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Sainsbury’s/Asda consultation enters second phase

Oct 1, 2018

The merger of Sainsbury's and Asda could damage supermarket competition in 463 areas, the competition watchdog has warned. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) believes there could be a ‘substantial lessening of competition’ if they were ‘insufficiently...

Chilled fish sees 180,000 more shoppers

Sep 28, 2018

Chilled fish is up, with 1.2 million more shopping baskets containing fish and 180,000 more consumers buying it year on year, according to the latest meat, fish and poultry market (MFP) update. The latest release from Kantar Worldpanel covering the 12 weeks to 9th...

No-deal Brexit could cost food industry £9.3 billion

Sep 27, 2018

Failing to reach a Brexit deal could cost food retailers and the supply chain £9.3 billion, according to a new Barclays Corporate Banking report. The new Barclays report, Scale, Disruption and Brexit – a new dawn for UK food supply chains? shows that in a no-deal...

UK food industry pledges to halve waste

Sep 27, 2018

Many of the UK’s largest food retailers, producers, manufacturers and foodservice companies have committed to milestones laid out in a new industry Food Waste Reduction Roadmap. This has been developed with Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) and Waste &...

Co-op bans single-use plastics

Sep 25, 2018

Co-op has announced an end to single-use plastic, seeing around 60 million plastic carrier bags removed in a phased rollout and replaced with an ‘environmentally-friendly’ alternative. The move is part of a new ethical strategy to be launched by the retailer, which...

No-deal Brexit plans updated by Government

Sep 24, 2018

An updated no-deal Brexit scenario list has been released, which includes information about food imports, food exports and producing and labelling. In the newly released ‘No-Deal’ Technical Notices, The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has...

Food fraud an ongoing cost for sector

Sep 24, 2018

Reports show that food fraud could cost the food and drink industry up to £12 billion annually, with 72% of consumers believing there is an issue with fraud nationwide. The NFU Mutual Food Fraud Report holds responses from over 2,000 British consumers, and results...