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The Friday Digest: Brand owners under fire amid health back-pedalling

The Friday Digest: Brand owners under fire amid health back-pedalling
Traditionally, August is the month when the steady flow of press releases and company announcements slows to a trickle and thoughts turn to beachside holidays and ice cream sundaes. Ice cream has certainly been on the mind of Action on Salt and ShareAction, but not in the leisurely sense. The two health charities have instead…
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Poorest priced out of healthy food

Poorest priced out of healthy food
A new report has called for urgent change in the UK’s food policies to reverse a growing crisis of affordability and accessibility. Nick Hughes reports. "This report provides the strongest evidence to date of the worsening crisis affecting our food system and the health of the UK population.” That was the stark warning issued by…
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Ethnicity and Hospitality: time to deliver on diversity

Ethnicity and Hospitality: time to deliver on diversity

A survey by not-for-profit Be Inclusive Hospitality published in June 2021 found high proportions of professionals from Black (53%), Asian (68%) and Mixed Ethnic groups (57%) reported experiencing racism in the workplace either individually or at a company level.

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A Caterer’s Guide to Better Meat in association with RSPCA Assured

A Caterer’s Guide to Better Meat in association with RSPCA Assured
The way meat is produced and consumed has come under the spotlight as evidence mounts of its contribution to climate change and other environmental pressures. The UK’s Climate Change Committee says meat and dairy consumption needs to fall by 20% by 2035 to put the UK on the path to net zero. Others have gone…
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Back to business (as usual)

Back to business (as usual)
The prime minister is showing his true colours and they are far from green. But the public and businesses have other ideas, says David Burrows. Rewind to the start of lockdown and there was a haunting feeling that the coronavirus would not only stop the world in its tracks, but also derail efforts to halt…
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