All Coronavirus articles – Page 116
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Freshways cuts milk price and extends terms in response to coronavirus
The supplier is to extend terms to 45 days to ease cashflow worries
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Moy Park advertises hundreds of temp roles in bid to meet coronavirus demand
The temporary roles will be particularly targeted at hospitality workers due to their hygiene and food safety training
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Letters: now is the time for large retailers to step up and pay their smaller suppliers quickly
”Our most significant challenge now is managing cash”
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Supermarkets react to spike in demand by slashing promotions
Ocado, for one, has written to several suppliers to say it is removing all promotions set for April
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Retailers set aside trading hours for elderly shoppers
Iceland led the way at the start of the week by encouraging its store managers to dedicate the first two hours of opening
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Coronavirus: Crowdfunding platform Seedrs insists investor interest will remain strong
Seedrs reassured its community it was operating “business as usual” and will continue to support companies looking to raise investment
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Co-op to fast-track recruitment of 5,000 store staff from hospitality industry
Recruitment procedures have been simplified for the temporary roles
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City snapshot: M&S warned of ‘severe impact’ of coronavirus and readies store closure contingencies
Marks & Spencer has warned of the “severe impact” of the coronavirus outbreak on its clothing and home business and has detailed a cost-control programme to mitigate the damage. Plus, supermarket competition law temporarily relaxed, Hotel Chocolat raises cash amid outbreak sales downturn and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Coronavirus: EU border restrictions are disrupting food supplies
More than a dozen EU countries have introduced border controls to try and stem the spread of coronavirus
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Neil Turton to stay on to steer Sugro through coronavirus
Turton was due to leave the business on 1 May following a notice period
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Frozen Food Platform set up to match hospitality suppliers with grocery retailers
The Frozen Food Platform is a response to the crisis in the out-of-home market
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Time for the government to recognise food industry workers as essential
So-called ‘low-skilled’ workers are proving to be the bedrock of our society, and should be treated as such
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Kellogg’s seeks temporary workers to ramp up production
It has urged anyone with food manufacturing experience to apply
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Fears food suppliers may not be able to cope with coronavirus demand
FDF has written to environment secretary George Eustice, urging the government to prioritise the food workforce
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Central England Co-op employs temporary staff to cope with panic buying
The business has also launched an urgent appeal for food bank donations
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Logistics company proposes 120,000 taxi drivers and couriers for food delivery
It follows talks between retail bosses and government over using non-food deliverers including taxis…
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Waitrose introduces new measures to deal with coronavirus crisis
The measures include a £1m community fund to support stores
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Coronavirus: claims that closed restaurants are forced to waste food untrue, says City Harvest
The charity said that earlier in the week, one national radio station took calls from people planning to set up their own food redistribution businesses
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Coronavirus: wholesalers and suppliers struggle with loss of bar and restaurant sales
Chancellor Rishi Sunak tabled a £330bn bailout for businesses impacted by the outbreak including pubs and restaurants
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Supermarkets to benefit from £3bn bailout on business rates
The move would benefit 3,400 superstores and hypermarkets, paying £2.68bn a year in rates