All Coronavirus articles – Page 79
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Analysis & Features
Grocer 33: How supermarkets responded to the coronavirus in-store
The annual Grocer 33 competition has tracked store performance throughout the coronavirus pandemic. So how have they fared?
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News
Convenience retail sector forecast to grow 8% this year
Convenience retail had benefited from larger basket sizes and spend since the start of the coronavirus pandemic
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Analysis & Features
Is there room for new product development in the pandemic?
NPD is starting to ramp up again. So how are brands continuing to innovate, and what challenges are they facing?
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News
British apple and pear harvests could shrink this year
Difficult conditions caused by volatile weather, the coronavirus crisis and continued issues around labour have all impacted growers
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News
Central England Co-op stores to offer umbrellas to queuing customers
The umbrellas will be sanitised between each use
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Demand forces Cathedral City to take extra mature cheddar off sale
Saputo Dairy UK said it had been forced to withdraw the variant from sale due to ‘unprecedented’ demand
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2 Sisters suspends production at Anglesey chicken factory affected by coronavirus outbreak
Public Health Wales said yesterday it had identified 51 confirmed cases of coronavirus associated with the poultry processing plant in Anglesey
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News
B&M offers hope to workers affected by Poundstretcher restructure
Poundstretcher’s rapidly growing rival said it wanted to hear from people affected by redundancy or restructures
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News
Asda staff thanked with discount events on top of extra week’s pay
As part of a ‘thank you week’, staff will be entitled to discount events with a range of products discounted across stores
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News
Costa Coffee to reopen 40% of UK cafés for takeaways
The high street chain will be offering a takeaway service from 1,100 stores
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News
New Ubamarket app looks to aid hospitality businesses post-lockdown
Ubarmarket, is designed to help bars, pubs and restaurants tackle hygiene and safety challenges
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Major coronavirus outbreak at 2 Sisters factory in Anglesey
Public Health Wales confirmed 51 positive tests associated with the outbreak
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Vulnerable supermarket staff told to return to work or face losing pay
It is understood as many as 16,000 Tesco workers have been told they should return to work
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Comment & Opinion
Free school meals debacle is latest on a list of government cock-ups
The limits on the timescale of the voucher scheme, incredibly, only touch the surface of the true incompetence on show
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Comment & Opinion
Businesses will need to keep up the flexibility they’ve demonstrated during the crisis
Businesses that embrace the learnings of the past few months will be those most likely to thrive – not just survive, says Rob Amar, MD of RH Amar
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Analysis & Features
Coronavirus in-store safety: which supermarkets are doing it best?
The coronavirus pandemic has forced retailers to introduce a variety of social distancing measures to keep staff and customers safe. We worked with Shepper on a spot check of 500 supermarkets to find out who’s doing it best
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News
Report urges government support for ‘squeezed middle’ food businesses
Some companies face up to 50% of their customer base delaying payments or not paying outstanding invoices because of the crisis
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News
Extending Sunday trading will harm rural communities, Co-op Midcounties boss warns
In a letter to business secretary Alok Sharma, Co-op Midcounties CEO Phil Ponsonby warned proposed changes would drive local stores out of business
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News
Asda wraps vans and lorries in message of thanks for key workers
Asda hoped the messages would show how much it supported the efforts of key workers
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Hubbub using electric fleet to launch food redistribution scheme in Milton Keynes
The environmental charity will use a fleet of electric bikes and vans to distribute the food