Long reads – Page 42
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Analysis and FeaturesFour HFSS layout trials underway in UK stores
New HFSS laws ban the placement of unhealthy foods on checkouts, aisle ends and in store entrances. So what will retailers do with the vacated space? And where will they put those HFSS foods?
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy Oxfam is going beyond the supermarket human rights scorecard
Oxfam’s final human rights table shows the discounters now ahead of all rivals except Tesco
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Analysis and FeaturesWill the FSA’s credible suppliers list finally kickstart the CBD market?
The CBD market has been heavily restricted since 2020. Now, finally, the FSA has published its list of credible novel foods applications
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Analysis and FeaturesWill HFSS laws shut down unhealthy innovation for good?
With advertising restrictions imminent, it’s becoming more difficult to interest buyers in HFSS products. How are brands responding?
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Analysis and FeaturesGender pay gap: how are UK supermarkets making progress in 2022?
Just one retailer in the UK reports that the median amount earnt by women is equal to that of men
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Analysis and FeaturesDragons’ Pantry: what to expect from this year’s Farm Shop & Deli Show workshops
Experts will tackle issues such as recruitment, working with wholesalers, supplying airlines and securing funding
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Analysis and FeaturesAll the barbecue food innovations launching for summer 2022
Now that British Summer Time is upon us, brands are launching meat, sauces, sides and more to cater for al fresco dining occasions
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Analysis and FeaturesThe 10 most powerful women in food, drink and grocery
The food industry is making some impressive leaps on gender equality – but some backwards steps too. Meet the women leaders across industry and government who are keen to keep smashing grocery’s glass ceilings
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The Big InterviewGoing plant-based with Pilgrim’s Food Masters CEO Nick Robinson
Pilgrim’s Food Masters CEO is taking some of the UK’s biggest meat brands and turning them veggie. So far, at least, it seems to be working
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Analysis and FeaturesNine habits shoppers will change as inflation transforms the landscape
As the cost of living crisis strikes, consumers will change the products they buy, the stores they buy them in, and even eat less (and worse) food
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Analysis and FeaturesWomen in power: 'We need to change the industry from the inside'
“Page 3 calendars all over the walls. I didn’t know where to look. I’d be in a meeting room and there’d be 10 topless women on the wall”
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Analysis and FeaturesPlastic packaging tax: what does it mean for UK grocery?
The plastic packaging tax comes into force today (1 April 2022) in a bid to encourage the use of more recycled plastic in the UK. But what does it mean for the UK food sector, shoppers and the country’s net zero ambitions?
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Analysis and FeaturesAre moves to ‘fast-track’ Ukrainians into supermarket jobs legal?
Several supermarkets have announced measures to help refugees
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Analysis and FeaturesSix endangered foods worth saving
Volumes of these historic and valuable crops and livestock have been decimated in recent years
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Analysis and FeaturesThe foods on the brink of extinction (and how we can bring them back)
Our food system depends on a small number of highly uniform crops – which are vulnerable to risks such as climate change. Diversity of food is vital for a sustainable food future
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Analysis and FeaturesCan Asda’s new Just Essentials budget own-label range do what Smart Price couldn’t?
Asda has unveiled plans for a 300-strong essentials range to recapture its reputation for budget. But suppliers are calling it ‘impossible’
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The Big InterviewHow Dash founders Alex Wright and Jack Scott are making its seltzers sparkle
The duo are turning wonky fruit into sparkling seltzers, carving out a major niche in a category loaded with multinational rivals
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Analysis and FeaturesAs energy drinks soar, can boozy versions like WKD X take off too?
WKD is hoping to build the category with X, but faces a PR risk
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat the Dragons’ Pantry panel is looking for from food & drink producer entrepreneurs
Taking place at the UK Food & Drink Shows in the NEC, Dragons’ Pantry gives suppliers the opportunity to make a 15-minute pitch
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Analysis and FeaturesCan cities still feed themselves once diesel trucks are banned?
Paris is ousting the vehicles in 2024. London, Oxford, and Bristol won’t be far behind. Diesel lorries cannot last much longer, but is the sector ready for the shift?