Food producer and distributor Libstar will report a loss for the year to end-December due to “supplier diversification implemented by a major customer” that affected beef volumes in the group’s food service unit.

The move forced an impairment charge of R400m on the Finlar Fine Foods business, Libstar said in a trading statement on Friday...

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