You can’t have missed the news that the UK is facing a health crisis. More than a quarter of British adults are living with obesity, 5.6 million now have diabetes, and a huge part of the problem is our food landscape.
As the UK’s biggest retailer, Tesco has a responsibility here – and it’s one it takes seriously. In 2015, Tesco became the first supermarket to remove sweets from checkouts, and it ended almost all multibuy promotions on high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products in 2022, meaning customers don’t have to buy more than they need to get great value. Tesco is committed to making its stores across the UK the place to go for affordable, healthy and sustainable food. But, clearly, we need to see further action from across the food industry as a whole.
