All HFSS articles – Page 2
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News
Hunter & Gather secures £500k to help maintain rapid growth
Hunter & Gather has secured a six-figure investment to support its expanding retail distribution and maintain rapid growth
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News
Unilever Graze integration putting ‘significant number of jobs at risk’
Graze is losing its independent status after owner Unilever set in motion plans to integrate the snacking brand into the wider group, with a significant number of jobs on the line as a result, The Grocer has learned
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Category Report
Confectionery trends 2024: The sourer the better
What’s behind the latest sour craze in sugar confectionery – and can it buoy a category struggling due to HFSS and cost pressures?
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News
Good Guys Bakehouse completes six-figure raise from fmcg heavyweights
Angel investors backing the business include former Pladis UK boss Nick Bunker, David Bell, currently chairman of Hackney Gelato and a former director at Mars UK and Young’s Seafood, and former Graze COO Tom Carroll, who was also CEO at British Corner Shop
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News
Yorkie enters chilled aisle with HFSS-compliant dessert
The dessert combines the signature creamy milk chocolate flavours of Yorkie confectionery with a smooth, chilled dessert
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Comment and Opinion
Does retail media spell the end for the gondola end?
The big screen revolution is going to pose challenges for some suppliers
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Long reads
The women shaping the future of national health policy
As the row over the nanny state unravels, women are set to play a key role on various sides of the debate. Here are our top players fighting to improve the health of the nation
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News
Goodfella’s pizzas now HFSS compliant following reformulations
The changes have been made ‘without compromising on taste’, according to Goodfella’s owner Nomad Foods
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News
Out of home kids’ meals packed with four times the salt of supermarket equivalents
More than a third of children’s main meals sold by restaurants exceeded the maximum salt target set by the government to be achieved by the end of 2024
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News
Bepps appoints liquidators as access to funding dries up
Healthy snacking challenger Bepps has ceased trading after an attempt to secure funds to support working capital failed
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Profiles and QandAs
Moju’s Rich Goldsmith on trains, pizza and HFSS
‘Grocers need to double down on initiatives like HFSS, even in the absence of, or inconsistent, government policy and regulation’
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Comment and Opinion
Bite Back won’t stop sweeties being marketed to kids
How will confectionery makers market without bright, colourful packaging?
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News
HFSS reporting proposals watered down as supermarkets call for takeaways focus
A series of other plans, drawn up by the Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP), have also been sidelined, The Grocer has learned
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Category Report
Snacking trends 2024: Brands fighting UPF allegations
As concerns about ultra-processed food change shopper habits, snacking brands are underlining their better-for-you credentials
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Comment and Opinion
Ultra-Processed People: Dr Chris van Tulleken’s ‘incendiary’ new book hurts
TV doctor’s dissection exposes food industry’s underbelly in painstaking, gory, unanesthetised detail
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News
Bite Back slams manufacturers for marketing HFSS foods to kids
Mondelez, Kellanova, Mars, Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo and Ferrero have been called out in a new report
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Comment and Opinion
Think carefully before stepping up promotional discounts
Manufacturers need to evaluate investment payback across the marketing mix, says Alex Lawrence, senior strategic insight director at Circana
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News
Hunter & Gather hires finance and sales directors ahead of retail growth push
Hunter & Gather has appointed two experienced fmcg players to its team as the brand’s first-ever sales and finance directors
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News
Alpro launches raft of NPD including extended protein range
The Danone-owned brand has launched six SKUs including plant-based protein drinks, alternatives to yoghurts and two bestselling variants in a new pack size
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Category Report
Soft drinks trends 2024: Does big soda need another makeover?
As volumes sales fall, brands are turning to new looks, limited edition flavours and healthier reformulations to recover momentum