All Coronavirus articles – Page 29
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Comment & OpinionHow doing business ethically has evolved beyond the environment
The sustainability dialogue is expanding to include the health and wellbeing of staff and customers, says Perran Jervis, head of retail and consumer goods at UK law firm TLT
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Comment & Opinion‘Give Tesco a miss’: Tesco shows its class as full-year results approach
Tesco’s ‘miss’ ad campaign a hit as it takes a broader view of trade ahead of its results this week
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NewsCost of delivering online orders halved during pandemic, says report
The soaring popularity of online grocery delivery has made it more cost-effective for supermarkets using stock-pick models
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NewsJempson’s ramps up home delivery with online ordering platform
The move builds on the telephone, fax and email ordering systems Jempson’s set up to enable home deliveries in response to the first lockdown
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NewsMorrisons gives away millions of sunflower seeds as ‘sign of hope’ after lockdown
The seeds will be offered to customers by checkout staff and within online shopping orders
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NewsBrakes reports surge in sales as al fresco hospitality reopens
Brakes has put a raft of measures in place to help hospitality customers “get back on their feet”
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NewsTesco ad campaign urges customers to support pubs hit by lockdown
The supermarket is running a campaign acknowledging the ‘tough’ time the hospitality sector has had during the pandemic
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NewsMorrisons offers al fresco café dining as England emerges from lockdown
Morrisons has also introduced an ‘Order & Pay’ app
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NewsTesco promotes Tony Hoggett to chief strategy & innovation officer
The position has been created to steer Tesco’s plans as it adapts to the massive changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic
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NewsWhitby Seafoods announces first TV ad amid scampi sales boom
The Yorkshire brand said it hoped the advert would harness the power of British seaside nostalgia
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Comment & OpinionMilk is precious – farmers should be paid accordingly
It’s hard to claim the work of dairy farmers is truly valued when farmgate milk prices can be as low as 26p per litre, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Category ReportParty like it’s 2021! Beer & cider category report 2021
Forget popping the champagne. Brits look set to be breaking open the beer as Covid restrictions lift this summer. Who will win big?
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Comment & OpinionCo-op has a strong case for holding on to its business rates relief
Ultimately it shouldn’t matter whether Co-op can clearly demonstrate why it needs relief more than anyone else
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NewsCo-op won’t pay back business rates relief due to ‘disproportionate Covid costs’
It claimed it incurred a disproportionate increase in costs associated with coronavirus measures compared to larger supermarkets
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Comment & OpinionFmcg will need to fight to hold on to profits as inflation rises
There are a number of complex factors exacerbating the inflation situation, not least elevated Covid costs, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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NewsWholesalers face £30m bill as thousands of tonnes of food is wasted
The figure is three times higher than the Federation of Wholesale Distributors estimated for wasted goods in August 2020
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NewsCovid ‘war room’ closure ‘short-sighted’ warn food industry members
Discussions have shifted more towards problems arising from Brexit in recent months
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NewsOver 130 Nisa supplied holiday park stores to reopen after six-months
Most of the on-site shops, including at Haven Holidays and Center Parcs, closed in October last year
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NewsHilton sees revenues surge to £2.8bn amid Covid-19 home cooking boom
Hilton said it had seen progress in Europe across all its red meat, fish, vegetarian & vegan and fresh food lines
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NewsFurlough and redundancies spark food ‘lockdown-preneur’ boom
The new business boom comes after UK unemployment rose to a record high of 5.1% in December