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,...
Apr 27, 2020 | News, Retailing
Research conducted by the Guild of Fine Food this month has identified some key trends emerging in independent food and drink as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, with producers and retailers reporting contrasting results. Having surveyed over 200 fine food businesses,...
Apr 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Waitrose has announced a number of support initiatives for its most vulnerable suppliers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Most notably the supermarket has unlocked £200k from the Waitrose Foundation Global Fund to support its overseas farming communities in...
Apr 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
GMB London and East of England, the union for logistics staff, is calling on the Co-op to extend its cash bonus of £100 to its outsourced logistics staff as well as its regular members of staff. The bonus is awarded to staff for coping with the massive surge in sales...
Apr 16, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
GMB, the union for food producers, has called for Government to convene an urgent meeting with the big six retailers and the Food and Drink Federation after a major Tesco, Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer supplier admitted social distancing was impossible in its...
Apr 9, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Lancashire police has arrested two men after they licked their hands and contaminated food in a Sainsbury’s in Morecambe. The incident took place on the 4th April at the supermarket on Lancaster Road, where the men had been caught licking their hands and wiping them...
