Dutch television program "The Power of Supermarkets" shows that supermarkets can and should do more.

Zembla's report 'The depleted soil: Supermarket power', the researchers look for the role that supermarkets play in the current food system. "We know that there are major problems in the food system. We also know that supermarkets are in an excellent position to help solve these problems. But what we don't know is what exactly they're doing to solve those problems." Says Gustaaf Haan, head of research Questionmark. 

The report shows that supermarkets are reluctant to make the real costs of food preparation transparent. "Supermarkets and politicians are complicit in planetary plundering," says Professor Willem Schinkel.

(Leaving) minister Schouten calls the contact with supermarkets "viscous" and states that she is disappointed with the attitude of supermarkets. "I think they can really show more ambitions there. In fact, society calls for it and it is in their own interest to simply be transparent about it." Watch the entire broadcast (in Dutch) here: https://www.bnnvara.nl/zembla/artikelen/de-uitgeputte-bodem-supermarktmacht