Disbelief and outrage across EU as UK says it won’t do anything to stop end to Brexit food checks February 3, 2022 European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it. Moreover, Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan is expected to announce his resignation by the end of the week, potentially later [...]
Half of all Brits would struggle to afford food if they lost £1,000 October 7, 2021 Around half of all Brits would struggle to pay for food if they lost less about £1,000, with one in three ending up in financial difficulty if this figure was £500, according to a new survey, shared with City A.M. this morning. Moreover, just over a quarter of people said their mental health would be [...]
Letters: UK’s valued food industry risks losing its sweetness thanks to virus isolation rules January 6, 2022 [Re: Bosses call for Covid isolation period to be cut as health agency warns this could be ‘counterproductive’, January 4] It is clear that Omicron is less severe than previous Covid-19 variants. While incredibly welcome that doomsday predictions of 3000 daily deaths this January have proven unfounded, government policy enforcing seven-day isolation is putting the [...]
Revenue lifts at fresh food provider Bakkavor, but labour shortages bite September 8, 2021 Fresh food provider Bakkavor’s revenue has lifted above pre-pandemic levels, despite “unprecedented challenges in labour availability” which risk its operations running stale. Like-for-like revenue swelled by 6.4 per cent to £924.9m in the six months to 26 June, and 1.2 per cent ahead of the same period in 2019. The Fitzroy headquartered-based company, which [...]
Revenue lifts at fresh food provider Bakkavor, but labour shortages bite September 8, 2021 Fresh food provider Bakkavor’s revenue has lifted above pre-pandemic levels, despite “unprecedented challenges in labour availability” which risk its operations running stale. Like-for-like revenue swelled by 6.4 per cent to £924.9m in the six months to 26 June, and 1.2 per cent ahead of the same period in 2019. The Fitzroy headquartered-based company, which [...]
Food shortages: Temporary visas ‘too little, too late’ to save Christmas September 26, 2021 Retail bosses have warned the government’s temporary visas for HGV drivers falls dramatically short of what supermarkets need for Christmas, warning of shortages and disruption. The Department for Transport announced it would make 5,000 visas available to HGV drivers and 5,500 available to poultry workers until Christmas. For months, supermarket bosses have warned empty shelves [...]
Whole Foods was Amazon’s grocery debut, now it’s time for a main course November 11, 2021 Amazon took its first major step into grocery when it bought Whole Foods Market in 2017 for $13.7bn. The purchase sent shockwaves through the retail world at the time. It marked Amazon’s first step into brick-and-mortar retail and analysts interpreted the move as an effort to muscle in on the supermarket sector. But Amazon’s Whole [...]
Midscale London hotels outperform cheaper rivals as back-to-the-office drives weekday bookings June 13, 2024 Midscale hotels are currently on top of the accommodation food chain in London, new data has found, as revenue available per room across the semi-affordable chains has risen seven per cent over the year to April.
EU citizens fund billboards to expose conflicting messages in bloc’s food policies September 24, 2021 A group of European citizens have donated thousands of Euros to protest conflicting messages at the heart of existing EU food policies. The billboard campaign ‘thismakesnosense.org’, launched by ProVeg International, calls out the EU’s efforts to encourage the public to consume more meat and dairy while simultaneously urging people to reduce their consumption of meat [...]
British food industry to be hit by five fold increase in CO2 prices September 22, 2021 The government has announced that the British food industry faces a “sharp rise” in the cost of CO2, a crucial component of food and drink production. Gas prices have surged forcing UK fertiliser plants to shut in recent weeks, leading to a shortage of CO2 used to make drinks and beer fizzy and to stun [...]