Public consultation on restricting meal deals

Proposals include restricting multi-buys, unlimited refills or selling at locations such as at checkouts and front of store.

A public consultation on whether to ban unhealthy drinks and snacks from meal deals has closed.

It was announced crisps and fizzy drinks could be dropped from meal deals, among a range of plans being considered by the Scottish Government to crack down on junk food.

 

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The proposals include banning multi-buy offers on unhealthy foods including buy one get one free and unlimited refills.

Restrictions on selling locations within a store, such as placing sugary drinks or fatty foods near tills where shoppers are likely to impulse buy, are also being considered.

The plans are billed as “rebalancing meal deals towards healthier options” and reducing purchases of foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS).

“If one or more components of a meal deal are an HFSS targeted food then the products could not be sold as a meal deal,” the proposals read.

 

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