Grocery sector news updates

  • Nestlé tops Oxfam’s “Behind the Brands” scorecard

    NESTLÉ HAS topped Oxfam’s “Behind the Brands” scorecard for the second year running. The most recent scorecard was unveiled, with Nestlé being given the highest overall score of 64%, up from 61% in September 2013.          …

  • Department of Health updates 2017 salt pledge

    THE DEPARTMENT of Health has updated its 2017 target to reduce the average intake of salt consumed by the public as part of the Responsibility Deal.                         The pledge…

  • Alex James hosts country’s first Red Tractor event on his Oxfordshire farm

    FOOD WRITER, award winning cheese maker, musician and Red Tractor Brand Ambassador, Alex James, last weekend hosted a bonfire party for over 75 guests to celebrate a growing community of everyday people who have been recognised as Red Tractor Recruits.…

  • World Bank estimates third of food is wasted

    THE WORLD BANK has estimated that the world wastes one-quarter to one-third of all food produced for human consumption in its most recent Food Price Watch report.                     The report states…

  • Sugar tax could tackle rising obesity

    DAME SALLY DAVIES, Chief Medical Officer for England, has said that a sugar tax may have to be introduced to help reduce the rising obesity figures.                            …

  • Tesco accused of selling “dirty tuna”

    CELEBRITY CHEF Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall and environmental campaign group Greenpeace have accused Tesco of stocking “dirty tuna”, which is caught unsustainably using nets that harm marine wildlife.                   The supermarket giant has been…

  • Farming is beating recession in the UK, new report reveals

    A NEW REPORT from the National Farmers Union (NFU) has revealed that the agricultural industry in the UK is bucking the recession trend and delivering for the nation’s economy.               The new report ‘Backing…

  • Defra publishes food aid report

    THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the findings from research on the use of food aid in the UK.                           Defra commissioned researchers from…

  • Britain’s Bruising Banana Wars

    BRITAIN’S SUPERMARKET price wars are trapping tens of thousands of banana farmers and workers in an unrelenting cycle of poverty                     The Fairtrade Foundation today launches a new campaign Make Bananas…

  • Safeguarding seafood by managing our seas

    INCREASING CONCERNS about ‘food security’ for the UK, alongside dwindling public investment in fisheries research has led some to question how we can meet future knowledge needs to sustainably manage our seas.                …