All Coronavirus articles – Page 40
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Comment & OpinionCan supermarkets and food suppliers force staff to have the Covid-19 vaccine?
In January, Pimlico Plumbers became one of the first UK employers to publicly announce plans to force its employees to have the Covid-19 vaccine, opening a wider debate about employee rights. So what do supermarkets and food manufacturers need to consider when developing their own vaccine policy?
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Comment & OpinionBrexit port chaos is threatening to undermine impressive industry efforts on food waste
Too Good To Go’s new campaign is backed by Defra, Wrap and almost 30 food and drink suppliers, including Nestlé, Arla Foods and Danone
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Analysis & FeaturesCoronavirus: what are the latest in-store measures from the major supermarkets?
Supermarkets have been forced to step up safety measures. So what are their latest moves to keep shoppers and staff as safe as possible?
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NewsIceland expands Uber Eats trial to more London stores
The trial is just one of the ways Iceland has dramatically expanded its online services during the pandemic
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NewsCompanies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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Comment & OpinionWhy fmcg brands need to embrace the new era of shopper marketing
Shopper marketing should now be centred on the shopper and all the decision-making touchpoints they encounter, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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NewsMarigold slides into red after fire but lockdown cooking demand provides boost
The business was hit with exceptional costs of £1.3m related to the fire, including redundancy payouts for more than 100 staff, and saw stock worth £2m destroyed.
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Comment & OpinionPeople at every level within the food and drink industry make the difference
It’s important we reward the likes of Morrisons delivery driver Kevin Hunter
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NewsQuarter of UK households live in ‘veg poverty’, new research finds
Plant-based veg brand Strong Roots has pledged to supply its products to food banks off the back of the research
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NewsIrish food and drink exports to UK ‘buoyant’ in 2020: Bord Bia
Volumes exported to the UK did fall ‘marginally’, according to a new report by the food board
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership to donate £2m to charities as extension of Christmas fundraiser
It follows the Partnership raising over £3m for the charities through its Give a Little Love campaign
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NewsAldi falls short of 50 new stores a year in 2020
Delays to construction under Covid restrictions have forced Aldi to push some of the 2020 target into 2021
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are in an impossible position on face masks
When it comes to face mask enforcement, retailers are being told to go left, go right and stay where they are, all at the same time
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Comment & OpinionMass testing is a positive step. Food companies should embrace it quickly
The prospect of the rollout does allow the industry at least to ‘take a small step ahead of the virus’
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NewsMass Covid testing for food workers begins after Tate & Lyle trial
The government has agreed to provide up to six weeks’ worth of free tests for food companies
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NewsAsda to donate 7,000 laptops to children to help isolation learning
The retailer said it wanted to help children lacking the technology to take part in online lessons during lockdown
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NewsMorrisons rolls out food waste plan with The Bread and Butter Thing
Morrisons revealed plans to redistribute surplus food to 30,000 families in need through TBBT in 2021
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NewsSpanish storm pushes up wholesale salad and veg prices
The price rises were the result of ’supply shortages and logistical bottlenecks’ in Spain, said Mintec
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NewsFood manufacturers call on government for rescue package
A coalition of 18 trade associations has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlining measures designed to help food producers
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Comment & OpinionThere are too many either-ors in grocery: balance marketing and engineering
Retailers need the right balance between their identity as a business and an assessment of what appeals most to individual customers, says Tim Mason, CEO of Eagle Eye