All Coronavirus articles – Page 61
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NewsCity snapshot: Greggs to cut jobs as sales remain well below pre-coronavirus levels
Greggs has confirmed it will cut staff numbers as its level of custom will remain “below normal for the foreseeable future” as sales remain well down year-on-year. Plus, Hotel Chocolat falls to annual loss, B&M’s sales surge continues and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Comment & OpinionGovernment’s 10pm curfew is laughably random – and deeply damaging to wholesalers
BoJo is under pressure from all corners to reverse this unhelpful and damaging coronavirus measure
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NewsAldi chief takes swipe at Tesco’s ‘marketing tricks and gimmicks’
Giles Hurley claimed: ‘More expensive supermarkets can only imitate, not replicate, what we do’
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NewsIndie craft brewers at ‘breaking point’ as sales plummet and taxes due to rise
Craft beer sales over July stood at just 51% of what brands would have expected in a ‘normal year’
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NewsSainsbury’s to double pre-pandemic online slot count by end of October
Some 700,000 online orders per week will be fulfilled via both home delivery and click & collect by the end of next month
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NewsDeliveroo to double number of riders this year with 15,000 new hires
It has already enrolled 15,000 riders during the course of the pandemic
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NewsBiotiful unveils kefir shots range to tap Covid-19 health trends
Each shot is said to contain authentic kefir grains and 30 billion active bacterial cultures
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NewsChancellor’s latest rescue package will not save hospitality businesses and suppliers, say industry leaders
The new Jobs Support Scheme has been welcomed, but many say Sunak’s new measures fall short of what’s needed to save jobs
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NewsTesco clamps down on stockpiling with new purchase limits on food
In-store purchases will be limited to three items per customer for flour, dried pasta, toilet roll, baby wipes and anti-bacterial wipes
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NewsConvenience retail market forecast to receive £3.8bn boost from coronavirus
The latest Lumina Intelligence UK Convenience Market Report Update 2020 has revealed the channel is well placed to capitalise on growth opportunities due to its ability to adapt
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NewsSpar retailer Lawrence Hunt closing at 10pm to protect staff from conflict after hospitality curfew
The retailer had already been experiencing conflict with customers who found it ‘ridiculous’ to have to wear masks in store after not needing one during their evening at a pub or restaurant
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NewsMedia Bites 25 September: Coronavirus, Morrisons, Pets at Home,
The government will cover almost a quarter of pay for workers in “viable” jobs for the next six months
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NewsMorrisons extends food boxes scheme as online demand soars
It said it wanted to provide alternatives for customers who did not want to visit supermarkets
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Comment & OpinionRoadmap report shows transparency is key in the fight against food waste
It’s been heartening to see the magnificent response by the industry to feeding the hungry and cutting waste, but many companies are lagging behind
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NewsGovernment backtracks on face mask rule for shopworkers
The industry expressed anger that the huge investment in protective screens may not prevent staff having to wear face coverings
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NewsMilk & More sign-ups rocket in 2020
Milk & More signed up more online customers in the first eight months of 2020 than it did during the whole of 2019
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NewsMorrisons puts restrictions on toilet roll and hand gel in new Covid clampdown
Despite supermarket bosses urging customers not to stockpile, the supermarket said it was placing limits on key products
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NewsHospitality bodies and food chains urge Chancellor to extend support
A survey by the British Beer & Pub Association, UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping found a members expect to let go of a quarter of their staff by February next year
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NewsSupermarkets and suppliers still failing on food waste transparency, warns report
A progress report by the IGD and Wrap shows two-thirds of food businesses signed up to the Food Waste Roadmap are still not publishing their figures
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NewsTesco calls for mandatory clampdown on food waste as suppliers step up efforts
The supermarket today said a three-year partnership across 71 of its biggest suppliers had seen food waste slashed by 200,000 tonnes