Research shows consumers actively seeking healthier foods
89% of Scots have at least one health goal and are actively seeking healthier food, according to research by Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland with Levercliff. The research looked at consumer attitudes towards health and wellbeing and what drives them when...
Awards ceremony for Women In Meat moves online
The annual Women In Meat Industry Awards ceremony is to take place online this year in December as a virtual event. The popular initiative has received over 9,000 votes – a record number and is set to reveal nine category winners and one overall winner. Organiser of...
Calls for chancellor to delay red diesel ban on weakened supply chain
Food industry representatives have come together to urge HM Treasury to delay its proposed ban on the use of red diesel by food delivery vehicles until 2025. In its March 2020 Budget, Government announced that from April 2022 it will remove the entitlement to use red...
Supermarket sales slow as shoppers ‘Eat Out to Help Out’
Shoppers spent £155 million less in supermarkets in August as the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme launched and people returned to pre-Covid routines, according to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar. The latest figures show take-home grocery sales rose by...
UK signs “historic” trade deal with Japan
The Department for International Trade has announced that the UK and Japan have agreed in principle to a trade agreement. The deal is the UK’s first major trade agreement as an independent trading nation and will increase trade with Japan by an estimated £15.2...
