UK supermarkets spend hundreds of millions on promotions in price war Nearly 30% of total spending by biggest chains over four weeks was on special offers and discounts, says Kantar The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025
Primark owner’s shares drop as sales fall amid Trump tariff fears Company says consumer confidence could deteriorate further as countries face risk of recession The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025
Primark says it is not raising prices despite tax and wage cost hikes It came as parent firm Associated British Foods said it saw ‘weaker sales’ across the budget fashion chain’s UK and Ireland stores. The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
Leading baby food brands making high-sugar meals, study finds Food from brands such as Ella’s Kitchen and Heinz are often nutritionally poor, researchers say The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Forget the silly IPO price. Deliveroo would be right to take DoorDash’s money and run With a bidding war unlikely, a take-out price of £2.7bn is probably as good as it gets for Deliveroo The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Lidl unveils list of 52 potential locations for Scottish stores Is a new Lidl store going to be opening near you? See the full list of potential new stores coming to Scotland The National (Scotland) · Apr 28, 2025
US food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn The London-based company, the second largest food deliver app in the UK, said no ‘firm offer’ had been made yet The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2025
FDA to phase out synthetic dyes The latest initiative is part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ongoing efforts to “Make America Healthy Again" Salon · Apr 24, 2025
Grower named in E. coli lettuce outbreak This comes after the FDA and CDC withheld the grower's name in its report, according to Food Safety News Salon · Apr 24, 2025
Magnum and Ariel makers say prices may rise further amid tariff pressures Unilever and Procter & Gamble indicate more increases could be on way as Trump policy affects ingredient costs The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025
FDA pauses milk quality tests amid Trump workforce cuts Proficiency testing of grade “A” fluid milk is set to be suspended from as early as next week The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025
Eight Harmful Dyes Will Be Phased Out Of American Food Supply: RFK Jr. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be revoking authorization for certain artificial dyes while working with the food industry to voluntarily remove others. Medical Daily · Apr 23, 2025
Lewis Hamilton, Leonardo DiCaprio’s vegan burger chain shutters recording $10 million in losses Neat Burger, which had restaurants in London, Milan and New York at its peak, has been forced to close down all remaining stores Motorsport · Apr 22, 2025
RFK Jr. plans to phase out eight artificial dyes from the US food supply U.S. health officials plan to phase out eight petroleum-based colors from the nation's food supply The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025
The National (Scotland) · Apr 22, 2025 Supermarkets urged to stock more Scottish produce as new figures revealed Supermarkets have been urged to increase the amount of Scottish produce on shelves in Scotland as new research found just 17 per cent of own-brand…
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The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025 Growers criticise UK supermarkets for heavy Easter discounts on vegetables Fears produce could be permanently devalued by price war, as it ‘creates unrealistic expectations about costs’
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Latin Times · Apr 18, 2025 FDA Seeks to End Food Safety Inspections Days After Hundreds of Pounds of Butter Recalled Over Fecal Bacteria Contamination Following a butter recall due to fecal bacteria, the FDA is preparing to outsource much of its food safety inspection work to states.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025 Dark chocolate Toblerone to be discontinued in UK due to ‘changing tastes’ Maker of triangular-shaped almond-and-honey-laced chocolate bar says it has made ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw product
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025 FDA is quietly drawing up plans to end routine food safety inspections, report claims The FDA denied that it was planning to make the changes
Radio France Internationale · Apr 18, 2025 Perrier could lose 'natural mineral water' label after contamination found Perrier may lose its “natural mineral water” label after harmful bacteria was found in bottles at its main bottling site in southern France – which was not reported to health authorities until 10 days after it was discovered.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025 British food and drink industry call on EU to ‘reset’ trade ties Retailers and food producers offer to help efforts to reduce ‘unnecessary red tape’ costing industry billions of pounds
Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2025 Ice cream vans could be banned near Greenwich Park after council row Plans to prohibit ice cream vans from trading on a street next to Greenwich Park are one step closer to fruition in the latest chapter of a drawn-out saga that has already cost the taxpayer thousands.
The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025 FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts