Grocery sector news updates

Supermarket Iceland has been dubbed “the UK’s worst supermarket for caging hens” as it faces failure in a commitment to go cage-free before the end of the year. Nearly a decade ago, all major UK supermarkets pledged to go cage-free… Read More

Campaigners have urged suppliers of crisps, nuts and popcorn to improve the nutritional profile of their products after research found the vast majority would fail to meet new advertising rules. Researchers from Action on Salt and Sugar, based at Queen… Read More

Waitrose is rolling out new technology that will allow it to gather real-time data on the environmental health of its farms. The supermarket chain has partnered with digital mapping tool, Land App, to measure progress on over 60 key sustainability… Read More

Lidl is to ditch all packaging designs deemed “attractive to children” from its least healthy own-brand products by the middle of the year. The supermarket announced that any product deemed as least healthy according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)… Read More

The UK’s ten largest supermarkets continue to use neonicotinoids and other highly bee-toxic pesticides in their global supply chains, according to new research.  PAN UK ranked supermarkets on six areas aimed at tackling harmful pesticides. These included the support offered… Read More

The slowdown in the UK’s plant-based market is showing signs of levelling off, according to new research published by the Good Food Institute (GFI). Using Circana data, GFI showed that consumers in the UK are buying fewer plant-based foods, with… Read More

ProVeg International, WWF, and the Green Protein Alliance have called on food retailers to set targets to help “rebalance” food sales towards plant-based foods.  The NGOs want companies to align their targets with the ‘planetary health diet’. The split between plant-based… Read More

A group of British farmers, led by organic produce supplier Riverfood, has launched a stinging attack on supermarkets that use ‘fake’ farm names to brand products. “We have to ask ourselves why it is that supermarkets are making such a… Read More

Supermarkets will be allowed to use data from their own audits to demonstrate compliance with food hygiene standards under new plans drawn up by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The Grocer reported that the FSA will shortly put forward proposals that would… Read More

Tesco has won praise for taking a leadership role on the welfare of crustaceans including lobsters and prawns after it made a series of new welfare commitments. The retail giant this month published a farmed decapod crustacean welfare policy, a group… Read More