HFSS - Full Guide

8 9 acs.org.uk 3. LOCATION RESTRICTIONS You cannot display HFSS product within 2m of a checkout facility where customers complete purchases. This includes areas on or behind the checkout and self-service checkouts. You can display HFSS products within 2m of a checkout facility if they are within (but not at the end of) an aisle . There are no restrictions on images of HFSS products, on posters or digital screens, being displayed within 2m of checkout facilities or behind counters. Checkout facility 2m HFSS restricted area 2m HFSS restricted area You can still display HFSS products on aisle units within the 2m HFSS restricted area. HFSS products cannot be displayed on or behind a checkout facility. Other than on aisle units, HFSS products cannot be displayed within 2m of checkouts. You cannot display HFSS products on end-of-aisle units or a separate structure (such as an island bin, free-standing unit, side stack or clip strip) connected or adjacent to, or within 50cm of, such an aisle end. The areas, shaded red in the diagram below, represent aisle ends where HFSS products cannot be displayed. Other separate display structures must be 50cm away from these locations. Island type displays are not captured by the end-of-aisle unit restrictions as these do not have one prominent end for displaying goods unless they are in a HFSS restricted area. See diagram below: End-of-aisle units HFSS products cannot be displayed on end-of-aisle units. Island display units are unaffected by the end-of-aisle unit restrictions. 50cm HFSS restricted area Convenience retailers with more than 50 employees AND relevant internal floor area (sales space) of over 2,000 sq. ft (185.8sqm) cannot display HFSS products within certain distances of checkouts and designated queuing areas, on end-of-aisle units, and near store entrances. The location restrictions apply to all HFSS product s regardless of how they are promoted. You cannot display HFSS products in the locations outlined below: HFSS PRODUCTS: PROMOTION AND LOCATION REGULATIONS An ACS advice guide for retailers © Association of Convenience Stores 2022. Illustration by www.fluiddesignstudio.com © Association of Convenience Stores 2022. Illustration by www.fluiddesignstudio.com