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Serving better: better menus make better choices
6 May 2022
Changes to menu design and language can be a low cost and effective way to encourage more sustainable diets with less meat and dairy and more plants.
Food Service

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UK’s four biggest supermarkets heavily promoting cheap meat to boost sales
21 March 2022
A new study shows retailers are failing on climate commitments by encouraging customers to buy more meat, which is bad for our health and the planet.

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Eating Better alliance mobilises campaigners to call for sustainable school meals
24 February 2022
Our Better By Half roadmap calls for sustainable food to be normalised in schools, hospitals, care homes and other public institutions, but convincing councils to improve procurement and shift to sustainable menus, requires effective lobbying and co-ordinated local action to put pressure on policymakers and procurement managers to make the necessary changes.
Food Service

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Driving ambition: our Impact Report 2020-21
25 October 2021
Looking at this year’s achievements, including progress against our Better by Half roadmap and the content of the National Food Strategy published in July, it feels as if we’ve turned a corner...

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Serving Better: every meal counts in a climate and nature emergency
18 October 2021
Local diets have global impacts. We have developed a new guide and film to support local authorities to serve and source healthier, more sustainable meals.
Government Food Service

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Our Ready Meals survey 2021 reveals more choice and affordability for plant-based ready meals at UK supermarkets
30 June 2021
Our latest ready meals snapshot reveals that plant-based meals are the fastest growing category, up by 92% since our first survey in 2018.
Food Retail

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Making progress: less meat and more plants in public sector meals.
14 May 2021
The results from our latest survey with Public Sector Catering show the sector’s continued progress towards serving less meat in public sector meals.
Food Service

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Sourcing Better: 8 steps for retailers and restaurants to buy better meat and dairy.
16 February 2021
Eating Better launches an ambitious plan to help retailers and restaurants source climate and nature friendly meat.
Food Retail

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Build Back Better: Our Impact report 2019-20
12 November 2020
This year, food systems suffered a massive shock. Check out what we have been doing to drive progress, and our plans to build back better.

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Growing public support for less and better meat
12 November 2020
Our latest public attitudes survey shows many of us are eating less meat and willing to cut down further. Plus, most of us would like to support farmers that have high animal welfare and environmental standards.

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Ready meals - plant based progress, but not in all supermarkets
7 September 2020
Findings from our latest and largest ever survey of 2404 ready meals shows that many supermarket’s plant-based options have come a long way. But, more than 4 out of 5 ready meals still include meat, fish or cheese.
Food Retail

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We need to talk about chicken
27 February 2020
Chicken is the most popular meat in the UK and its consumption is growing. Our new report shows the true costs of production on this scale.
Food Retail

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Climate change top concern for British teenagers
21 November 2019
New YouGov poll shows climate change top concern for British teenagers and older teenagers are driving a change in diets.
Government

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Better by half: A roadmap to less and better meat and dairy
24 July 2019
Public health bodies, farmers, MPs, environmentalists and animal welfare experts set out actions to improve what we eat
Government Producers Food Retail Food Service Investors

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Sandwiches unwrapped: snapshot report 2019
22 May 2019
It’s British Sandwich Week and new research makes clear the health, environmental and animal welfare impact of this popular lunch time food.
Food Retail

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Public attitudes to meat consumption
13 May 2019
Results from our 2019 YouGov Survey shows that awareness of livestock’s environmental impacts is growing.
Producers

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Our 2018-2019 impact report
29 April 2019

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Less and Better Takes Off
6 February 2019
Eating Better impact report 2017-18.

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Ready Meals – ready in minutes, but not ready for the future
9 July 2018
Our latest survey of ready meals in the top UK supermarkets shows that they aren’t serving the demand for healthier plant-based options, and the meat used as an ingredient in ready meals is falling short.
Food Retail

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Our 2017-2018 impact report
29 April 2018

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Making an impact for a fair, green, healthy future
26 February 2018
Take a look at how Eating Better is making a real impact to create a fair, green, healthy future.

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Let's make more sustainable sandwich choices
6 February 2018
In the UK we love sandwiches, they are a hugely popular lunch-time option. But a new study has found our choices have a staggering carbon footprint. What can be done?
Food Retail

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Slim pickings for a meat free lunch
9 May 2016
Eating Better launches #MeatFreeLunch campaign to help lighten meat-heavy diets.
Food Retail

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Meat-filled sandwiches leave consumers hamstrung for a healthy planet-friendly lunch
11 May 2015
Survey of over 600 sandwiches finds consumers trying to go meat-free at lunchtime will struggle to find a choice of sandwiches that fits the bill.
Food Retail