A new report from The Food Foundation has highlighted the urgency with which food businesses need to start transparently reporting on health and sustainability metrics. Tracking progress made by the sector in the past 12 [read more…]
In this timely article, Justin Floyd, CEO and co-founder of open commerce platform RedCloud, outlines how the global supply chain issues will have deep ramifications for consumers that will be here for the long term. [read more…]
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released export figures for the first half of 2021 that show signs of recovery following the impact of Covid-19 and US tariffs. Data for the first half of 2021 [read more…]
New research from wraps and spices specialist Santa Maria reveals the UK & Ireland’s most popular wrap fillings, cuisines and flavour combinations. Combining this with market intelligence on emerging flavours, bundling ideas and promotional dates, [read more…]
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on damaging US tariffs, calling for the swift removal of tariffs on US whiskies and warning that adding duties to wine could be detrimental to UK jobs across the industry. Since June [read more…]
The UK’s HGV driver shortage is becoming increasingly concerning, with the ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit, Covid-19 and growing demands exacerbating the problem. Here, Andrew Tavener, Head of Marketing at Descartes UK, explores the issues being caused [read more…]
UK wine and spirit businesses have welcomed the free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia, which will reduce the cost for both exporters and importers and will provide greater choice for UK consumers. In 2020 the [read more…]
Despite independent convenience stores playing a pivotal support role to local communities during the pandemic, their future looks bleak according to a retail expert, who warns that 6,000 UK corner shops could face closure. Thousands [read more…]
Whilst economic uncertainty is making shoppers more sensitive to pricing and promotions in-store, younger demographics prove more loyal to branded purchases, the latest research from Pricer, the world’s most reliable provider of ESLs (Electronic Shelf [read more…]
Half of the UK population (49%) say health and wellbeing is the most important factor when making buying decisions, according to new research conducted by Product of the Year, the UK’s biggest survey of product [read more…]
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