UK Food Council connects like-minded people working in food, drink and nutrition; it is a platform to share game-changing ideas, innovations and insights.
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Iceland Executive Chair Richard Walker OBE is being nominated to the House of Lords as a Labour peer. As UK Food Council we welcome stronger links between food policy & frontline retail and will work with all parties to tackle hunger & improve access. #UKFoodCouncil #FoodSecurity
ONS confirms food prices up 4.9% in the year to October – even as headline inflation falls. Bread, cereals, fish, potatoes and sugar all more expensive. For many families, food inflation is still biting hard.
UK Food Council calls for joined-up action on #FoodSecurity.
Food scarcity is no longer a future threat - it’s already happening. Jill Maclean of the UK Food Council calls for urgent action to strengthen the UK’s food supply chain through smarter sourcing, tech, & collaboration.
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Tesco Hits Profit Highs and Highest Market Share in Nearly a Decade – “We’ve Invested in Bringing Great Prices to Our Customers,” says CEO Ken Murphy. But despite strong results, Tesco warns of pressure from rising competition in 2025.
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With rising costs, labour shortages, sustainability pressures, and food security concerns, the sector faces major challenges. Ahead of the upcoming budget, the UK Food Council urges Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take bold action.
Plans for a new chippy in Morfa Bychan face pushback from Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which demands more fruit, veg, and healthier options on the menu. The board is concerned about fast food's impact on health. Would customers go for cod and broccoli?
UK delivery and takeaway sales rise 6%, says CGA
The news extends a run of growth that followed 18 successive months of negative year-on-year trading as consumers started eating out again after the easing of Covid lockdowns.
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"Grocery prices are more affordable today than they were a year or even two years ago", according to Ocado boss Tim Steiner.
Tesco chairman warns of food price inflation at 5% by spring. John Allan CBE fears rate will rise quickly after big hike in energy costs filters through supply chain stating "In some ways the worst is still to come."
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Shop price annual inflation up in Dec. to 0.8% from 0.3% in Nov with food inflation up by 2.4% from 1.1% in Nov. the highest inflation rate since March 2019. Fresh food prices increased fastest, up to 3% in Dec. from 1.2% in Nov. Ambient food went up to 1.7% annual growth in Dec
20 Conservative MPs & peers tell the PM to tackle the spiralling cost of living.
5 ex-ministers are among those who have written to the Sunday Telegraph arguing for a cut in environmental levies and the removal of VAT on domestic energy bills.
GoodBox has partnered with Pret A Manger to enable The Pret Foundation donations via in-store contactless devices across Manchester and London. A trial was launched two weeks ago, with the retailer reporting that it has increased total donations in participating stores by 122%.
"When you isolate the issue and scratch away the surface food poverty in the UK isn’t about food its lack of sufficient income, whether in work or not.”
WELFARE ASSISTANCE SCHEMES
IN NEED OF AN URGENT REVIEW
Councils are spending as little as £41m a year, not the £132m intended – itself a huge reduction on the £330m Social Fund axed 8 years ago – and at least 23 have no scheme at all.
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Footballer Marcus Rashford is to receive awards in Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours.
The Manchester United & England forward successfully campaigned to extend free school meals this summer, receives an MBE for services to vulnerable children during the pandemic.
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