BRC: Government should look at takeaways not supermarkets to tackle obesity
07-05-2024 13:31 via retailgazette.co.uk

BRC: Government should look at takeaways not supermarkets to tackle obesity

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is calling on ministers to shift their attention from grocers and clamp down on takeaways to tackle obseity.
The government is being urged to ramp up efforts to reduce obesity, including targetting further fast food businesses, amid fears large, salty portions are driving the UK’s obesity crisis, according to The Telegraph. 
Supermarkets have already been banned from placing products high in salt, fat and sugar (HFSS) in prominent places in-store an
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