Government policy
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Comment & OpinionYellowhammer? It’ll take more than rare birds to help us through Brexit
The government will soon be running out of rare bird names for its no-deal Brexit planning
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News
Operation Yellowhammer: food and drink leaders urge judicial review
The report says the government expects logjams caused by months of border disruption
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Jeremy Corbyn unveils plan to prevent high street ‘retail apocalypse’
Labour leader is expected to announce plans to give councils new powers to re-open abandoned empty shops
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Operation Kingfisher: industry urges detail on no-deal Brexit support plan
Operation Kingfisher has been devised to co-ordinate support for businesses most at risk of financial crisis that were “otherwise fundamentally viable”
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Comment & Opinion
Picnic warning is a reminder industry must step up on salt reduction
Suppliers have cut sugar and satfat effectively: now to apply their expertise to salt
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News
Retail CEOs call for reform of ‘broken’ business rates system
Signatories to the letter include Asda, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op
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Grocery leaders waiting on ‘Operation Kingfisher’ no-deal Brexit support
Food and drink bosses have also warned of major cashflow problems
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FDF calls for relaxation of rules to aid no-deal planning
Competition lawyers are not expecting the government to allow a relaxation of the rules
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Campaign groups call for ‘calorie tax’ on high-fat foods
The organisations claim fat is a bigger contributor to calories in the diet than sugar
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Comment & Opinion
The ‘Brexit at all costs’ Cabinet faces a never-more serious situation
The appointment of a new PM is always important to the grocery sector
