📽️ Good food should be within everyone's reach! Hear from citizens across the country about why food matters - and why it should be at the heart of policymaking. foodfoundation.org.uk/public…

What would happen if citizens were given a say in food policy? Hear what Citizen Advisory Council members uncovered as they travelled the country learning how local communities are improving food systems. 🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/5QC…

📢 We're launching a new briefing at @Groundswellaguk today as we stage discuss what's needed to boost production of British beans. It includes interviews with 18 experts, including farmers, business owners, trade associations, researchers & civil servants: foodfoundation.org.uk/public… #Groundswell2026

🚀 A new citizen-led report shows community organisations are making striking improvements to the food system. But it concludes progress is being constrained by 𝟱 main barriers. Read From the Ground Up: foodfoundation.org.uk/public… @DefraGovUK @StephenMorganMP

📢 Don't miss our webinar with @FFC_Commission tomorrow! We'll explore: what happens when citizens are given a seat at the table when it comes to influencing policy? Free sign up: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

Could beans change the world? 🚀 With the climate changing, the cost of living going up and our guts suffering from the fibre gap, beans are a real opportunity. Now it's time to scale these tasty superheroes 🫘 On the pod this week: @paulnewnham, CEO of the @SDG2AdvocacyHub and the Chief Bean Officer at @BeansisHow, reports from @london_climate Action Week on the growth of the #BangInSomeBeans campaign - now at 41 Keen Bean businesses who have committed to the movement. Plus! This week we've published a new playbook designed to bring more businesses into the bean brigade, laying out step by step how to harness the commercial power of beans. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0v8… #beans #foodindustry #retail

One idea from our new playbook has generated a bit of discussion this week: People don’t need convincing #beans are good, they just need to come across them more often. So how does that happen? It might mean: 💡 a new product 🛍️ a better shelf display 🥙 an easy lunch option 🍲 a recipe idea at just the right moment Small changes like these can help make beans an easy choice, and a delicious one too, which is exactly what #BangInSomeBeans is all about. This category isn't so much about persuading people to eat something new. It's about making beans easier to find, easier to choose and easier to add to the basket. There are opportunities to be seized across chilled prepared meals, food to go, frozen products and convenience formats. If you're working on retail, NPD, category management or foodservice innovation, we'd love to hear your ideas. Explore the beans playbook here ➡️ foodfoundation.org.uk/public… #CategoryManagement #Retail #NPD #FoodInnovation #FoodIndustry @Hodmedods @BaxterStorey @SDG2AdvocacyHub @BeansisHow @fromIGD @wrieurope @WorldResources

𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 🫘 🕴‍ 🫘 Yesterday at @wahaca, we brought together retailers, manufacturers, caterers and food businesses to explore the commercial opportunity for beans, and how making them more convenient and appealing can continue to drive growth, and course help people eat more fibre. Thank you to our bean-tastic partners and friends 🤝 @wrieurope @WorldResources @thomasinamiers @BaxterStorey @SDG2AdvocacyHub @BeansisHow #BangInSomeBeans #LCAW2026 #LCAW

𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮 👩‍🌾🫛 Next week at Groundswell Agriculture Festival, come along to The Study Tent on Wednesday at 10am for 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗸: 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞’𝘀 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹. Hear sector experts discuss their experiences, the current challenges faced by UK bean and pulse growers, and the opportunities to expand UK bean production and consumption. → Where should those extra beans come from? → Are there opportunities for us to better link domestic production to local supply chains? → What needs to happen to support farmers to grow more British beans? We'll also be discussing our new briefing on this subject which will be published next week - watch this space 👀 #GroundswellFestival26 #agriculture #beans @HughFW @SoilAssociation

𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, so how do businesses 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁? ⭐🫘⭐ 📈Today we're launching 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 for retailers, manufacturers and food businesses looking to grow category value and respond to consumer demand. 🏷️Our new playbook brings together ideas from across the food industry, looking at everything from new products and store layouts to pricing and promotions. 🍛The aim is simple: 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺. 🥫Consumer interest in beans is growing, and businesses that make them easier to find and choose are grabbing a very real opportunity to grow the category. Thank you to everyone who contributed their expertise and ideas. 🙏 Download the playbook and let us know which recommendations resonate with you foodfoundation.org.uk/public… #BangInSomeBeans #FoodIndustry #Retail #Foodservice #Beans @wrieurope @WorldResources @SDG2AdvocacyHub @BeansisHow @paulnewnham @thomasinamiers @wahaca @HughFW @BaxterStorey @Hodmedods @merchantgourmet @sainsburys @LidlGB @Tesco @BoothsCountry

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 🫘🔥 Today, we're delighted to welcome a new group of Keen Bean Pledgers which means 41 businesses and organisations are now a part of #BangInSomeBeans, helping to make beans a popular choice on menus and in everyday meals. From supermarkets and manufacturers to caterers and restaurants, more and more organisations are finding simple ways to put beans in front of customers. A huge thank you to everyone who's joined us so far 👏👏👏 @AldiUK @allmanhall @Brakes_Food @higgidy @IcelandFoods @N_T_S @SubwayUK @SUBWAY @vegetarianexpre 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 🤝 foodfoundation.org.uk/keen-b… #FoodIndustry #Retail #Foodservice #Beans

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 featured on the 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁? We are just chuffed! On the latest episode of The Wellness Scoop, @Rhitrition and @deliciouslyella get into the weeds on the latest stats from our flagship report: ▸𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗞 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀: Households with children in the lowest income fifth of the population would have to spend a staggering 85% of their disposable income to afford the government recommended healthy diet, up from 70% in 2024 ▸ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 and is now the widest it has been in over a decade. Healthier food is nearly twice as expensive per calorie as less healthy, with foods high in fat, salt and/or sugar alarmingly being the only food group to have seen a drop in price in the last year. ▸ 𝗨𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲: 40% of food and non-alcoholic drink promotions are on foods high in fat, salt and/or sugar, while fruit and vegetables only account for 3% of traditional advertising expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drinks. Fast-food outlets make up 1 in 4 places to buy food in England, rising to over 1 in 3 in the most deprived areas. Thank you to Ella, Rhi and the whole team! Check out the Broken Plate 2026 here, plus levers of policy change: foodfoundation.org.uk/public… #foodpoverty #healthyfood #foodpolicy

🙌 It's good to see @sainsburys commiting to make healthy food more accessible and affordable - and calling for mandatory reporting. Findings in our latest #BrokenPlate report highlight just how urgently this policy is needed with healthier food becoming out of reach for millions of families. foodfoundation.org.uk/public…

🎉 10 years. 8,000 charities supported. 1.5 million people helped! The @felixprojectuk has transformed surplus food into millions of meals and helped tackle #foodinsecurity across the UK. Chief Executive @LotteHill1 reflects on the charity's journey in our podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1XC…

💵 Investing in children's health isn't just the right thing to do - it's good economics! Our briefing with @UKSustain shows expanding the Healthy Start scheme would return net benefits of £𝟳.𝟳 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 over 10 years. foodfoundation.org.uk/public…