Food and farming bosses warn businesses ‘still in meltdown’ amid labour crunch December 14, 2021 Chaos in the supply chain must be resolved to ensure food security in the UK, industry bodies have warned. The farming and producing sectors have been battered in recent months by labour shortages, including abattoir workers and HGV drivers. The industry has also struggled with inflation pushing up costs of energy, feed and fertiliser. The [...]
EG Group to create 22.7k UK jobs by 2026 as Issa brothers’ food service arm swells April 21, 2022 Petrol forecourt operator EG Group has said it will create some 22,700 jobs in the UK in the next four years. The billionaire Issa brothers’ company has said it will provide some 32,000 jobs across the world over the next few years, thanks to investment in its foodservice arm. Jobs will be created across EG’s [...]
Tesco chief: ‘The worst is yet to come’ as energy crisis set to push food prices higher February 7, 2022 Tesco chairman John Allan issued a stark warning on rising food prices yesterday, cautioning “the worst is yet to come” in the coming months. While the supermarket boss said it was troubling people were facing heating or eating, Allan said Tesco had also been hit with soaring energy costs. The average amount of household income [...]
Tory MP Lee Anderson refuses to apologise for saying poor people who use food bank ‘cannot cook and budget’ May 12, 2022 A Conservative MP said he stands by his comments that people who use food banks do so because they “cannot cook properly” and “cannot budget”. Lee Anderson invited “everybody” on the opposition benches in the Commons to visit a food bank in his Nottinghamshire constituency where, when people come for a food parcel, they now [...]
Deliveroo, Just Eat Takeaway, Delivery Hero, and Doordash lose nearly £16bn over seven years May 29, 2024 Europe and the US's top online food delivery companies have lost over $20bn (£15.6bn) in operating losses over the past seven years.
Wimpy Restaurants’ Covid-19 recovery stalls as customers cut spending June 26, 2024 The UK arm of fast food chain Wimpy Restaurants has seen its sales dip slightly after a strong couple of years of recovery from the Covid-19 lockdowns.
The big cheese: How old food can sell for crazy prices at auction December 7, 2021 It took two hours for bidding to draw to a close, but it was worth it. The 2.62kg Cabrales cheese left the auction tent at the 2018 Cabrales Cheese Competition to rapturous applause. Cream of the crop, the cheese had caught the attention of 15 restaurateurs from around Spain, each bidder hell-bent on blessing their [...]
Let them eat free snacks: British Airways brings complimentary food and drinks back January 31, 2022 British Airways (BA) has decided to reintroduce complimentary food and drinks aboard its short-haul flights after removing them as part of a cost-cutting policy that was set up six years ago. “You’ve told us you appreciate the complimentary water and snacks we’ve been offering on short-haul flights in our Euro Traveller cabin, so we’ll be [...]
Upper Crust owner swoops in for Aussie-based Airport Retail Enterprises February 12, 2024 Upper Crust owner SSP Group has struck an agreement to snap up 100 per cent of the shares in Aussie-based airport food and beverage operator.
Cost of Christmas turkey rising fast as inflation pushes up food prices December 7, 2021 The cost of a typical turkey Christmas dinner has risen by 3.4 per cent as rocketing inflation pushes up food prices, according to new figures. Kantar said this morning that the average cost of a Christmas meal for four, with a frozen turkey and all the trimmings, is now £27.48. The figures show wider grocery [...]