All Coronavirus articles – Page 63
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Home Bargains to introduce traffic lights at store entrances
Home Bargains joins Aldi in introducing traffic lights at store entrances to control shopper numbers during the pandemic
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Cold chain logistics bodies call for delay on red diesel ban
Cold Chain Federation research shows the government’s move would increase its members’ operating costs by 1% a year
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Departing Waitrose digital chief Ben Stimson to join NHS Test and Trace
He will join as the NHS launches a second iteration of the tracking app across England and Wales on 24 September
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Aldi launches first click & collect trial
The trial has been launched initially for staff but is set to be extended to customers within weeks
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How brands can help enable positive parts of the ‘new normal’
Lockdown has given most of us time to reflect on the way we live and has created some behaviours that could actually be beneficial
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M&S raises £8m for NHS Charities Together
M&S received 24,000 donations from customers via its Sparks loyalty app
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Gimmick or not, Tesco’s drone trial shows supermarkets are looking to get delivery right
Tesco and Morrisons are both investing in innovative (and traditional) delivery solutions
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Galaxy and Maltesers lockdown sales devastated by Mars site breakdown
Galaxy and Maltesers sales were down 23.5% and 29.7% respectively
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Food companies provide online training for school leavers affected by Covid
More than 80 school leavers took part in the IGD scheme to deliver an interactive week of learning
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Tesco to trial drone deliveries next month
Tesco said it is working with Irish tech company Manna on the project
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City snapshot: Morrisons profits dented by extra coronavirus costs
Morrisons has reported a surge in first half sales, but a double-digit fall in profitability as the extra costs of operating through the coronavirus crisis hit its bottom line.
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125,000 retail jobs lost so far in 2020, according to report
Retail jobs have been shed at a rate of 15,700 a month, according to figures from the Centre for Retail Research
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Booker to merge Chef Direct foodservice business with Best Food Logistics
The wholesaler has reviewed its foodservice operations in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis
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Iceland links with Uber Eats for 20-minute delivery amid major online expansion
Iceland is also looking to launch same-day delivery more widely, MD Richard Walker said as the supermarket revealed its online expansion had created 3,000 new jobs
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Morrisons to provide doorstep deliveries to retirement communities
It has joined forces with retirement community provider McCarthy & Stone on the scheme
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Iceland steps up support for Marcus Rashford’s food poverty campaign with free frozen veg bags
Shoppers using Healthy Start vouchers at Iceland will be offered a £1 bag of frozen veg for free from 11 September
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Two-thirds of convenience stores enjoy coronavirus sales boost
Basket spend was up 77% on average while more than half of shopkeepers saw a decrease in footfall
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Obesity strategy risks being waste of time and money, warns NAO report
The NAO said successive governments had done too little to evaluate the success of their interventions in tackling childhood obesity
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Seafarer crisis a ‘ticking time bomb’ for global food supplies
Industry is calling for seafarers to be designated key workers to help alleviate the 250,000 stuck on ships
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PHE waters down ‘unrealistic’ calorie reduction targets
Public Health England today published a long-delayed list of voluntary targets for the sector