We hold a trusted position at the heart of the industry. We use our research and expertise to help people and businesses around the world prepare for and face into the strategic challenges ahead. A research and education charity, IGD is the leading source of information and best practice on the consumer...
Our network of members makes us unique. We have close relationships with our 750+ corporate members covering lots of different companies...
Join our experts who are leading the way on international research, providing insight across the whole food and grocery chain, upskilling...
We have picked out three of the latest big picture trends from our ShopperVista monitor of British grocery shopper sentiment. If you work in the industry, they will help you understand what shoppers are currently doing and why.
Richard Wallace looks at how scan and go systems are making life easier for shoppers and blurring the lines between the online and...
Graham Dorrington knows what it is to be a category leader in food and grocery – he’s spent his whole career in the industry. As a...
IGD is proud to announce the opportunity for you to hear direct from GB Managing Director, Donal Horgan and Trading Director, Kenton Burchell as well as Musgrave Group CEO, Chris Martin, and Group Commercial & Supply Chain Director, Sharon Buckley, who will take you through the latest developments of...
IGD's Getting started workshop is the perfect introduction to category management. It combines the latest industry thinking with appropriate...
IGD is delighted to announce details of The Co-operative Trade Briefing 2013. Taking place on 5 September in Manchester, you have...
Read our chief executive's address at the ECR Europe conference in Brussels on why companies should remain optimistic during a time of unprecedented opportunity for the food and consumer goods industry.
IGD's chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch provides her commentary on March's food and grocery sales
The UK food and grocery convenience market is set to be worth £46.2bn by 2018, increasing by nearly a third (29.8%) from its current...
Learn how to prevent product and packaging waste between factory in-gate and till with this free online resource from ECR UK.
Consumer trust is arguably the single most important asset to the whole food supply chain. This article gives examples of how manufacturers...
Confused about food and nutrition terminology? Our new Nutrition Glossary contains clear definitions for a range of food and nutrition...
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From the ripcord on a packet of biscuits, kerbside recycling, product numbering and date stamping, to GDA labelling, international retail, collaborative programmes and sustainability, we've been promoting learning, insight and technical expertise across the industry for over a hundred years...working on things that make a difference to ordinary people.
In November 1909 a group of grocers came together to create a body that would improve and develop professional standards of training and education in grocery management. The Institute of Certificated Grocers was formed. In 1972 it merged with the Institute of Food Distribution and IGD was born - the first step towards creating a total chain organisation. Joanne Denney-Finch became chief executive of IGD in the late nineties and took us into farming, putting the last piece of the supply chain jigsaw into place. IGD is a truly total chain organisation working right across the food and consumer goods industry.
During the course of the last 100 years the food and grocery industry has seen a huge amount of change. We are now a truly world-class industry, delivering consumer goods through efficient supply chains, providing millions of jobs and helping to drive the UK economy.
IGD has seen a lot of changes too – our training and education remain at the core of what we do, but there is so much more to us than that. From our respected market intelligence, through supply chain expertise to consumer insight. We bring the whole food chain together to tackle sustainability, nutrition, health, and the big issues of the day.
In this section you can find a potted history of IGD in our centenary timeline and a video looking at how far we have come as an industry over the last 100 years.
Our charity delivers public benefit. Our expertise in international consumer goods retailing, supply chains, shopper ins...
We’re a charity governed by a board of trustees. We don’t lobby and we’re not-for-profit. All the money we make selling ...
We’re a charity governed by a board of trustees. We don’t lobby and we’re not-for-profit. All the money we make selling our research and services goes back into delivering public benefit.
All of the money we make through our online subscription sites, hosting events and providing services to our members helps us deliver public benefit through developing people, and helping consumers lead healthy lives and improving sustainability.
The IGD Academy is the centre of excellence for strategic insights, learning and development, helping to build the capability of people and businesses around the world.