
This week's announcement Craig Emerson is to head the second part of an ongoing review into the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct is unlikely to have any significant impact on the price of food at the checkout in the foreseeable future.
Indeed, given it is generally accepted food inflation peaked midway during 2023 and that prices have been - albeit gradually - trending down in many cases, a cynic could be excused for asking what, exactly, the government is trying to achieve.