All Food poverty articles
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NewsShoppers slow to follow stockpiling advice, according to The Grocer poll
The Be Ready campaign urges households to stock up on essential supplies, warning ‘from severe weather to cyber attacks, emergencies can disrupt the services you rely on’
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NewsMorrisons and Too Good To Go team up to launch surplus chilled food bags
Ther new bags will contain a selection of dairy, deli, meat and seafood products normally totalling £12, which Morrisons will sell for £6 through the Too Good To Go app
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NewsTesco launches Winter Food Collection to help food banks
Now in its 14th year, the Tesco Winter Food Collection is taking place in all large Tesco stores from 26-28 November
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NewsThe BFG returns in Sainsbury’s Christmas advert 2026
Sainsbury’s sends The BFG’s friend Annie on a mission through Giant Country to make sure nobody misses out on Christmas dinner
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NewsFarm Gate food redistribution suffers huge fall as government grants run out
The end of government grants has seen farm food waste mountains grow again
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NewsThird of low-income households skipping meals amid cost pressures
More than a quarter (27%) said they had delayed medical or dental treatment because they could not afford it, while 28% had sold personal possessions to cover living expenses
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NewsSupermarkets urge government to extend Healthy Start scheme
A new report from The Food Foundation has found that households on Universal Credit including pregnant women, babies and young children, only qualify if they earn under £408 a month
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NewsSainsbury’s brings back £3 Healthy Start top-up
Users can spend the e-gift card on on fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses, including fresh, frozen, tinned and dried products
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NewsHFSS rules still allowing flood of junk food ads, claims research
New analysis has claimed thousands of products would be banned from ads before 9pm if the government applied the new nutrient profiling model to legislation as promised
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Comment & OpinionEnding food waste is within our grasp, with real collaboration
On the International Day of Food Awareness and Loss, Gonzalo Muñoz and Lisa Moon argue a billion-tonne problem is solvable – if governments and businesses act together
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Food Nation 2040, Crosta Mollica’s sale and KFCereal
As the government sets out the next phase of its food strategy, we explore whether it will really have any impact – plus this week’s picks including Crosta Mollica’s merger and cereal that KFC wants us to eat with gravy
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Comment & OpinionHow Food Nation 2040 sets out a framework for change
The proposals will set out how industry, government and wider stakeholders can work together, says IGD CEO Sarah Bradbury
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NewsIceland Foods to use AI to calculate yellow label markdowns and cut food waste
The technology, from Retail Insight, save store staff time and ‘protect margins’ on products, by ensuring that close to expiry lines are identified more quickly
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NewsTesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S launch ‘game-changing’ AI truck collaboration
Collaboration between retailers and suppliers uses spare capacity in delivery trucks
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NewsMumsnet: meal planning decision fatigue is biggest food concern
Desire for healthier easy meals is consistent across income brackets, according to new Mumsnet research shared at The Grocer Health Summit
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Analysis & FeaturesThe renewed push to stop unhealthy food in schools
Campaigners have welcomed plans, but say they must stay firm
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NewsSainsbury’s invests over £1.5m in healthier food for school kids
Two charities tackling food insecurity – Magic Breakfast and Rethink Food – will each receive £500,000 from the supermarket
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Comment & OpinionBritain’s diet is at a tipping point but changing diets means changing the system too
The UK is falling well short of the Planetary Health Diet’s targets. Retailers, not shoppers, hold the keys to fixing it, says Richard Bourns, chief commercial officer at Lidl GB
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Comment & OpinionThe healthy food tax hiding in the lunchbox aisle
Healthy packed lunches cost 45% more than unhealthy ones, but the gap varies widely by retailer, suggesting this is a category management problem that should be solvable, says Patrick Finlay, MD at The Category Management Company
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NewsGLP-1s, UPFs and the protein push: what’s on at The Grocer’s Health Summit 2026
The full agenda and speaker lineup for the inaugural The Grocer Health Summit has been finalised, three weeks ahead of the event