Members in the Spotlight
July 2026
Arla’s Plate of the Nation report flags a national nutrition gap, particularly calcium and iodine shortfalls in teenage girls, while ShareAction and WWF's Insuring Disaster report finds most major insurers still failing on climate and biodiversity. Waitrose joins Yeo Valley and Wildfarmed as a founding partner of the new Centre for Dynamic Soils, and AHDB confirms UK pig antibiotic use is down 72% over the past decade.
Compleat Food Group's Vadasz brand headlines The Big Brine fermentation festival this September, having grown pickled goods sales from around £6 million to nearly £17 million since 2022, while Quorn's foodservice arm supplies mycoprotein to William White Meats for the launch of UltiMeat, a new blended meat range. Sainsbury's has committed £8 million to tackling holiday hunger and SDG2 Advocacy Hub Chefs' Manifesto London Action Hub brought 120+ chefs, growers and researchers together on food resilience and waste.
On awards: Tesco was named Britain's Favourite Supermarket at the Grocer Gold Awards, with Brakes (Sysco) taking National Wholesaler of the Year and Warburtons Supplier of the Year; ABP Food Group was recognised at the Booker Values Awards; and Cool Farm Alliance was named a Top 10 Most Mission Driven Company at the Flexa Awards. Mallika Basu's latest Good Food Magazine feature tackles the nuance in meat, and plant-based choices just in time for BBQ season, and The Food People marks 20 years of trend forecasting with its Annual Trend Summit set for 17th November.
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