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Jon Woolven, Strategy and Innovation Director

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My agenda

• Who am I to talk about this?

• Our latest shopper research

• Some international best practice

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IGD is a research and training charity that helps the food and grocery industry deliver the needs of the public

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Our 900+ members include…

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Our aim is to help equip the food and grocery industry to deliver a secure and

sustainable future

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Our heritage on health includes …

Reformulation guidelines

Communicating on portion size

Defining Wholegrain

5 a day portions in composite foods

GDAs on back of pack

Sustainable diets

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Our current healthy eating programme

1. Research on how to help and inspire more people to use nutrition labels more of the time

2. A large scale experiment of healthy eating interventions in the workplace

3. Helping smaller companies with reformulation

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Supported by our shopper research team

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The business case for encouraging health

Ethical behaviour builds loyalty Healthy shoppers come back!

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But should retailers set out to influence food choice?

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73%

22%

5%

Most shoppers take responsibility for their own diet It is essentially up to me to follow a healthy balanced diet

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

AGREE DISAGREE NEITHER

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37%

28%

35%

But it’s impossible not to influence! I go in-store aiming to buy healthy products but am tempted to buy

treats and less healthy products

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

AGREE DISAGREE NEITHER

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4%

39%

40%

12% 5%

Few of us have reached the pinnacle of healthy eating!

It’s rare for me to eat unhealthy foods

I usually eat healthily but with less healthy treats sometimes

I eat reasonably healthily but regularly have less healthy treats

I only eat healthy foods now and again

I’m not interested in a healthy diet

Which of the following statements most closely reflects your attitude to eating?

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

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My diet isn’t as healthy as it could be but it’s healthy enough

59%

15%

26%

But our motivation to change isn’t very strong

AGREE DISAGREE NEITHER

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

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56%

9%

35%

And we’re confused and sceptical Advice on nutrition keeps changing so I’m not confident it’s correct

AGREE DISAGREE NEITHER

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

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38%

24%

38%

The jury is divided on choice editing I wish some unhealthy products were withdrawn from food stores

AGREE DISAGREE NEITHER

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

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Permission to reformulate … with a caveat

70% 4%

26%

I’m happy for food companies to change the recipe of products to make them healthier, provided they’re still as tasty

AGREE DISAGREE NEITHER

Base: All main grocery shoppers, Aug 14 – 16th 2015

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So … should retailers influence food choice?

They have shopper permission within certain boundaries

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Ways to influence choice

Pricing and promotions

Display Range Layout

Information

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Nutrition labels

3 things we know

• Used by a minority and when we’re unsure

• Comprehension good

• Various barriers limit usage

3 things we want to understand better

• Role within the whole thinking process

• Importance of trust

• How to overcome the barriers

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Global innovations

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Healthy merchandising – Philippines

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Instore dietitians at Loblaw, Canada

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Multifaceted campaign at Centra Stores, Ireland

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Carrefour and Nestlé's House of Nutrition – Brazil

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Healthy shopping cart – Walmart, Costa Rica

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Strategic alliance in Spain

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Is this the future?