Apr 9, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
McDonald’s sales fell by only 3.4% in the first three months of the year, despite closing all of its restaurants in the UK. The fast food chain’s international business was hit due to closures in the UK, France, Italy and Spain, but 99% of restaurants in the US...
Apr 9, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Tesco said it is “incurring significant additional costs” as the company tries to deal with the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement released alongside its preliminary results for the financial year ending 29th February 2020, the supermarket said...
Apr 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Morrisons has pledged £10m worth of stock to food banks across the country by the end of July to help them restock during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Morrisons community champion initiative, which consists of in-store colleagues who work with local communities, will be...
Mar 31, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Supermarkets have recorded the biggest month of grocery sales ever in March as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest market share figures from Kantar. The figures show year-on-year supermarket sales grew by the fastest rate in over a...
Mar 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Defra has responded to the claims of a group of scientists that say fruit and vegetables must start being rationed in order to cope with the increasing demand from consumers. Professor Erik Millstone, of the University of Sussex, Tim Lang of the University of London...
Mar 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
New data from Kantar shows extra demand in supermarkets is largely being driven by people adding a few extra items to baskets and making more trips, rather than shoppers buying large amounts of the same item in one go. Analysing the shopping habits of over 100,000 UK...
