All Coronavirus articles – Page 107
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Comment & OpinionYou can’t mothball a cow, rescue packages are needed for great swathes of the industry
If HMG doesn’t thrash out a rescue package for great swathes of the food and drink sector caught up in this - if it doesn’t find bespoke solutions - many more will go under
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NewsSainsbury’s revives Chop Chop delivery service from closed c-store
The supermarket had suspended its on-demand service, which guaranteed the delivery of up to 20 items in less than 60 minutes, to focus all efforts on stocking stores and meeting surging demand for online
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Comment & OpinionCoronavirus threatens sustainability: plastic is making a comeback
It’s time for recycling work to be considered essential
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Comment & OpinionCompanies thank NHS staff with food donations
Acts of kindness and charity throughout the coronavirus crisis have been legion
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NewsAsda and M&S create new payment cards for volunteers shopping for those self-isolating
The cards are aimed at shoppers relying on friends, neighbours and volunteers to get their groceries for them
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NewsFood factories close as industry urges government help
Food and drink leaders are calling on the government to urgently ramp up financial support for the industry
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Comment & OpinionAsda wheels out Burnley to offer reassurance and clarity
The big four have all come up with ads addressing the new rules of shopping
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Analysis & FeaturesHow food charities are fighting hunger amid the coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has been ‘complete and utter chaos’ for charities and groups that redistribute food surplus
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NewsSupermarkets under pressure to shut shopping centre stores
Landlords have been leaning on food retailers to cease trading so centres can close
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NewsVitality CBD adapts production line to make protective screens for retailers
The barriers are made on equipment Vitality ordinarily uses for producing counter display units
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Analysis & FeaturesHow disastrous is the coronavirus crisis for dairy farmers and processors?
Mid-market processors, especially those who supply foodservice, are suffering massive losses
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NewsCoronavirus: Challenger brands launch website to offset sales collapse
Andrew Allen, Snaffling Pig co-founder and Biff’s partner, started the list of small suppliers last week
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NewsCoronavirus: GLAA allows temporary licences to help food sector
The authority will let firms not currently sourcing labour for food businesses to do so for up to three months
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NewsCity snapshot: Chancellor revamps coronavirus emergency loans programme
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a revamp of the government’s emergency loan measures to struggling SMEs by relaxing the criteria for eligible businesses and raising the limit on the size of companies that can apply. Plus, ABF leadership take pay cuts and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsStartups still reporting cash raises despite coronavirus
Nix & Kix, Big Drop Brewing and Different Dog are among recent success stories
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Analysis & FeaturesThe great foodservice diversion: can companies repurpose fast enough?
A once-secure sector is now in a desperate struggle for survival
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NewsDeliveroo threatens to sack riders using restaurants with no social distancing
Order pick-ups have become increasingly concentrated around the few restaurants still offering takeaways
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NewsDTC recipe box supplier Gousto recruiting 100 new factory staff
The staff are needed to keep production running amid soaring demand
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NewsMorrisons to treble staff bonuses in recognition of ‘huge effort’
The retailer said the changes represented a bonus payment of £1,050 for a full-time frontline colleague
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NewsPubs to trade as local food shops with new trade initiative
Admiral Taverns, Greene King Pub Partners, Trust Inns and St Austell Brewery have already signed up