Harriet Illman, Head of Sustainability, outlines why there has never been a more important time to reduce food waste and highlights the benefits of acting to reduce food waste through the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap .

Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, COVID-19 and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. Food inflation accelerates Food prices rose at their fastest rate in August , up to 9.3%, according to the latest me...

As the new Prime Minister is set to meet a daunting set of economic challenges, we reflect on three key challenges facing the food and consumer goods industry. Rising food inflation Click chart to enlarge Price rises in ‘food and drink’ accelerated dramatically in July, up 2.3 percentage points in June to 12.7% year on year. This is the highest monthly increase in prices s...

Yeo Valley has partnered with Too Good To Go to ensure that any unpredictable, damaged or short-life surplus dairy products reach people rather than being sent to anaerobic digestion or for animal feed. Through the creation of a flexible bespoke solution, Too Good To Go ensured brand protection and facilitated on-site customer collections, preventing delicious surplus from going to waste. Rea...

Pork and chicken producer Cranswick is passionate about embedding sustainability in every business decision; that’s why it has partnered with redistribution organisation The Bread and Butter Thing to explore new ways of redistributing its ‘perfectly imperfect’ surplus gourmet products. From delicious sausage rolls to leftover chopped veg, Cranswick and the Bread and Butter Thing have forged a...

Worldwide Fruit has partnered with redistribution organisation The Bread and Butter Thing to overcome the challenges of hiring and returning fruit pallets, punnets and trays. This Grocer Gold award-winning partnership is on track to save millions of pieces of fruit each year – from apples and pears to peaches, plums, nectarines and avocados. Read the case study below to find out how. ...

Michael Freedman, our Head of Economic and Consumer Insight, reveals the latest IGD consumer research and explains how the rise in the energy price cap from 1st October is likely to lead to a significant reduction in spend with a focus on food retail and the eating out markets. More economic news and analysis Explore Sign up to our bulletin Our round-up o...

We have heard about people having to choose between heating and eating due to rising energy costs. However, the news from Ofgem that the energy price cap will rise by 80% in October is likely to lead to many cutting back on both. Consumers set to rein in spending further In the latest consumer research conducted for IGD (19-21 August 2022), 39 million people (75%) have reined in their...

Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, COVID-19 and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. 22 million to cut back on heating and eating Ofgem has announced an 80% increase in the energy price cap, to take e...

Real wage levels are now falling at record levels , as wage growth fails to keep pace with inflation, placing household budgets under pressure. Demand for labour remains high, despite a worsening economic outlook. Unemployment remained at historic lows in May at 3.8%. The number of unfilled vacancies fell by 20,000 in June, but remains high, as businesses continue to have difficultie...