Are you ready for this year's 5 biggest food sector trends?
Dominic Watkins
Partner and Global Lead of Consumer Sector at DWF. Expert in consumer product sustainability regulation and the regulation of the sale of food and FMCG by any channel. Finding solutions to your problems.
Whilst uncertainty is likely to reign throughout 2018, we will help you plan for what the issues will mean for you, ensuring you understand the bigger picture and help shape, not react to, the agenda.
1. Brexit
Do you have your Brexit blueprint in place? Do you know how post Brexit regulatory or tariff changes may impact you? Are you ready for what the next stage of the negotiations means for you?
2. Labour Supply
Beyond the apprenticeship levy, changes to gig economy and reduction in migrant labour, the sector has an aging population – is your labour model ready for the future?
3. Reformulation of Foods
Will PHE’s focus hit your products in 2018? What changes might you need to make?
4. Technology Innovation
Are you leveraging tech and data to maximise value? Are you ready for changes to data protection law? What role does 3D printing or artificial intelligence have in food manufacturing?
5. Circular Economy
Are you realising the value in waste? Do you know how anaerobic digestion or other clean energy might help your business? Are you ready to reduce the plastic in your packaging?