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Food price inflation set to hit 5% summer peak, outstripping energy cost concerns
A new report from IGD puts the average rate of food inflation forecast for this year at 4%, up from its previous forecast of 3.3%
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Henry Dimbleby warns government’s Food Strategy is ‘worthless’ without backing from PM
‘To guarantee success, the prime minister needs to step in,’ said Dimbleby
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Welsh government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme still concerning farmers
Earlier proposals for the subsidy scheme had led to a series of farmer protests across Wales
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Defra gives producers some respite from EPR red tape chaos
Defra has brought out new guidance for companies, including concessions on its recyclability assessment methodology
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Food white paper ‘erased’ from Food Strategy after claims of No 10 intervention
It is understood proposals to set out plans for future policies and possibly legislation, which were included in an original draft of the proposals, were ditched after intervention from No 10
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Defra sets out 10-point Food Strategy plan for healthier food and greener supply chain
The outcomes framework includes demands of the industry to make healthy food more affordable and to step up action to tackle the obesity crisis
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NFU calls for ‘no more concessions’ with US on trade
The US has voiced interest in securing further concessions on access to UK agrifood sectors
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Health campaigners urge ministers to rethink plans to scrap junk food promotions ban
The Grocer yesterday revealed the government’s 10-year-plan for the NHS says ministers expect to repeal the regulations on promotions in prominent locations in store, as well as the ban on multibuys such as bogofs, even though the latter hasn’t yet come into force
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Revolutionary health plans will trigger anxiety for supermarkets
Proposals have been met with a mixture of derision and grace from the industry
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China slaps EU brandy with 35% tariff, but Pernod Ricard, Rémy Cointreau and Möet Hennessy win exemption
Some key suppliers have won a reprieve on the tariffs by agreeing to minimum pricing
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Middle East conflict: volatile oil prices will push up food and fertiliser costs, experts warn
With energy prices and food production ‘deeply intertwined’, food and fertiliser prices could ‘soon be affected’, putting ‘millions at risk of hunger’, a report has claimed
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Aldi delisting trial: Adjudicator wins High Court fight to step in
A High Court judge this week ruled that Adjudicator Mark White should be allowed to intervene in the Aldi case
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Scottish government backtracks on plans for draconian HFSS clampdown
Holyrood has rowed back on plans for a ban on all promotions of HFSS products, instead announcing it would mirror the promotions ban brought in under the last Westminster government
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FDF swings behind mandatory health reporting in call for ‘bold’ action on obesity
Calls for the government to bring in mandatory reporting on health in its new Food Strategy have received a major breakthrough, with the FDF today backing the proposals
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Food companies slash sugar and salt by a third, reveals new report
The figures are revealed in a document from the FDF, shared exclusively with The Grocer.
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Spending review: food and farming offer ‘cautious’ welcome
Defra was handed a £2.7 billion annual settlement, however, questions remain over how the money will be spent
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UK and Spain agree post-Brexit deal over Gibraltar
The deal will make EU-Gibraltar border crossings for people and goods much easier
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Tesco boss Ken Murphy admits rivals have ‘upped their game’ in supermarket price war
Tesco’s sales hit £12.3bn in the quarter as its market share climbed to 28% in the latest Kantar results.
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British Corner Shop eyeing EU return as Brexit checks set to be scrapped
The company went into administration twice in large part due to irrecoverable financial wounds from Brexit
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Comment & Opinion
‘Food and farming’ fail to register as government focuses on health
With a “record” £29bn funding boost to “get the NHS back on its feet and fit for the future”, today’s government spending review had a strong emphasis on health