Grocery sector news updates

  • Green light for new sustainable EU fisheries policy from 2014

    THE COMMON Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform package, including measures to halt overfishing and a ban on discarding fish at sea, Parliament’s key aims, was approved in a final plenary vote on Tuesday. Labelling rules have also been overhauled, to improve… Read More

  • EFSA completes full risk assessment on aspartame

    ASPARTAME AND its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure, EFSA concludes in its first full risk assessment of this sweetener. To carry out its risk assessment, EFSA has undertaken a rigorous review of all… Read More

  • Supermarkets step up to the mark after horsegate

    THE ENGLISH pig industry’s latest survey of supermarket shelves shows retailers have increased their support for British-farmed pork, ham and sausages over the past 12 months.   The Porkwatch survey, which is conducted every two months, records the number of… Read More

  • Businesses not linking corporate responsibility risk to remuneration

    NEW RESEARCH has revealed that only one in ten of the world’s largest companies links corporate responsibility performance to renumeration, despite the fact that 75% of the top 250 International companies (G250) acknowledge risks to their business from environmental and… Read More

  • Groceries code adjudicator outlines powers

    FARMERS HAVE welcomed the new Groceries Code Adjudicator’s (GCA) powers to investigate, enforce and penalise supermarkets suspected of breaching the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCoP – Code).               The new GCA Christine Tacon… Read More

  • Report reveals animal welfare is rising on the business agenda

    THE SECOND report of the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare published today has applauded Coop Group (Switzerland), Marks & Spencer, Arla, Marfrig, Royal FrieslandCampina, Sainsbury’s, VION and Waitrose for the notable improvements they have made in their farm animal… Read More

  • Nestlé named in KPMG Top 10 of CSR

    KPMG HAS named Nestlé as one of the world’s top ten companies reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility.   Nestlé is also the only food and beverage company to be among the top tier of firms analysed as part of KPMG’s… Read More

  • innocent celebrates ‘chain of good’

    INNOCENT WILL introduce a new long-term strategic approach to their consumer marketing with the launch of a brand new campaign this January. Moving away from a focus on individual products, the new approach will see innocent communicating to consumers on… Read More

  • Britain’s Most Admired Companies unveiled

    A LIST of Britain’s most admired companies will be unveiled by Birmingham City University on the 4th December.   Now in its 23rd year, the Britain’s Most Admired Companies survey is the only academic study in the UK which measures a… Read More

  • Retailers measure themselves against challenging green targets

    RESPONDING TO results issued by Government waste body WRAP on the second phase of the Courtauld Commitment, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) says that the results demonstrate that retailers have made major strides to cut waste across the supply chain.… Read More