Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
KFC has announced that it will be reopening a further 80 UK branches for delivery, bringing the total number of restaurants reopened to 100 since they closed for lockdown. The fast food chain becomes the latest to set out plans to reopen restaurants around the country...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
McDonald’s has announced that it is carrying out operational testing for the potential reopening of one of its branches. The tests are being carried out in a single branch and that restaurant will remain closed to the public. It comes after a number of restaurants and...
Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, Dairy, News
The National Farmers Union’s (NFU) campaign to save the British dairy industry has resulted in over 2,000 letters being written to nearly 400 MP’s across the country, calling on them to help the sector. As a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the almost complete closure...
Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
2 Sisters Food Group has donated thousands of food products to the NHS and other charitable initiatives across the country to say thank you for their efforts during the current crisis. Businesses from across its wider Group have ensured that NHS Trusts up and down the...
Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Fruit Processing, News
Defra secretary George Eustice has called on furloughed workers to help pick fruit and vegetables on UK farms as the country faces a shortage of migrant workers. Despite a number of Romanian seasonal workers being flown in to pick crops on farms, the UK continues to...
Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Take home grocery sales in Britain increased by 9.1% in the 12 weeks to the 19th April as consumers settled into life under lockdown and stocked up on food, according to the latest figures from Kantar. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar,...
