All Government policy articles
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Analysis & FeaturesBig 30 wholesaler report and rankings 2026: a heavy load to bear
Inflation, increasing employment costs, new regulation… as the challenges mount up, how are the Big 30 wholesalers responding?
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Comment & OpinionEPR bailout is a victory for The Grocer’s relentless journalism
EPR is not a sexy topic but our relentless, exclusive coverage on the controversial tax is making a big difference
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InterviewsTerry Jones: the NFU’s reluctant warrior on his 10 years battling for farmers
After 10 turbulent years, outgoing NFU director general Terry Jones reflects on the battles he’s faced down in farming’s most explosive era
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News‘Mess’ at Calais border costing UK food exporters ‘thousands’
Meat exporters are said to be facing the biggest challenges
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat next after a week of renewed US tariff chaos?
The US court ruling on Trump’s tariffs brings ‘fresh uncertainty’
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NewsSupermarkets in Gibraltar, including Morrisons, in race to meet new EU rules
Businesses supplying retailers in Gibraltar have less than two months to prove their products meet EU regulations
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NewsFury as investigation shows surge in EPR ‘tax dodgers’
It is claimed the registering of many new small packaging firms are an attempt to bypass EPR
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NewsCo-op reports sharpest drop in retail crime since pandemic
New figures showed overall retail crime at the Co-op dropped by 21% in 2025
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Comment & OpinionThe NFU is back to business - but it’s time for action, not words
With a focus on ‘resilience’ and self-sufficiency, the conference looked to the future rather than dwelling on the not-so rosy past
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NewsWrap boss urges companies to sign Packaging Pact amid fees disquiet
Wrap chairman Seb Munden said the pact would provide a unique platform for retailers, suppliers and the wider supply chain to tackle the biggest environmental and packaging challenges facing the food and drink industry.
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NewsMeat industry calls FSA comments ‘fallacious and misleading’
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) said comments made by the FSA, defending itself following the public declaration of a judicial review into vet charges, were ‘fallacious and misleading’
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Comment & Opinion‘Good intentions’ are not enough, food needs a fundamental reset
Professor Susan Jebb argues we have reached the ‘tipping point’ that signals doom for any company no longer prepared to get on board the health train
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NewsDefra launches £345m package of farmer support
At the NFU Conference in Birmingham today, Emma Reynolds announced a raft of packages to show how the government is ‘taking action to back farmers’
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Comment & OpinionImmigration is a toxic issue but food & drink must face it
Many in the food and drink industry – and indeed beyond it into the NHS and the care sector – would argue that we simply don’t have enough available workers to fill all the jobs that need to be done, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsRetail crime drops by a fifth but ‘job far from done’, says BRC
In its latest crime report, published today, the BRC welcomed the fall, which it attributed to more than £5bn spent by retailers over five years on CCTV, security staff and data systems, as well as better collaboration with police and government
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NewsOrganic food sector ‘holding its breath’ over government support
The government is expected to announce details around the revised SFI scheme during a speech at the NFU Conference tomorrow
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Comment & OpinionEPR reinforces a linear economy: making the case for ‘circular’ fees
Recalibrate EPR base fees to reflect the true net cost of managing different packaging materials and their real value to the circular economy, says Jason Galley of MPMA
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Analysis & Features£1,400 a year on takeaways? How at-risk people make food choices
Bags of Taste founder Alicia Weston on why the country’s most at-risk people make the food choices they do
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NewsUK exporters face more uncertainty after Trump’s new 15% tariffs
Trump has introduced a new, temporary 15% global tariff under the US Trade Act of 1974 – for a period of 150 days
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NewsSalmon Scotland says India is ‘the next major opportunity’
The industry body said the potential slashing of the 33% import duty on Scottish salmon due to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), expected to come into force in April, could drive penetration