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Comment & Opinion‘Be Ready’ campaign changes the shopper-retailer dynamic
‘The public has responded to the government’s ‘Be Ready’ campaign with sensible calm, but ministers are quietly shifting resilience costs on to shoppers and retailers alike, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsStormy weather dampens high street footfall in October
Back-to-back storms, as well as fears over the cost of living crisis, meant shoppers stayed home in greater numbers during October, according to the latest BRC-Sensormatic data
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NewsGovernment poised for EPR glass bailout as closures spark fury
Industry bosses have been summoned to a meeting next Wednesday by Defra which will set out a proposed solution, amid fury over the closure of UK glass furnaces
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NewsScottish food industry unveils Climate Transition Plan
It comes as a joint plan with the Scottish government to tackle issues such as soaring fuel costs was unveiled last night
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NewsFood and drink deal with EU ‘agreed’ ahead of key 20 November summit
Draft SPS deal papers are set to be discussed tomorrow by EU ambassadors, with confirmation of the deal due to be announced at the UK/EU summit later this month
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Comment & OpinionPoundland politics: who should decide the retailer’s fate?
Few tears will be shed for Gordon Brothers as it faces an onslaught of criticism for the way it has handled the Poundland crisis, but calls for government intervention in the affairs of a private business should be treated with caution
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NewsMandatory health reporting: government policy advisors slam delay
Nesta said a ‘lack of political leadership’ had allowed the policy to drift
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Comment & OpinionThe plastic tax is doing exactly what it was built to do, and that’s the problem
The UK’s overlapping packaging levies aren’t failing, they’re succeeding at being politically useful, which is why reform has to come from shoppers not Whitehall, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR
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Analysis & FeaturesBudget 2026: What Healey’s announcements mean for fmcg
It’s the most hyped budget for years, but now that Chancellor John Healey has unveiled the contents of his famous red box, was it all worth the wait? The Grocer assesses the main implications for the food and drink industry
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NewsPre-budget tariff cut move ‘won’t curb inflation’ says FDF and NFU
The government last Friday confirmed it would press ahead with already-maligned proposals to remove tariffs from more than 100 everyday food items
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NewsAsda tracker shows families’ spending power crashing ahead of budget
Asda says financial squeeze was being felt the most by low-income households
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Andy Burnham’s EU reset could mean for food and drink
Ten years on from the Brexit vote, Andy Burnham has pledged to set out ‘different options’ for the UK’s relationship with the EU. So what are these options and how will they affect food and drink businesses?
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NewsEagle rules out intervention from central government in food strategy
Delivering the keynote address to the IGD’s Future of the UK Food System conference in London yesterday, Eagle said the government believed in handing more power and resources to local authorities
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NewsShop theft falls but retailer robberies surge, ONS data shows
ACS has warned that part of this drop – alongside a 10% spike in robberies to 88,282 offences – has been driven by police now logging thefts involving or threatening violence as a robbery of business property
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NewsUS lobbying ‘blitz’ seeks to destroy EU’s anti-deforestation regulation
A new report from Mighty Earth detailed an “unprecedented” lobbying push from major US corporations and powerful industry groups
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NewsSimon Roberts calls for industry to back IGD’s Food Nation 2040 plan
Roberts told the IGD’s Future of the UK Food System conference that it was time to start prioritising the key interventions that would shift the dial on the obesity crisis and safeguard UK food production
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NewsCo-op doubles crime cases solved in Devon and Cornwall stores with new reporting tool
SentrySIS enables stronger intelligence sharing, tracking repeat offenders by connecting offences committed by the same individual and build stronger cases against them
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NewsFood giants urge PM to scrap new junk food measure ahead of budget
In a letter to Andy Burnham ahead of next week’s budget, companies including Asda, Coca-Cola and Mars warned the proposals would lead to major cost increases across a huge range of products
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Category ReportScottish grocery braces for government interventions
How ready is Scotland for HFSS legislation? And what other challenges is the Scottish food and drink industry facing?
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NewsDefra defends food resilience record at tough Commons inquiry
MPs have called Defra’s plans for food supply disruption ‘massively behind the curve’