All Coronavirus articles – Page 22
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VAT dispute set to further delay DRS rollout, warn drinks bosses
Circularity Scotland is fighting an HMRC ruling that VAT should be applicable to deposits paid under the scheme
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Sales at Bidfood affected by coronavirus-hit final three months of financial year
According to results filed this week, turnover had been outperforming the previous year up until the start of the pandemic
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Supermarkets agree to change own label rules to send more to food banks
Supermarkets and suppliers are hoping to stop huge amounts of surplus own-label food being sent to animal feed rather than food banks
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City snapshot: SSP Group slumps to £300m loss as Covid continues to hammer Upper Crust owner
Upper Crust and Ritazza owner SSP Group has fallen to first-half pre-tax losses of £300m as the ongoing coronavirus restrictions wiped out revenues. Plus, the European Commission has given Total Produce the all clear for its combination with Dole Food Company.
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Company Shop increases number of redistributed items
Company Shop opened five new stores last year
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Tesco CEO calls for legislation to protect staff from abuse
Jason Tarry has joined calls for legislation to protect shopworkers from ‘abuse, threats and violence’
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Tesco gives all staff 2.7% pay rise
Tesco said the one-year deal had been developed in partnership with union reps from Usdaw
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Morrisons shoppers donate £500,000 to food banks through Trussell Trust
Morrisons added pre-set donation options to orders during the pandemic
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Tesco and Carrefour call time on buying alliance
The UK’s biggest retailer and the French hypermarket empire said they wanted to focus on “their own opportunities”
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Asda in-store Covid vaccine rollout hits 50,000 mark
The supermarket has been involved in trying to ensure higher uptake amog BAME communities
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Wholesalers sound alarm over axing of government’s Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme
The scheme will come to an end on 30 June after providing around £210bn in insurance cover
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What May’s grocery spend tells us about the ‘new normal’
Forecasts of permanent changes in behaviour appear to be coming to pass
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Hancocks reports £1.3m loss after Covid devastates sales
Hancocks received £6.5m in government-backed loans after coronavirus restrictions forced the wholesaler to temporarily close its 19 cash & carry site
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Scrapping deposit return scheme for digital system ‘would save £3.5bn’
Research by Resource Future has suggested huge savings over the next decade with a digital scheme
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Industry bosses call on Eustice to rethink ‘unrealistic’ EPR plans
The government’s own estimates of the cost to industry have spiralled from the £1.1bn estimated in 2019 to £2.7bn
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Cook sees 7% sales jump as proportion of online orders soars
The upmarket frozen food retailer and manufacturer said it would pay back £235k of furlough aid
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Comment & Opinion
Suppliers need to master the new ‘remote’ buyer-seller interface
Buyers may well get into the office a couple days a week post-Covid, but they still won’t be meeting suppliers, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Young’s Seafood unveils ‘Masters of Scampi’ marketing campaign
The supplier is celebrating 75 years since it played a role in the invention of scampi
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With Aldi and Lidl winning share again normal service has resumed. Or has it?
Grocers and their suppliers are still benefiting from a market that’s anything but normal
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Confidence rises as food and drink companies see ‘light at end of tunnel’
An FDF survey found the rollout of the vaccine and the easing of lockdown restrictions were having a positive impact