All Coronavirus articles – Page 37
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NewsGovernment targets convenience stores in community coronavirus testing scheme
The government is currently ramping up its capacity to offer the lateral-flow rapid testing scheme
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NewsJJ Foodservice bucks wholesale trend with sales increase in 2020
Wholesaler put the success down to its ability to diversify its offer at the beginning of the first UK-wide lockdown
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Comment & OpinionWhy is Deliveroo urging the return of Eat Out To Help Out?
Deliveroo needs restaurants to survive if it is to survive itself
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NewsUbamarket readies mass rollout of hospitality app following £3m raise
Company has hired four members of staff to focus on integrating it’s scan and go app with more retailer point-of-sale systems
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NewsPremier retailer sees 45% sales surge after launching takeaway model
MJ’s Store owner Justin Whittaker purchased a fleet of branded vehicles to meet online demand, including three Smart cars
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NewsAsda to donate 150,000 meals to children for half term
The retailer will also extend its kids eat free deal for takeaways from its cafés
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NewsNisa retailer in Cornwall achieves 10,000 home deliveries since onset of Covid-19
The retailer developed a phone-in service last March, and has now added deliveries through the Appy Shop mobile app
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NewsHolland & Barrett digital sales more than double as in-store sales plummet
Sales for its e-commerce arm climbed 103% to £125m in 2019
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NewsShop planning applications plummet as developers ‘cut retail pipelines’
The worst hit areas are in the south west, with planning applications for shops falling 94% in Totnes, Dartmouth and South Hams
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s the outlook for key food commodities in 2021?
With Brexit disruption and the pandemic contributing to a volatile market, what’s the outlook for key food commodities this year?
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NewsTesco plans to roll out mass Covid testing for in-store workers
The UK’s biggest supermarket said it was considering “all options” for testing staff
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Comment & OpinionBeyond the romance: startup success in a year like no other
When I saw the huge changes both at work and in the market, I knew I needed to jump up and get (metaphorically) closer to the team than ever before
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Category ReportA right lather: hygiene category report 2021
Covid-19 has sent Brits into a cleaning frenzy – and the big names in hygiene are rubbing their hands with glee. Who’s cleaning up?
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Category ReportCutting-edge Covid tech: hygiene technology category report 2021
Retailers and food manufacturers are going nuclear in the war on Covid with virus-killing robots and other UK-made high-tech solutions
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Covid recovery mark an overhaul of our food production?
Two landmark reports say time is running out for change – but 2021 could be a turning point
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Analysis & FeaturesCornershop: inside a store designed for the post-Covid world
Capgemini, SharpEnd and The Drum have teamed up to open ‘Cornershop’, a real store that tests out a digital retail future – with contactless coffee and tailored dietary recommendations
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NewsRelaxing high street planning rules is ‘one-way street’, industry leaders warn government
The chiefs of industry bodies including the ACS and BPF have warned against proposals to allow high street shops to be converted to housing without planning permission
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News‘Closures inevitable’ as beer businesses struggle under lockdown
The British Beer & Pub has this week begged the government for a clear timeline and date for the reopening of pubs
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NewsAll supply chain workers to be tested ‘every few days’ in next stage of Covid fight
There has been ‘relatively slow’ take-up of the millions of tests being offered by ministers to companies
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NewsSainsbury’s top up of £2 biggest yet for Healthy Start Vouchers
The retailer joins Tesco, Waitrose, Co-op and Lidl in topping up the scheme