May 5, 2020 | News, Retailing
Former KFC managing director, Misty Reich, has joined the board of recipe box company Gousto. Reich joins the company following an additional £33m investment to boost further job creation and business expansion. Having previously held positions as global chief people...
Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Following the release of its preliminary results for the year, Sainsbury’s chief executive, Mike Coupe, said disruption to the supermarket caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could last until September. Despite high single digit percentage grocery sales growth...
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 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...
