Andrew Opie news, comment and analysis – Page 13
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NewsPrince Charles defends farmers against supermarket squeeze
Prince Charles has hit out at supermarkets for “taking none of the risk” of food production and for profiting from small farmers.
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NewsSuppliers and retailers walk out of Scottish HFSS talks
Supermarket bosses and suppliers have walked out of HFSS talks with the Scottish government…
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Analysis & FeaturesWill GCA's 1% sales fine be a real deterrent to supermarkets?
Suppliers like Christine Tacon’s idea, of course, but the devil is in the detail…
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NewsCarrier bag use rises as pressure grows for England to charge
Pressure for the government to introduce charges for carrier bags is set to grow following figures showing use is on the rise in England but plummeting in Wales, where charges have been introduced.
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Category ReportAre the days numbered for school lunchboxes?
Not since Jamie Oliver alerted us to the horrors of the Turkey Twizzler have school meals come under so much scrutiny…
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Analysis & FeaturesSuper-strength booze under fire from creeping prohibition
Local withdrawal of high-abv alcohol has attracted Home Office interest but a regulatory and competition law minefield looms…
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NewsHalf a million Brits turn to food aid as benefits cuts and food deserts hit poorest households
Out-of-town superstores and the decline of local high street retailers are creating ‘food deserts’ around the UK, forcing up the price of groceries for low-income households and contributing to the rise of food banks, a new report has claimed.
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NewsMajor UK retailers sign up to new action on food waste
Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Aldi and the big four multiples are among the retailers that have signed up to challenging new targets aimed at cutting food waste in the supply chain and at home.
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NewsBRC hits back in cheese labelling spat
The British Retail Consortium has hit back over claims that the retail industry is failing to include country-of-origin labelling on own brand cheeses.
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NewsProducts could opt out of 'universal' labelling
The government has admitted its universal front-of-pack nutrition labelling system could be “misleading” to consumers…
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NewsSalt reduction targets on hold as DH 'recalibrates'
Sweeping targets on salt reduction have been scrapped, as the government acknowledges the technical hurdles…
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Food waste report points finger at bogofs and sell-by dates
Supermarkets and their suppliers must shoulder more responsibility for reducing food waste, say the authors of a new study claiming that up to half of all food is thrown away.
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NewsIndustry readies itself for minimum pricing proposals
Proposals to ban bogof deals on supermarket alcohol set a dangerous precedent for future intervention in the market, retail leaders warned today.
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Comment & Opinion
Minimum pricing - The debate begins
This week’s worst kept secret is out and the government has finally come clean with its plans for minimum pricing.
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NewsCompulsory FSA hygiene ratings 'will cost retailers £3.5m'
Retailers have claimed the FSA plans to make its Food Hygiene Rating system mandatory will cost them £3.5m….
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NewsProduce pledges 'identical' to plans rejected last year
Supermarkets signed up to new pledges to boost fruit and veg sales – but the coalition immediately faced questions….
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Analysis & FeaturesTime for a new debate on food affordability
Poor households are making drastic cuts to food budgets. But notions of which foods are affordable are often wide of the mark.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the coalition the greenest government ever?
The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats made big promises about the environment prior to the election…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's the deal now as the Responsibility man goes?
Does the departure of Andrew Lansley as secretary of state for health herald a return to zealous regulation by the government?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Dairymen: Views from the Top
As farmer protests throw the spotlight on supply chain relationships, we ask some of the industry’s leading lights…