Henry Dimbleby news and analysis – Page 14
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Comment & OpinionFood companies benefit from indirect subsidies on unhealthy food. Taxes will put an end to it
Food companies should treat potential new salt and sugar taxes as the end of subsidies they have benefited from for decades, says Dan Crossley, executive director, Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionNew taxes on food will impact producers at the bottom of the supply chain
Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy seems to ignore the dynamics of grocery pricing, says Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, chair of the Rural Policy Group
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Comment & OpinionA meat tax isn’t reasonable now, but the conversation is far from over
A tax on meat would be regressive, with the price of alternatives as it is. But technology could see that change
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Comment & OpinionWhy our food system should be at the heart of environment policy
The past 18 months has given us reasons to be proud, but it has also highlighted many inefficiencies and inadequacies in our system
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Comment & OpinionBreaking the ‘junk food cycle’: why swift industry intervention is necessary
Initiatives that assume people are low on money, time, and headspace are the only ones with any evidence of working at scale to change diets, says Sarah Hickey of Impact on Urban Health
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Analysis & FeaturesThe real food system changes we’re likely to see in the wake of the National Food Strategy
Supermarkets have backed Dimbleby’s call for transparent reporting, but there are signs it may put them on a collision course with suppliers
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NewsSeasonal labour shortages leaving crops unpicked, growing industry warns
The industry has called on the government to widen the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and make it permanent
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NewsDimbleby’s fruit & veg plan risks 600,000 tonnes of extra food waste, claims Wrap
Source: Tesco Henry’s Dimbleby’s plan to boost fresh fruit & veg intake risks increasing food waste by 600,000 tonnes a year, according to experts at Wrap. The organisation told The Grocer that while it backed Dimbleby’s move for healthier and more sustainable food, as well as greater ...
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Comment & OpinionAre Wrap’s new climate change pledges enough to rally industry and make meaningful change?
Wrap’s report is set to point to huge changes in transport, energy, food waste policies and land use
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NewsFood waste one billion tonnes higher than thought, claims WWF/Tesco report
The report, Driven to Waste, claims an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes uneaten around the world
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NewsHousehold cost of food to soar by £160 a year due to new regulations, claim food bosses
The FDF estimates increased costs in 2022-23 alone to exceed £4.4bn
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NewsWrap announces ‘make or break’ greenhouse gas targets in Courtauld overhaul
Wrap said the previous 20% per capita target on emissions was “no longer seen as an ambitious vision”.
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NewsTesco announces fruit & veg donation scheme to aid children’s hunger crisis
Tesco said it expected to sell enough fruit and veg to donate up to three million meals to the charity
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NewsSupermarkets back Henry Dimbleby’s call for mandatory reporting on healthy sales
The report claimed that the government’s voluntary reformulation programme had failed
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Comment & OpinionWill the government pay any attention to Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report?
While there will be lots of soul searching in the industry about the NFS recommendations, it’s the government’s response that’s key
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NewsEx-Dune boss James Cox and food industry veteran Gary Linsell join Fresca Group
The pair come in as chief financial officer and MD of The Fresh Produce Centre, respectively
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy means for food businesses
Dimbleby is urging ministers to ‘break the cycle’ of bad diet with a raft of drastic new taxes - but critics are questioning the sense
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Comment & OpinionDimbleby’s report could signal beginning of long-term change in food and drink
Not all of Dimbleby’s food strategy is practical, but it will change the way government thinks
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NewsNational Food Strategy: industry reacts to ‘wake-up call’ report
Businesses and industry bodies have been left stunned by some of the measures outlined in Dimbleby’s report
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NewsMedia Bites 15 July: John Lewis Partnership, National Food Strategy, Sainsbury’s, SSP Group
A busy morning in the papers sees stories on another 1,000 job cuts at John Lewis and Waitrose, the next part of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy, Sainsbury’s encouraging customers to continue wearing face coverings from next week, and the chief executive of SSP resigning.