Stores news – Page 61
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NewsFood factories close as industry urges government help
Food and drink leaders are calling on the government to urgently ramp up financial support for the industry
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NewsM&S adds food brands to boost availability
M&S has also announced immediate payment terms for small suppliers
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NewsCoronavirus: Beef processors face profit squeeze over carcase balance
While shoppers have been stocking up on beef, they have avoided more expensive cuts of beef
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NewsIkea opens Croydon food market for NHS staff and vulnerable people
The retailer will stock the usual range of meatballs and hotdogs alongside staple grocery items such as bread, milk and baked beans
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NewsPoundland to temporarily close 100 stores
Staff are to be furloughed in the government’s job retention scheme or transfered to another store where possible
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NewsSainsbury’s and WH Smith to offer more grocery at hospital stores
The retailers said the collaboration would support the needs of NHS staff and make it easier for them to buy food and essential items
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NewsIndustry leaders call for mass coronavirus testing of food sector workers
It has emerged online delivery company Ocado had privately ordered 100,000 Covid-19 testing kits for staff
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NewsOnline platform launched to match idle lorries with struggling food producers
The British Frozen Food Federation has launched the service to ‘fill gaps in demand in the supply chain’
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NewsChristine Tacon calls for retailers to help suppliers facing cashflow problems
Tacon has always previously refused to give any guidance on payment terms, because the issue is not covered in GSCOP
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NewsFSA and Defra issue new coronavirus guidance for food businesses
The advice covers a range of areas, such as hygiene practice, managing employee sickness and social distancing
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NewsSainsbury’s to close 12 convenience stores in ‘ghost towns’
Supermarket leaders have vowed to work together to keep enough stores open to meet demand
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NewsClosed retailers pressure shopping centres to shut too, threatening supermarket stores
Shops ordered to close by Boris Johnson are refusing to pay shopping centre service charges
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NewsSainsbury’s grants tenants one-month rent holiday
The supermarket announced yesterday it was offering tenants the option to pay rent monthly instead of quarterly
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NewsSainsbury’s trials sale of Brakes catering-sized products
Sainsbury’s is currently selling catering-sized packs of Brakes own-label food in 10 stores in Kent
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NewsSainsbury’s moves to immediate supplier payments
The supermarket said support would also be available to suppliers in financial distress as a result of the ongoing uncertainty
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NewsM&S boosts food ranges at hospital stores for NHS staff
M&S has also signed a deal with Deliveroo to provide home delivery of essentials like milk, bread and ready meals from BP franchise stores
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NewsCoronavirus Bill could force industry to share food supply data
The document stresses the key role played “on a voluntary basis” by the industry
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NewsKellogg’s seeks temporary workers to ramp up production
It has urged anyone with food manufacturing experience to apply
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NewsAmazon’s first UK store on site of former bookshop
The location of the store was revealed in an Instagram post by property developer Enstar Capital
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NewsMorrisons to reduce range as part of coronavirus crisis ‘war footing’
CEO David Potts has called for the temporary relaxation of GSCOP rules on delistings