Convenient food sales up as shoppers stock up on staples
One of Britain’s biggest food companies, Premier Foods, has revealed that sales for convenient products such as Super Noodles and Smash instant mash potato have increased as consumers stock up on cupboard items for lockdown. Premier Foods owns some of the largest food...
Record month for meat, fish and poultry as Covid-19 forces consumers to eat at home
With shoppers needing to cater for an additional 500 million meals a week, sales of meat, fish and poultry have been at an all-time high, according to the latest research from Kantar. £10.8 billion of grocery sales were recorded over the last four weeks, surpassing...
Waitrose outlines initiatives to support suppliers during pandemic
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...
Specialist cheese makers take action to survive
Britain's specialist cheesemakers and retailers have joined forces to urge the public to 'support small cheesemakers' as the coronavirus crisis threatens to wipe out the previously thriving industry. Revealing plans for the first ever British Cheese Weekender, the...
Dairy industry unites behind calls for urgent Government action to save sector
Appeals for urgent Government action to save the dairy industry have been backed by the entire supply chain, including UK farming unions, RABDF, Dairy UK and the Provision Trade Federation. The group has written to the Defra Secretary of State George Eustice to...
