Allegra Strategies

Nudge or be pushed

THE LIGHT-TOUCH approach to healthy food policy concerns campaigners, but the government and food businesses are now in contact more than ever – and it’s making a difference, Phil Hooper tells David Burrows.    It’s no secret the coalition government likes to nudge rather than push. Nudging, an idea popularised by academics Richard Thaler and Cass [...]

Information, Information, Information

AS The Nation gets chubbier, more and more companies are pledging to provide facts about how (un)healthy their food is. But do diners need or want them?                     Albert Einstein once said that “the devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. [...]

Calorie labelling won’t influence choice

CONSUMERS WANT to eat healthily when they eat out, but don’t see calorie labelling as something that would influence what they choose.                           New report also shows consumers targeting healthier fast food restaurants   The rollout of calorie labelling on menus is one [...]