How will agriculture fare in the current retail environment? Beth Hart Head of Technical, Fresh Foods 11 th November 2015
Sainsbury’s Agriculture Strategy Vision To be an industry leading agriculture team at the heart of Sainsbury’s business Our St Strat ategy egy To deliver our values whilst unlocking king value lue, su sustaining ning comp mpetitive itive adv dvant antage age and prot otecting ecting brand. and. To achieve this through working collabor aborat atively ively with our British farmers, growers, suppliers and experts to drive ive excell cellenc ence in agricultural production Focus us area eas Quality, , Efficiency, , Safety, Security of Supply, , 2020
Ou Our Valu lues es
Working king toge gethe ther Secur urin ing g British ish through……………. Develop elopme ment nt grou oups ps under der-pinned pinned and d suppor ported ed by by steering ering groups oups: Sainsbury’s Farm Performance Agricultu iculture e R&D St Strat ategy egy: Performa ormance nce Init itiat iative ive: industry industry leading environmental and environmental and farm performance programme Agricultu iculture e and d Horticult icultur ure e Sainsbury’s Farming Horti ticult culture ure Appr pren entices iceships hips: Conference ference: a celebration of our of our agriculture activity with our our farmers, growers and producers Deliver ivering: ing: Resilience, ence, Compe petit itive ive Advant dvantage age through ough Innov ovati ation on and Remov oving ng Barrier er
Sainsbury’s Development Groups Sainsbury’s Development Group Beef Farms UK Lamb Dairy & Cheese 2,300 Chicken producers Egg Pork Wheat Working Veal together Ducks since 2007
Going forward: New Sainsbury’s Government Dynamic moving at Marketplace Approach pace
Many moving parts within Government BIS Department Defra 25yr Productivity of Health Food and Plans for Obesity Farming Plan Economic challenges? Growth What is it government must do to enable business to do what business is good at? Whilst delivering the new Sustainable Development Goals
Chang anging ing Marke ketplace tplace
An End to End Approach COST EFFICIENCIES VALUE COST SAVINGS CREATION CYCLICAL vs. STRUCTURAL Progress going forward will rely on our ability to join up the end to end value chain to create truly sustainable business models
Reducing costs through improved cattle health and welfare
Res esil ilience ience Foc ocus: us: Drivin ving g Con ontinual inual Bus usiness ness Impr provemen vement t in n Dai airy Champ mpion ion Farmer Farm ers s for Benchmar hmarking ng of knowledg owledge ke key factors s that at transf ansfer drive ve efficiency iency Teaching ing Busines iness s Skills lls Sharing aring Best Practi ctice ce Responsibl onsible e Launc nch h of BV BVD Use of Contr ntrol ol Plan n to Anti tibiot biotics cs improve ove resili lienc nce of herd immunity unity
Resi silien lience ce and Risk sk Managem gement ent Sainsbury’s Biodiversity Policy • Delivering to and working with farmers and growers within the CAP Reform • Supported by Natural England • Driving environmental resilience • Embracing CAP Allowing farms to remain • functional, productive and profitable • Staying ahead of the game
Customer er Focused: sed: Gre reat t tasti ting g chicken ken from m th the farm rm to th the customers s home
Working king toge gethe ther, , Farm m to Fork
Res esilie ilience nce focu cus: s: Agr gric icul ultur ture e da data >26,000 data points: 7 years of data, 11 development groups Usi sing ng da data a 2300 farms to dr drive change ange 3 data types: Carbon, COP, Health th through ough in informat ormation ion: and Welfare Quality ty and d efficiency ciency 3 independent consultants One of UK’s largest real farm datasets
Vis isio ion The Sainsbury’s agriculture data strategy will be integral to the agriculture, commercial, and technical business functions to deliver competitive advantage by working with supply chain partners through an evidence based platform to improve product quality, generate cost efficiencies and ultimately deliver secure, long term relationships and supply from the field 2. Drive e effici cient nt, , 1. Delive ver r 3. Drive e improved oved, , It t will: cost effecti tive ve competiti titive ve more consisten ent t qual ality ty producti tion n of raw advant ntage ge of raw mater erial al product ct materi rial products ts
Making ing it H t Happen: en: Skills ls fit t for r th the futu ture re of farm rming ing Embr bracing acing our r pe people ple : Skills lls and d Scholar lars Sainsbury’s Apprenticeship Sainsbury’s Agriculture Sainsbury’s Scholarship Scheme Graduat ate e Scheme Driv iving ing ex exce cell llen ence ce
Appre renti nticeship eship focus: s: why hy and how Responding to identified Recognition that Opportunity to deliver a needs of Sainsbury’s partnership and a Why higher quality Farmers and Growers collaborative approach apprenticeship due to the can deliver better employers and partners outcomes for everyone involved Number of learners; Steering group Marketing plan; To Developm opmen ent t of Growth plan development; recruit the best offer; r; Employer led employers and A. Levels How B. Types of apprentices apprenticeship C. External funding D. Quality of delivery 1 2 3 4
Making ing it H t Happen: en: Agri ricultu lture re R&D 11 Academic partnerships 23 livestock/ Commercially Agri-Tech aquaculture activity viable solutions, projects Identifying supported by Sainsbury’s challenges with appropriate Agricultu iculture e our farmers, exploitation plan R&D R&D quantifying R&D to development need with data groups, to industry 27 produce/ arable/ +£10m horticulture investment projects
Sainsbury’s Agriculture Strategy Vision To be an industry leading agriculture team at the heart of Sainsbury’s business Our St Strat ategy egy To deliver our values whilst unlocking king value lue, su sustaining ning comp mpetitive itive adv dvant antage age and prot otecting ecting brand. and. To achieve this through working collabor aborat atively ively with our British farmers, growers, suppliers and experts to drive ive excell cellenc ence in agricultural production Focus us area eas Quality, , Efficiency, , Safety, Security of Supply, , 2020
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