Press releases and blogs

The food and consumer goods industry has continued to prioritise creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, despite the hugely challenging backdrop of the last two years, according to the latest research from IGD and MBS. With its ambition to create a more inclusive workforce across the food and consumer goods industry, IGD has partnered with recruitment specialist MBS to conduct extensive r...

At the same time as working with the food and consumer goods industry to create a more inclusive workforce, IGD is also embarking on its own inclusion and diversity journey. Here IGD’s CEO, Susan Barratt, shares what inclusion and diversity means to her, for IGD and the wider industry. Everyone can relate to exclusion, we can all recall our experience of it and how it made us feel, and so i...

Research from IGD shows the significant opportunity for the food and consumer goods industry to build on increasing desire from consumers to eat less meat and more fruit and vegetables Nearly one-fifth (16%) of consumers now list the environment as their main motivator for healthy and sustainable eating – a significant increase from 2020 – while more than three-quarters (77%) have increased,...

IGD has kicked off a new workstream on environment labelling, to mobilise food and consumer goods businesses to develop a harmonised solution that the whole sector can get behind. . The workstream’s initial focus is on creating a strategic framework for an environment labelling scheme that will provide consistent and transparent information for consumers, enabling them to make more informed ch...

Shopper confidence has declined to its lowest level in a year, according to the latest Shopper Confidence Index from IGD. The September 2021 Shopper Confidence Index, from ShopperVista - which provides category, insight and commercial professionals with trusted shopper insights – highlights that concerns around food price inflation are at their highest since March 2013; 85% of shoppers expec...

Today, IGD publishes Viewpoint Special Edition: Focus on Labour Shortages , a special report examining the labour pressures facing the food and consumer goods industry, in the face of widespread workforce shortages, recruitment challenges and increased competition for people. EU Exit and COVID-19 have disrupted the stable employment situation of the last decade, and as the economy continues o...

With its ambition to create a more inclusive workforce across the food and consumer goods industry, IGD is piloting a reverse mentoring programme to support leaders to champion inclusion. As part of National Inclusion Week, which aims to progress the inclusion agenda and promote the importance of equality in the workplace, IGD wants to highlight its mentoring pilot, which has helped to create ...

250,000 tonnes a year of food worth £365 million saved from waste. Up to 670,000 tonnes of GHG emissions avoided. Surplus food equivalent to 145 million meals redistributed for people to eat. Major opportunities for greater impact remain – more action focused on hospitality and food service and primary production sectors, plus whole chain collaboration.   WRAP and IGD...

EMD and its retail members have created a new and innovative virtual meeting place for private label suppliers. This unique event format offers meetings and exclusive access to international retailers and their category buyers. Retailers attending include: Dagab (Axfood), Dagrofa, Dairy Farm Group, ESD Italia, Euromadi Iberica SA, Homeplus, Lenta LLC, Markant Deutschland, C.I.V. Superunie B....

With vaccinations being rolled out rapidly and restrictions lifted, shopper confidence remains relatively high. This is driving economic recovery, but experiences continue to vary and evidence of a “K-shaped” recovery persists, according to IGD. In the second issue of its quarterly ‘Viewpoint’ report, the economics team at IGD focus on the challenges emerging for the food and consumer goods ...