Coronavirus
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Covid-19 boosts organic industry after a banner year in 2019
18 June 2020 CoronavirusShoppers say buying organic is more important than ever amid the coronavirus pandemic after organic sales reached a record $55.1bn last year -
Family-owned Booths partners up with Deliveroo
17 June 2020 CoronavirusThe grocery chain is offering over 300 essential products through the app and website to households across Lancashire and Greater Manchester -
Small food businesses showcase resilience during COVID-19
17 June 2020 CoronavirusSnapshot survey reveals agility and adaptability of small businesses worked to their advantage during lockdown -
Independents are poised to “reap the rewards they deserve” as shops reopen
17 June 2020 CoronavirusWith physical shops reopening and over half of British consumers looking to buy more locally, independent shops are facing a real opportunity for growth, argues Alex Smilansky, co-founder and CEO of Mayku -
Surplus food app throws a lifeline to artisan producers hit by Covid-19
16 June 2020 CoronavirusToo Good To Go, a marketplace for surplus food, has teamed up with businesses including the Cornish Cheese Co to prevent perfectly good food from being thrown away -
Borough Market Diaries: Ginger Pig
16 June 2020 CoronavirusIn the fourth of a series of weekly columns, Darren Henaghan, managing director of Borough Market, takes us behind the scenes of the iconic Ginger Pig to see how thinking small has reaped big rewards -
How business interruption loans are helping SMEs to bounce back
16 June 2020 CoronavirusWe speak with Atom Bank to find out what the Government’s scheme involves and how it could benefit small and medium businesses in the food sector -
Changes to hardship scheme could impact hardest hit dairy farmers
15 June 2020 CoronavirusApparent amendments to the qualifying criteria may affect farmers’ eligibility to apply -
Consumers snacking more in the wake of COVID-19
15 June 2020 CoronavirusHigh levels of uncertainty combined with restrictions on movement is something that is having an adverse effect on the mental wellbeing of consumers. This is something that is resulting in consumers snacking on a more regular basis for escapism purposes, says Mike Hughes, head of research… -
British cheesemakers faced with ditching surplus stock
12 June 2020 CoronavirusAs cheesemakers restart production, many may be forced to throw away cheese that can’t be frozen -
5 key merchandising steps for reopening
11 June 2020 CoronavirusFirst impressions count, and the impact you make visually as your customers enter will potentially make or break the new relationship you are about to have with them says Judy Roberts of Right Product Right Place -
Isle of Wight Distillery: “I’ve noticed a real sense of togetherness”
11 June 2020 CoronavirusSpeciality Food caught up with Xavier Baker, co-founder of Isle of Wight Distillery to explore his experience of Covid-19