Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, disruptions to supply chains, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, policy developments and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. Shoppers increasingly divided IGD ShopperVista insight has revealed that fin...

New CEO to lead IGD as it works to make a tangible difference for society, business, and the individual. IGD today announces the appointment of Sarah Bradbury as new CEO, effective from 3 July 2023. Sarah succeeds Susan Barratt, who is stepping down as CEO on 30 June 2023. Sarah has more than 25 years’ experience in retail, most recently as Group Quality Director at Tesco. She is responsibl...

Watch James Walton discuss The Windsor Framework and its impacts on the food and consumer goods industry. For further analysis please see here . More economic news and analysis Explore Sign up to our bulletin Our round-up of the latest economic and political news, focused on FMCGs Sign up .EconNews { background: #fa4616; padding: 20px; ...

This week, we take an in depth look at the new deal between the UK and the EU, the Windsor Framework , and assess how this differs to the existing Northern Ireland Protocol, whether it will fix the issues for the food industry, and what to look out for. What’s in the Windsor Framework? The Prime Minister and President of the EU Commission have announced the Windsor Framework , inten...

After months of negotiation, the UK and the EU have announced the Windsor Framework , intended to address issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol . The Framework should help to solve operational difficulties faced by grocery businesses in moving goods from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), without threatening EU interests or the Good Friday Agreement . It there...

Our current food system is impacting our health and that of our planet. When asked, 73% of UK consumers considered it important to buy food with a low environmental impact, yet less than half thought they knew what a sustainable diet was. 1 To provide additional information to help consumers make more sustainable food purchasing decisions, an environmental impact label could sit along-side exis...

Please find below the latest perspective on health and cost from our commercial colleague Laura Jacobson. After the indulgence of Christmas, the start of a new year provides a valuable window of opportunity to support changing behaviours. With 86% of British shoppers aspiring to improve their diet, there are significant societal and commercial incentives at stake. 1 While personal def...

Within the IGD health team our ambition is to make healthy and sustainable diets easy and accessible for everyone. We are a team with expertise in nutrition, product development and consumer insights. Through our working groups and networks, including retailers and manufacturers, NGO's, government, and academia, we lead collaboration and build knowledge of what really works to change behavio...

Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, policy developments and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. Availability concerns remain high In the latest consumer research conducted for IGD (17-19 February 2023) ...

A range of factors continue to disrupt supply chains including the war in Ukraine, labour shortages, increased costs of production, extreme weather conditions and the cost-of-living crisis. This is covered in more detail in our free Viewpoint report. Download it here . Availability concerns remain high In the latest consumer research conducted for IGD (17-19 February 2023), two third...