Supermarket meal deals could be one of several foods banned under new government proposals to tackle obesity. A Welsh Government consultation document exploring how to make the "food environment in Wales healthier" was published in June 2022 with several proposals on how to promote healthy eating.
Some things considered in the original consultation are the banning of "meal deal" offers where products are cheaper if purchased together, multi-buy offers as well as reducing the prices of certain foods. The consultation came to an end in September 2022 but no plans have yet been put in place.
Similar plans have also been put forward in England but nothing has yet been implemented. Now the Welsh Retail Consortium has written to ministers to to say that the plans would have a "disproportionate" impact on food producers, reduce choice and increase food prices.
