All Coronavirus articles – Page 10
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Analysis & Features
How did food redistribution charities cope with Christmas of Omicron?
The labour crisis paired with Omicron could have spelled disaster at Christmas. So how well did food redistribution levels hold up?
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News
Hand sanitiser sales up fourfold against pre-pandemic figures
Consumers bought £38.7m worth of hand sanitiser in the year to 26 December 2021
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News
Beef commodity prices set to stay high due to tight supply
Asda came under fire last week after it emerged it had u-turned on a commitment to switch to 100% British beef sourcing
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News
Tissues shortage as illness and supply woes combine
At the time of writing, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose had flagged the issue with availability notices on their websites
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News
Omicron: thousands of supermarket temps kept on to tackle staffing crisis
The extension to temporary contracts is the latest move by the industry to head off a workforce crisis caused by Covid
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Comment & Opinion
Why we need to look beyond the headline stats in 2022
Headline figures on sales and inflation hide what is happening beneath the surface, says Kieran South, SVP UK at IRI
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News
Tesco promises collaborative fight with suppliers against inflation
CEO Ken Murphy said Tesco’s suppliers had “stepped up magnificently” to the challenges of the pandemic
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News
FareShare ramps up frozen food operations to tackle supply crisis
FareShare is aiming to have about 300 frozen pallet spaces in its UK-wide network by the spring
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Comment & Opinion
Brexit, inflation, Covid: can government guide industry to greener pastures in 2022?
There is much change still ahead for food and farming, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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News
ACS fears independent retailers will lose access to free lateral flow testing
Concerns raised after reports could be limited to care homes, hospitals, schools and people with symptom
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Comment & Opinion
How Brexit has affected the Scottish seafood industry… and what’s yet to come
We’re still only seeing the start of the changes Brexit will bring to the seafood industry, says Donna Fordyce, CEO of Seafood Scotland
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News
Confusion reigns over which food companies will get Omicron testing support
The rollout of the government support is due to start from Monday and follows widespread shortages of lateral flow test kits across the UK
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News
Greggs chief becomes latest to disagree with Iceland boss’s call on isolation
’I don’t feel I’m in a position to call for isolation periods to be shortened,’ Greggs CEO Roger Whiteside told The Grocer
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News
Rare incidence of human bird flu reported by UK HSA
The case comes as the number of egg-laying birds culled during the latest outbreak nears 1.8 million
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Comment & Opinion
Consumers are struggling to get healthier. Here’s how the industry can help
There is a golden opportunity to help the nation eat better through collaboration, says Steve Challouma, general manager at Birds Eye
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News
Iceland MD calls for Covid isolation period to be cut to tackle soaring absence rates
Iceland absences have risen more than 70% in a week, from 1,000 to over 1,700, MD Richard Walker said
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Analysis & Features
What’s the outlook for key food commodities in 2022?
How will climate, labour and fuel pressures affect prices of the likes of coffee, sugar, meat, rice and dairy?
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Comment & Opinion
After another challenging year for grocery, let’s look ahead to 2022
Let’s raise a glass to everything we’ve survived in 2021 and look forward to 2022, whatever it may bring
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News
Wholesalers welcome suppliers’ inclusion in new government Omicron support
The government is providing a £102m boost to the Additional Restrictions Grant fund, which local authorities can allocate to wholesalers at their discretion
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Comment & Opinion
Christmas supply has been saved, but without support many businesses won’t be so lucky
Despite warnings to the contrary over the past couple of months, it looks like we won’t run out of food in the supermarkets this Christmas after all. Food (and turkeys in particular) may well be significantly more expensive than last Christmas, while there is also less choice, as The Grocer ...