BRC

  • Nutritional labelling consultation

    THE BRITISH Retail Consortium has launched a consultation to seek views on what the new front of pack nutritional labelling system for food should look like.       In October 2012, all four UK administrations made a joint announcement…

  • Supermarkets adjudicator in place

    LARGE SUPERMARKETS have been told to treat their suppliers fairly, or face fines from the new Groceries Code Adjudicator.   In a change likely to be widely welcomed by suppliers and farmers, the Competition Minister Jo Swinson announced that the…

  • Carrier bag use rises

    THE BRITISH Retail Consortium (BRC) has played down new figures that reveal carrier bag use is on the rise again.   Data released by WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Prorgamme, shows a total of eight billion ‘thin-gauge’ bags were…