Grocery sector news updates

A national shortage of HGV delivery drivers could threaten food supply to pubs, restaurants and care homes without government intervention, a trade body has warned. The Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) has suggested the government use army drivers to deliver…

Adults and children are falling well short of eating the recommended amount of vegetables each day despite business efforts to promote greater consumption. A new report by the Food Foundation found diets low in vegetables and legumes are associated with…

Five of the UK’s largest food manufacturers are to join forces to increase recycling rates for flexible plastics. FMCG giants Mars UK, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever have formed a £1m fund to make flexible plastic recycling economically viable…

Campaigners have welcomed a new government plan for animal welfare that will end the export of live animals for fattening and slaughter and explore a ban on the sale of foie gras. This week, the government published an action plan…

Businesses that cause the most environmental damage should be made to pay for it, according to a survey of the UK public. The Green Alliance NGO worked with research agency BritainThinks to understand the public’s view of using the tax…

Cattle have a larger role in forest clearance than any other commodity, yet supermarkets and fast food chains have failed to include beef in their forest protection promises.  “Leadership is not simply awarded for the promises companies make; it is…

Pick up some salmon from the local supermarket and it’s likely to say that it has been “farmed in Scotland”. But where exactly and to what standards? The answers are hard to find – unless you dig around online. Research…

WWF has partnered with Europe’s biggest producer of frozen foods to work on projects that increase food productivity through “nature-positive” farming. Nomad Foods owns household name brands including Birds Eye, Findus, iglo, Aunt Bessie’s and Goodfella’s. The partnership with WWF…

Tesco will sell unwashed potatoes in over 250 stores following a successful trial in which shelf-life was nearly doubled. The supermarket is looking at a return to selling potatoes in the traditional way as part of efforts to cut down…