Henry Dimbleby news and analysis – Page 15
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NewsNational Food Strategy will bring ‘tsunami’ of new taxes
The government-commissioned report called for a £3/kg tax on sugar and a £6/kg tax on salt
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NewsLidl pledges 85% of sales will be ‘healthy or healthier’ by 2025
The discounter is to use a bespoke nutrient profiling system developed by its nutrition teams to monitor progress
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NewsHealthier diets ‘three times as expensive’, claims Food Foundation report
Foods that are high in sugar and fat are only 40% of the cost of fruit & vegetables per each 1,000 calories.
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NewsHenry Dimbleby: Food industry ‘disappointed’ by lack of National Food Strategy briefing
Dimbleby was expected to deliver a 40-minute presentation on the contents of the report at the FDSC meeting
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Comment & OpinionScaremongering or not, Dimbleby's food strategy looks set to tax industry
Scaremongering became a thorny topic again this week as the industry returned to the war room to discuss the threat of the HGV driver crisis sparking food shortages. As with last year’s lockdown, supermarkets are desperate not to see predictions of empty shelves become a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially with the ...
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NewsHenry Dimbleby sources claim meat tax leak is ‘pure speculation’
The Sun claimed to have seen a leaked draft of part two of Dimbleby’s report, and said it claims taxes ‘may be necessary’ to tackle climate change
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NewsGovernment rejects calls for food redistribution funding despite HGV hunger crisis
The government today published its response to the second Covid 19 and Food Supply Report from the Efra Committee
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Comment & OpinionDear Henry Dimbleby: give us a fair food strategy for people, planet and animals
We want a National Food Strategy both businesses and grassroots organisations can get behind, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Analysis & FeaturesHow does Leon fit into Zubin and Mohser Issa’s master plan?
The restaurant brand suits forecourts but not Asda, say analysts
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NewsCity snapshot: EG Group swoop for Leon
Petrol forecourt giant EG Group has swooped for restaurant chain Leon as it seeks to grow its non-fuel offering and expand the foodservice operation into healthy fast food. Plus, C&C subsidiary Matthew Clark Bibendum hit by cyber-security incident.
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NewsMedia Bites 19 April: EG Group/Leon, Yo! Sushi, Poundland
The billionaire brothers behind the petrol station business EG Group have snapped up the fast food chain Leon Restaurants for £100m
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Comment & OpinionWhat stance will Chris Whitty’s Office for Health Promotion take on regulation?
Whitty has previously called for a complete ban on any sports advertising by unhealthy products
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NewsObesity strategy facing major shake-up under replacement for PHE
Industry and campaign sources both suggested the new move left serious questions over the future of the industry’s voluntary reformulation programme
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NewsHenry Dimbleby set to call for ‘radical’ overhaul of food system
A presentation Dimbleby gave to the Food & Drink Sector Council this week has been described as ‘shocking’
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the food industry is fighting childhood hunger
It took a Manchester United footballer to force the government to extend free school meals during the pandemic. The food industry has been just as eager to help – but how much can it change by itself?
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Comment & OpinionHunger Games on Dimbleby National Food Strategy report is a disgrace
What’s worse than silence on Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report? It’s a government secret
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the UK be more self-sufficient in food?
As Brexit and climate change threatens UK food imports, self-sufficiency is down. Could new attitudes and tech change food policy?
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Analysis & FeaturesLidl adds £1.15 to Healthy Start vouchers in support of Marcus Rashford’s campaign
The vouchers, which are issued by the government to low-income families in England and Wales, are currently worth £3.10, but Lidl will boost that to £4.25
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Analysis & FeaturesWhitehall Power List: how the political landscape has changed with Covid and Brexit
The key figures who have emerged to drive through not only their own interests, but in some cases those of the entire country
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NewsMedia Bites 24 Nov: Brexit, Danone, Diageo
A no-deal Brexit would cause more long-term damage to the economy than the coronavirus pandemic, the governor of the Bank of England has warned.