Co-op to sell food after ‘best before’ date to beat waste
The East of England Co-op has pledged to become the first big retailer to sell food after its ‘best before’ date, in a bid to crack down on food waste.
Archives for December 4, 2017
Tesco boss to discuss supplier partnerships
Tesco group chief executive Dave Lewis will use the City Food Lecture 2018 to offer his views on the ‘essential’ role supplier partnerships will have on the future of the UK’s food supply chain.
Plastics recycling suffers from a lack of regulation in the EU
European plastics recycling bodies have criticised the European Commission’s (EC’s) delay in conferring legal authorisation on recycling processes for food-contact plastics, nine years on from the initial regulation and despite more than 140 positive...
Food manufacturers feature in Fast Track 100 list
Food and drink firms, including snack manufacturer All Good, gourmet sausage maker Heck! Food and BrewDog are featured on the latest The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list.
Business ‘must help mend broken state’
Britain’s business community – including the food and drink sector – needs to play a bigger role in getting government to reform the UK’s broken social systems, according to Lord Digby Jones, former director general of the Confederation of British...
The Big Interview
How Public Health England plans to win the obesity war
Public Health England is waging war against obesity, and its director of nutrition Alison Tedstone believes there are no hiding places.
UK drinks carton recycling is still low
A decade after the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK) began setting up a network of ‘bring’ sites across the UK and persuading local authorities to introduce kerbside collection, neither Tetra Pak nor ACE UK is disclosing the...
US set to ‘play hardball’ over food trade deal with UK
US trade negotiators will “play hardball” when discussing food and farming products, as part of a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK, warns Sir Ivan Rogers, former UK permanent representative to the EU.