Overview

• The UK’s HFSS regulations took effect on 1 October, ending certain multibuy promotions and prohibiting free refills of pre‑sweetened drinks, with a TV ad watershed before 9pm and an online promotions ban due from January.
• Toby Carvery says all unlimited soft‑drink options are now sugar‑free and has removed full‑sugar Pepsi from self‑serve stations across its 158 restaurants.
• Morrisons cafés have excluded hot chocolate and mochas from their free refill offer, with in‑store notices citing the legislative change.
• Nando’s now limits Coca‑Cola Classic to one glass per customer, while diet and zero‑sugar fizzy drinks remain bottomless.
• JD Wetherspoon says it is reviewing its refill policy, and the Department of Health and Social Care clarifies that the refill ban covers only drinks with sugar added before purchase.