All Coronavirus articles – Page 65
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Coronavirus: Poultry processing site closures risking welfare and supply
Factory outbreaks have already led to a mass culling of birds on backlogged farms
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Cook plans return to new store openings with retail park focus
Openings were halted last year due to Brexit uncertainty
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Install DRS machines? We’re too busy fighting for survival, say retailers
Government plans for a DRS have suffered another delay as the consultation is pushed back
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Brakes sees Sunday orders soar ahead of Eat Out to Help Out days
The foodservice giant said Sunday for Monday orders were up 150% during the first two weeks of August
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Banham Poultry confirms seven Covid-19 cases at Norfolk site
The processor said it had remained open despite the cases, but was now undertaking further tests of staff
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M&S pilots drive-through order collection in Surrey
The Camberley branch has added drive-up collection whereby customers can pick up their orders without leaving their car
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Berry Gardens-led consortium gains £2.5m funding for robotics trial
The trial will see robots deployed to help pick and pack fruit at a strawberry farm in Kent
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Greencore follows 2 Sisters and Cranswick with Covid site closure
The own label giant’s Northampton plant has been temporarily closed after almost 300 staff tested positive
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John Lewis Partnership trials virtual queuing system
The trial is taking place at six Waitrose stores and three John Lewis branches
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Analysis & Features
The four shopper mindsets that will rule retail’s ‘new normal’
These mindsets are intended as guides to help us understand the ways different shoppers are feeling and critically, what brands need to do to stay relevant
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Comment & Opinion
Why we cannot accept hunger as part of the new normal
It’s an apt time to return to the key aim of The Grocer’s Waste Not Want Not campaign: government funding for surplus food redistribution
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Capacity issues see Quorn lockdown volumes fall by 8%
Nielsen noted Quorn had struggled to capitalise on a lockdown surge in sales among the top 10 meat alternative brands
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Waitrose report finds number of older online shoppers has trebled
Waitrose online report suggested Covid-19 would have a long-term impact on shopping habits overall
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Government still investigating Sunday trading extensions
The move comes despite reports earlier in the summer the government had shelved plans to change the existing rules
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M&S to cut 7,000 jobs in response to ‘shift in trade’ caused by Covid
M&S to cut 7,000 jobs in response to ‘shift in trade’ caused by Covid
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Cranswick closes Ballymena pork plant as Covid outbreaks surge
Cranswick said the move, from 6pm on 22 August, followed ’a number of confirmed cases’ at the plant
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Comment & Opinion
In the Covid-19 era, government must double down on food waste efforts
When ministers get it right – as they did following our food waste petition – people can get they help they need
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The Grocer’s food waste campaign sparks huge increase in donations
FareShare said as a a direct result of the funding, it had signed up over 300 more UK farmers, growers, and manufacturers
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Danish Crown UK stays bullish despite sales and profit decline
The disruption caused by the African swine fever pandemic in China led to a fall in the amount of pork imported
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Tesco extends food collections to tackle pandemic hunger boom
From today until Saturday, collections will be held to support The Trussell Trust and FareShare