All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 10
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NewsBudget soft drinks sugar tax hike welcomed by campaign groups
The tax is currently applied at two different rates: 18p per litre for drinks with between 5g and 7.9g of sugar and 24p per litre for drinks with 8g or more
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Grocer 33Tesco, Swansea Marina: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There is a real sense of energy and hustle and bustle in the shop’
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Labour act on damning obesity report proposals?
A House of Lords committee has urged the government to revisit Henry Dimbleby’s ideas on taxation and advertising restrictions
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NewsSupermarket bosses oppose plans for FSA to take on war on obesity
The British Retail Consortium said it believed the DHSC should take leadership of the government’s obesity strategy
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NewsFSA welcomes report calling for it to police obesity crackdown on food industry
FSA said the plans for a swathe of taxation, regulation, mandatory targets and fines, proposed by the House of Lords Food, Diet & Obesity Committee, were welcome
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NewsWes Streeting pledges to ‘work with industry to tackle obesity crisis’
Streeting said there were an “increasing number” of companies that wanted healthier food and more nutritious diets
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NewsWaste giant Biffa launches partnership with Olio app to tackle hunger crisis
Businesses using Biffa as their waste partner will be able to set aside unsold food at the end of the working day for Olio volunteers to collect
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Comment & OpinionLords’ recommendations are draconian, but unlikely to see the light of day
Wes Streeting will be pondering how far a new Labour public health strategy can go down the road of intervention and regulation
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NewsProducers handed reins for £1.7bn EPR packaging tax
The governments promised to act on the recommendations of the new group, saying they were determined EPR should launch “on a firm footing”
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NewsLords’ inquiry demands new taxes ‘hold industry to account’ for obesity crisis
The committee calls for prime minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take personal charge of a new obesity strategy
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NewsFDF boss criticises ‘missing’ government roadmap for food system overhaul
FDF CEO Karen Betts warned the race to net zero and other key environmental targets are being hindered by the lack of a strategic roadmap
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NewsMicrosoft boss hails ‘amazing’ new AI footprinting chatbot for food companies
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described the technology as “unbelievable” and said it could have a huge impact on the sustainability of food companies that use it
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NewsFormer Tesco UK MD Chris Bush made CEO of global fruit giant Westfalia
Bush will take over later this week at the avocado specialist from acting group CEO Rian du Toit, who returns to his former role of group CFO
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NewsAsda hires former Morrisons supply chain director Lauren Lepley
Lepley will join in early December as vice president central operations, having parted ways with Morrisons earlier this year
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NewsMorrisons diverts surplus carrots to aid King’s food poverty project
Morrisons has carried out a trial with Newton and a national rollout of the surplus redistribution will see up to 26 pallets of food collected for national redistribution a week
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Grocer 33Morrisons East Kilbride: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We have built a large dedicated online team so it’s fast and furious’
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Grocer 33Asda’s David Hills on Joe Wicks, Halloween and improving the customer offer
We’re incredibly proud of our partnership with Joe Wicks, the Cashpot for Schools initiative has already raised more than £3.5m for schools across the UK, says Asda CCO David Hills
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NewsTesco extends good faith payment system for suppliers
The Good Faith Receiving auditing system essentially assumes most suppliers’ inbound deliveries are accurate, and has been used by several of Tesco’s rivals for a number of years
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NewsMore than 600 charities call for Reeves to salvage £15m farmgate food waste fund
The charities said the fund could go towards providing up to 67 million meals a year to people in need but would go to waste without government support
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NewsUPF clampdown risks national dietary crisis, warn scientists
New report urges ministers not to extend restrictions beyond the definitions of HFSS, or risk the anti-UPF bandwagon doing more harm than good