It doesn’t require us racking our brains to think of the most common complaint we hear from people with disparate systems - “Excel spreadsheets are causing chaos within my business.”

We may be preaching to the choir, but it’s crystal clear that any business within the Food industry needs complete control of their costs to stand any chance of success.

It’s hard to ignore, customers increasingly want to buy whatever they want and have it as soon as they possibly can. Customers hold all the cards and your competition are equally feeling the pressure to deliver quicker than ever before. 

Defra have recently announced there will be new guidance on food labelling in the event of a no-deal Brexit and there is a huge potential impact on meat, fish and dairy suppliers across the Food industry.

Environment secretary, Michael Gove has unveiled proposals to toughen allergen labelling laws, with Defra backing the calls by saying the UK’s two million allergy sufferers would have ‘greater confidence in their food.’

With Christmas in the rear-view mirror, the retailers have turned their attention to ‘Veganuary’, amid predictions that 2019 will be the year plant-based food becomes truly mainstream.