Do school dinners make the grade?
A new competition has been launched to find out what primary school pupils really think of their school dinners. Welsh red meat agency, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is asking kids across Wales to tell them what they’d like to see dished up on their...
M&S and Ocado confirm joint venture
Following press and media speculation, Marks and Spencer Group Plc (M&S) has announced the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Ocado Group Plc (Ocado) and states it ‘will transform online grocery shopping for UK consumers’. As suggested by FMT yesterday in our...
Ocado and M&S negotiating joint venture possibility
Marks and Spencer Group PLC has confirmed that it is in discussions with Ocado Group plc regarding a joint venture in the UK retail market, believed to have a potential value of £1.8bn. Shares in both companies jumped following the news, which would give M&S a...
Healthy foods marketing misleading – BBC report
Products that are allegedly high in salt and saturated fats are being marketed as ‘healthy’ by leading supermarkets, according to a new report by BBC Radio 5 Live. BBC researchers visited branches of the top five supermarkets in the UK and, according to BBC, found...
London transport fast food advert ban starts
A ban on fast food advertising across London's entire public transport network has come into force, with posters for food and drink that are allegedly high in fat, salt and sugar being removed. Food posters that will begin to be removed from the underground,...
