All Coronavirus articles – Page 42
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will Covid shape food and drink trends in 2021?
Will we see a return to normal, or will shoppers persist with the new habits they formed under lockdown?
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NewsFruit & veg industry ‘nervous’ over seasonal worker uncertainty
Chair of the NFU’s horticulture and potatoes board, Ali Capper, has warned the timeline for SAWS was causing ‘nervousness’
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NewsWholesalers forced to furlough staff as government u-turns on school meals vouchers
The move to reintroduce the national voucher scheme on 18 January will see families offered £15 a week per eligible child
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NewsPig supply chain faces border chaos and feed pricing threat
Delays at the border, alongside absences, feed price increases and plumeting pig prices are all piling pressure on the sector
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NewsTesco to employ ‘tens of thousands’ part-time to cope with impact of Covid on workforce
CEO Ken Murphy said the UK’s biggest retailer currently had around 30,000 staff absent because of Covid
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NewsPaul reintroduces free hot drinks and discounts for NHS workers
Eligible workers can redeem a complimentary tea or coffee and the discount by showing café staff a valid ID card or Blue Light Card
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Comment & OpinionHow supermarkets can get people to ‘mask up’ to stop the spread of Covid-19
Clarity is vital, as is empathy, and making it easy for customers to wear masks, says Total Media’s William Hanmer Lloyd
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NewsTrolley handle disinfectant tech startup wins £90k government funding
99point9 already produces a small unit that can be fixed on to doors, to spray handles with disinfectant after use
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NewsUnitas slams disparity in grant funding between Scottish and English members
Goldney has written to the prime minister and the chancellor, urging them to establish a fund for wholesalers in England
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NewsPetition launched to prioritise shopworkers in Covid vaccine rollout
The petition was created by Sarah Green, understood to be a shopworker
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NewsBRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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NewsAsda to open in-store Covid vaccination centres
Qualified Asda pharmacy staff will administer jabs, starting with priority groups
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NewsNisa store trials inflatable social distancing barrier technology
Another trial was conducted over Christmas at a garden centre in Derby
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NewsBooths reports strong Christmas with like-for-like sales up 12%
There were strong sales of smaller turkey lines, up 23%, while turkey crown sales rose 38%
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NewsIceland launches new recruitment push for 1,000 drivers and 2,500 store staff
It’s on top of the 3,000 additional drivers and store assistants Iceland has already taken on in the pandemic
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NewsMorrisons first supermarket to guarantee £10 an hour pay
The increase, which is due in April, works out at around 9% for the vast majority of Morrisons workers
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NewsAldi pledges to donate 10 million meals to families in need
The discounter has also commissioned an animated film narrated by Marcus Rashford to raise awareness of food poverty
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NewsIceland rejects making staff enforce mask wearing by shoppers
Iceland has said that in light of abuse of shopworkers, it does not expect staff to ’confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law’
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NewsWaitrose to make masks mandatory in-store and limit shoppers to one per household
Staff will also now be required to wear face coverings behind Perspex screens and in back-of-house areas
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NewsMillions of pounds ‘unaccounted’ for from sugar tax, claims report
The report says £165m of SDIL revenues are unaccounted for in the current financial year alone