Out of Home sector news
NET-ZERO NOTEBOOK: More is less for Morrisons
Reality has left the supermarket kicking its net-zero target down the line, but this shouldn’t automatically make it a punch bag. By David Burrows. This column tends to focus on carbon footprints rather than casual footwear but in July 2023… Read More
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Oat milk marketing stirs heated debate
‘Trust the processed’, says Oatly on its carton of oat milk drink. The new blurb is – we presume – intended to quell concerns about these products being de facto unhealthy because they are processed; or perhaps ultra-processed (depending on… Read More
Welfare worries linked to human health
The inaugural factory farming index lays bare the environmental, welfare and health impacts of intensive livestock production. By David Burrows. Tome for change. Produced by World Animal Protection, an NGO, and involving Joseph Poore, a highly-regarded researcher in sustainable agriculture at… Read More
Clock ticking on food business transformation
Despite pockets of positivity, the latest industry benchmarking reports lay bare a continued lack of progress in building a more resilient food system. By Nick Hughes. In December 2023, Footprint published an article titled ‘Time running out to transform food… Read More
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Was Glasgow up for the cup?
Following last week’s flurry of food-related reports, the news cycle slowed to a more manageable pace this week as holiday season fast approaches. That’s not to suggest there’s nothing (aside from yet another mince pie) for the Digest to get… Read More
Cell-cultivated products are not ‘meat’ – regulators
New guidance suggests that although such products should be considered ‘of animal origin’ they require different safety controls from traditional meat products. By Nick Hughes. Food products made from animal cells do not satisfy the legal definition of meat for… Read More
Dedicated greenwashers of fashion
Leading clothing brands have been reprimanded for making ambiguous and unclear sustainability claims. Food and drink businesses should take note. By David Burrows. “There’s one rule every marketing team should know: Never claim anything is ‘sustainable’. It really is that… Read More
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Can the appliance of alliance(s) produce a sound food strategy?
The start of December often marks a flash flood of fine reports relating to food. This week’s Digest therefore attempts to tie a number of threads together into a comprehensive 500 words or so. Here goes… Some 160 organisations provide the… Read More
‘Protein’ is the power phrase to push plants
New research reveals a ‘highly effective’ strategy to increase low-emission food consumption. And it is not a carbon label. David Burrows reports. Label lethargy. Interventions to reduce meat consumption, such as carbon labelling, have shown modest and inconsistent results. There… Read More
UPF papers expose health divide
A powerful series of papers published in The Lancet have fuelled the debate over how the risk from ultra-processed food should be tackled. By Nick Hughes. “Our bar is the representative product for a system of feeding people that is really, really… Read More