OPINION: Make sure your shop is ready for HFSS in October – James Lowman, chief executive, ACS

Convenience stores are used to adapting when the rules change, and the past two years have shown retailers are fantastic at changing swiftly to ensure that their business can continue trading effectively.

As we now hopefully look beyond any issues in stores associated with the pandemic in 2022, preparation has begun for the next big shift in the way that we can set out our stores and promote products to customers as we count down to the introduction of HFSS restrictions in October.

This legislation will affect thousands of stores, and will require many to carry out a fundamental rethink of their strategy and the way that their store is laid out.