Liz Truss news and analysis
Liz Truss is the UK's former Prime Minister and ex-international trade and environment secretary. During her time in government, The Grocer covered her contributions to food and farming policy.
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Category ReportThe last hurrah? Sugar confectionery trends 2025
Sweets brands are splurging on deals and ads ahead of the delayed HFSS clampdown. Is this their final chance to flash some cash?
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NewsTax junk food ad budgets to fund healthy food marketing, says Justin King
The law should be called ‘King’s Law’ after former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King, said ex-health tsar Henry Dimbleby
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Category ReportHow retailers are cracking healthier snacking
The supers say they’re upping their healthier snack game. Eggs have even poached crisps’ spot as Tesco’s most-bought meal deal side. What’s next?
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Comment & OpinionHFSS ad uncertainty is destroying marketing plans
Uncertainty is a surefire route to creating policies with profound unintended consequences, says Stephen Woodford, CEO, Advertising Association & Phil Smith, director general, ISBA
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NewsAustralia trade deal lawsuit blocked by government, claim campaigners
Environmental campaigners were set to take the government to court over its Australia trade agreement
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NewsDefra promises farmer support deal amid low sector confidence
New UK government figures show more than one in 10 farmers are planning to leave the sector
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NewsMedia Bites 18 July: Amazon, Pernod Ricard, Meatly
A bid to force Amazon to recognise a union for the first time in the UK has failed
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NewsElection 2024: Minette Batters appointed a life peer as Labour romps to victory
Batters will sit as a non-party political, cross-bench peer once sworn in at the House of Lords
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Comment & OpinionWhat Leadsom, Gove and Eustice brought to Defra in their reign
As parliament is prorogued this week, we say goodbye to former Defra secretaries Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and George Eustice, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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InterviewsChris Packham on taking his environmental crusade into grocery
The TV presenter has little time for the NFU and is also targeting the ‘catastrophic’ salmon fishing industry. But he believes a new rice brand can help make a difference
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NewsGenerational ban to phase out smoking passed in Commons
The Tobacco & Vapes Bill passed its second reading by 383 votes to 67
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NewsAHDB appoints former Omsco boss Richard Hampton as new international trade head
Hampton will also play a key role in representing the sector in markets such as Australia and New Zealand
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NewsJapan gives Cornish pasties and Staffordshire cheese protected status
An array of British food and drink including Staffordshire cheese and Welsh lamb are getting protected status in Japan
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NewsEnvironmental campaigners to take government to court over Australia trade deal
Campaigners will argue in the High Court that the Australia trade deal could jeopardise the UK’s own net zero commitments
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will a Labour government mean for food and farming?
With the general election drawing near, there’s a blossoming romance between Labour and big business. But where does it stand on the crucial issues affecting food retail and farming?
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InterviewsMinette Batters on ‘rebooting’ as she steps down as NFU president
Batters reflects on six years dealing with Covid, politicians and climate
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Analysis & FeaturesWhich grocery players hit the stock market jackpot in 2023?
In 2023, crises from Ukraine to the Middle East, plus the ongoing cost of living crisis, battered stocks. Who coped best and what will 2024 bring?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow grocery stock market players coped with 2023’s uncertainty
Fmcg players are used to volatility and uncertainty, driven by a plethora of global crises in recent years.
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Comment & OpinionCould down under about-turn on tobacco happen here?
New Zealand’s ‘eccentric idea’ and ‘unworkable pipe dream’ was always ‘doomed to failure’, claims thinktank
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NewsMedia Bites 29 November: Wilko, Deliveroo, Greencore, Pets at Home
The appearance before MPs of Wilko chairwoman Lisa Wilkinson dominates the headlines this morning.