‘Poorly thought through’: UK food firms say packaging tax is pushing up prices

Green groups defend ‘essential’ levy, but Heck sausages and Gü desserts among those who say shoppers will pick up tabA packaging tax designed to end our throwaway society is under fire for inadvertently adding to food price inflation as it pushes up the cost of everything from sausages to soft drinks.“It’s about 3p on a pack of sausages,” says Andrew Keeble, the co-founder of Heck, of the new extended producer responsibility (EPR) tax. Continue reading...