All Coronavirus articles – Page 112
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NewsClosed retailers pressure shopping centres to shut too, threatening supermarket stores
Shops ordered to close by Boris Johnson are refusing to pay shopping centre service charges
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NewsSainsbury’s grants tenants one-month rent holiday
The supermarket announced yesterday it was offering tenants the option to pay rent monthly instead of quarterly
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Analysis & FeaturesCoronavirus availability: which supermarkets have the best stock levels
We’ve teamed up with asset checker Shepper to give you an idea of how the supermarkets are stacking up when it comes to keeping stock on shelves
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Comment & OpinionTreasury measures are a positive start but more needs to be done to protect SMEs
Perhaps most concerning is that, so far, the available help only comes in the form of debt
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NewsCoronavirus: Parfetts urges suppliers to keep local shops stocked up
Joint-MD Greg Suszczenia warned against suppliers prioritising major supermarkets over the wholesale sector
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NewsCoronavirus: booze retailers and brands allowed to stay open
The government has updated its list of premises that are allowed to remain open
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NewsCoronavirus: produce sector warns of May labour ‘crunch point’
The news comes despite 8,000 applications from British workers in recent days
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NewsSainsbury’s trials sale of Brakes catering-sized products
Sainsbury’s is currently selling catering-sized packs of Brakes own-label food in 10 stores in Kent
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NewsCoronavirus and adverse weather threaten apple juice supplies
Unwilling to buy from China, importers could turn to Poland, where there are concerns about mild temperatures
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NewsAsda and Tesco become latest retailers to limit customer numbers in stores
Asda said it would be placing colleagues at the front of stores to “limit the number of customers” coming in
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Comment & OpinionWhat can we learn from these early days of the coronavirus crisis?
This crisis shines a light on our complex, fantastic industry – and it may change it forever, says Jeremy Garlick, partner of Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionTo feed the nation, we must keep calm and collaborate
The food industry needs to share ideas and information, says Ged Futter, director of The Retail Mind
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NewsIceland delivery vans set alight in act of ‘mindless vandalism’
The vans were set alight outside Iceland’s Southmead stores following clashes between youths and police
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Comment & OpinionCoronavirus: what are the biggest challenges for food producers?
Businesses in the sector should pivot supply from wholesale to retail to meet the spike in demand, says EY’s David Murray
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NewsSainsbury’s moves to immediate supplier payments
The supermarket said support would also be available to suppliers in financial distress as a result of the ongoing uncertainty
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NewsCoronavirus: 94% of Brits support supermarket sales restrictions
Older consumers showed particularly strong support for the restrictions, found a YouGov survey, while Londoners were the most dubious
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NewsCity snapshot: SSP braces for £135m coronavirus revenue hit
As travel halts across Europe and Asia, SSP Group expects group revenues to fall between £125m and £135m
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NewsIceland to issue store staff with face masks
It’s one of a range of measures from the frozen food specialist to help slow the spread of coronavirus
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NewsM&S boosts food ranges at hospital stores for NHS staff
M&S has also signed a deal with Deliveroo to provide home delivery of essentials like milk, bread and ready meals from BP franchise stores
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Comment & OpinionA message of support to all our readers, customers, partners and friends in the UK food and drink sector
In these harrowing times, the industry is working together in every sense