Asda, Morrisons and Iceland named 'worst offenders' for sweet displays

摘要

Three leading supermarkets have been named as the 'worst offenders' for undermining parents' efforts to feed their children healthily. The report, from the Children's Food Campaign (CFC), states that Asda, Morrisons and Iceland display unhealthy food or drink at more than 80 per cent of their checkouts. The CFC also criticised The Co-op, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, for making families have to queue past displays of unhealthy snacks to reach the tills. The Checkouts Checked Out report found that most supermarkets and high street stores routinely promote unhealthy snacks at their checkout tills and in their queuing areas, despite several having promised a decade ago to reduce this unhealthy marketing practice. In many cases, confectionery was positioned at children's eye level.