiltshire Farm Foods, Daregal, Heron Foods

Frozen Showcase

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Conclusion

BFFF President and Chairman of the Board of Directors

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CEO Introduction

Richard Harrow, British Frozen Food Federation

Welcome to the 2022 Frozen Food Report covering 2021, which proved to be a challenging year wherever you sit within the frozen food supply chain.

Those members in the Food Service sector have had to suffer a year that started with much of the industry closed, although there was some relief as we moved into the Spring. However, as the year progressed, we saw huge issues with the supply of labour, which impacted supply of products and the availability of labour in end users. Then members were hit with the shortage of HGV drivers, followed by a “defacto” closedown as we neared year end. The market did see a recovery in value from 2020, but it remains significantly below pre-pandemic levels. However, as you will read the sector has shown amazing resilience against so many head winds.

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