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Is food finally going to be treated as a national priority?

2026-07-31T14:02:00+01:00By

The question is not whether the UK’s food system is vulnerable to these changes, it is whether our government is serious about protecting it

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Packaging is the media budget brands forgot they had

2026-07-30T15:57:00+01:00By

With an under-16s ad ban starting to take shape, the desire brands used to buy on a social media feed now has to be earned on shelf, says Equator’s Howard Wright

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This summer’s heatwaves should be a wake-up call for fmcg

2026-07-30T15:44:00+01:00By

As cost pressures push sustainability down the agenda, Essity’s Nicola Conway argues that climate resilience is a business imperative, not a nice to have

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Is the government going soft in its war on plastic?

2026-07-29T15:28:00+01:00By

It’s been yet another turbulent period for Defra and the industry’s war on plastic

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A billion meals go to waste every year ​– here’s how we fix it

2026-07-29T09:45:00+01:00By Steve Butterworth, Gary Stott Vic Harper, Charlotte Hill, Richard Humphrey, Andrew Forsey & Richard Gammage

Every year, enough food goes to waste to feed every child in the UK for a month. This group of CEOs from the community redistribution sector believes more needs to be done to rescue it

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