All Coronavirus articles – Page 27
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News
Kerrygold owner Ornua hails ‘record’ profits for 2020
The dairy co-op’s 2020 accounts show a 69% increase in operating profit before exceptional items to €83.1m
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News
Food and drink exports fall nearly 10% in pandemic
Most of the top 10 food and drink products exported by the UK were negatively affected by Covid-19 and restrictions of movement
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Profiles
Midcounties Co-op chief retail officer Rupert Newman on adapting home delivery post lockdown
Newman tells The Grocer how the business aims to continue with its delivery service - launched in the pandemic - as the country emerges from the crisis
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News
Retailers urge customers to ‘ShopKind’ as they return to high street
The Home Office, Crimestoppers, trade bodies and a host of UK retailers launched the campaign today
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Booker sales surge despite Covid catering impact
The wholesale giant enjoyed a 18.5% jump in retail sales as more shoppers turned to convenience stores during the crisis
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Big Interviews
Big Interview Louise Hoste: How Spar evolved throughout coronavirus
Across an extensive grocery career, with spells in wholesale and convenience, as well as commercial and marketing roles, it was 2019 when Louise Hoste set her sights on Spar
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Analysis & Features
How sports sponsorship is upping its game for a post-Covid world
The pandemic has kept sports fans away from stadia – but fresh marketing opportunities have emerged as more people watch from home and embrace innovative technology. So how is the world of sports sponsorship likely to change for fmcg brands?
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Comment & Opinion
The flipside of the ‘coiled spring’ of unlocking is the nasty kickback of Covid
A new generation of shoppers will remain stuck indoors: too poor and/or too fearful to go out
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News
Scotmid Co-op results reveal sales up 6.2% to £409m
Society’s trading profts increased by 14.3% to £6.4m
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News
Pick for Britain scheme for UK-based farm workers scrapped
The scheme was launched last year to recruit UK workers for seasonal farm jobs
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Category Report
The Covid crisps mountain: bagged snacks category report 2021
Sales of bagged snacks have climbed high during the pandemic. Brands are on the top of the world. So, how can they stay there?
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News
Egg sales still growing after pandemic panic-buying boost
A record eight billion fresh shell eggs were sold in retail during the past year, said the BEIC
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News
DCS Group launches range of price-marked personal care lines for convenience
PMPs were largely removed by suppliers at the height of the Coronavirus crisis last March
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Analysis & Features
What does the reopening mean for food and drink stocks?
With the FTSE250 at pre-Covid levels, and the FTSE350 actually trading higher, we look at how grocery, retail, leisure and food to go stocks have fared
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Comment & Opinion
End of in-store social distancing will be down to the government, not Tesco
Ken Murphy is in ‘no hurry’ to get rid of social distancing – but Tesco’s shareholders will be, given the £900m knocked off profits
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Comment & Opinion
How the Better Business Act can help reset corporate responsibility
It is essential that the business leaders of today shape new and higher standards, says Douglas Lamont, Innocent Drinks CEO and co-chair of the Better Business Act coalition
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News
Linda McCartney’s adds four new lines for barbecue season
The plant-based pioneer said the NPD would capitalise on post-lockdown gatherings
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News
Asda ends in-store scratch baking putting 1,200 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Tesco announced a similar shake-up of its in-store bakeries
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News
Ken Murphy: Tesco in ‘no hurry’ to end social distancing
Tesco predicted it would face at least another £200m of pandemic costs in the current financial year
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News
‘Desperate’ wholesalers urge release of £1.5bn business rates relief
Legislation granting the relief has not yet been laid before Parliament and no money can be made available to local authorities