All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 10
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NewsFeeding Britain’s Future calls for action to confront jobs crisis
IGD’s campaign is returning after it warned of skills shortages despite growing youth unemployment
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News20p deposit for single-use containers from 2027 confirmed
The fee is to be applied on all in-scope containers when the deposit return scheme launches in October 2027
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NewsFull-scale reuse model coming ‘within a year’ in new Packaging Pact
The successor to the Plastics Pact, which launched in 2018, aims to revolutionise the way consumers interact with packaging
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NewsHistoric Aldi court case farmer ‘stonewalled by Adjudicator’ says MP
Sprout and brassica supplier John Clappison was at the heart of an extraordinary case against Aldi after he and his business partner took the discounter to court in 2024
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Comment & OpinionFood inflation needs urgency from government, not radio silence
Manufacturers, retailers and farming groups scream for help with energy bills and ask for urgent government intervention
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NewsRetail leaders say government must ‘intervene now’ to fight food inflation
Retail leaders have demanded ‘immediate government intervention’ to help the food industry fight inflation
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Defra a better fit than the CMA for the Groceries Code Adjudicator?
A move to Defra could see the GCA become more interventionist
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NewsSNP price cap proposals risk ‘crushing’ food and drink industry
Scotland’s governing party said it would cap prices for essentials such as bread and milk if it retained power in the coming elections
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NewsRetail bosses slam government bailout as ‘nowhere near’ enough
The BRC claimed that despite having face-to-face calls with several supermarket CEOs about the threats posed by inflation, her measures had fallen well short of what had been asked
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NewsUK’s lab-grown meat boom set to be quashed by EU talks
The FSA has told companies they will have to return to the drawing board as a result of the under-negotiation Sanitary and Phytosanitary deal with the EU
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NewsRachel Reeves announces energy bailout for food companies
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced “bold action” to help food companies tackle the threat of soaring costs due to the war in Iran.
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NewsAsda and Morrisons slide down GSCOP table as supplier relations worsen
The falls in perceived adherence to the code of the two retailers, who have both been conducting major turnaround programmes, comes amid an overall rise in the number of suppliers reporting a code issue over the past 12 months
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NewsLib Dems call for action on food prices in wake of ‘Trump’s idiotic war’
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said the government needed to ‘take urgent action’ to protect consumers against a wave of food price rises heading their way in autumn
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NewsGroundbreaking supermarket lorry trial set to save food poverty charities ‘millions’
Retailers have developed new ways to deliver food surplus from their suppliers using spare space in their delivery vehicles
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NewsSupermarket bosses demand ‘bonfire’ of legislation in war crisis talks
CEOs and other top brass from most of the major supermarkets met Chancellor Rachel Reeves and senior officials in Downing Street yesterday to discuss the response to the crisis
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NewsThe Bread and Butter Thing founder named new boss of of FoodCycle charity
Game, founder of affordable food clubs charity The Bread and Butter Thing, will join FoodCycle in mid-April
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NewsFood bosses call for government intervention as inflation forecast skyrockets
Today the FDF released a revised forecast predicting food inflation could rise at more than triple the rate it was predicting in September
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NewsSupermarkets to launch biggest-ever joint food poverty campaign
Retailers are launching this year’s Let’s Make a Meal of It campaign next week
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NewsIran war sparks fears of food redistribution ‘crisis’
Leading charities told The Grocer that the redistribution sector was staring at a ‘cliff-edge’
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NewsFSA warns it lacks resources to become new health regulator
The Grocer revealed earlier this month that the government was planning for the Food Standards Agency to become the policeman of the industry’s war on obesity