Research shows stark drops in income have pushed many families into poverty. More than 3m people in Britain are going hungry because of the coronavirus crisis showing that stark drops in income have pushed many families into poverty during the lockdown. The Food Foundation stated earlier in April that in a recent survey they conducted […]
The potential impact of coronavirus to the retail economy is as of yet unfathomable, as shoppers turn to survival mode. Groceries and household essentials are the only port in this storm. In ordinary times, any retailer would love to see a surge in demand, but this extraordinary time has strained the grocery industry almost to […]
We are in lockdown. Supermarket shelves have been stripped bare. Flights are grounded. Workers have been laid off; furloughed; transformed into primary school teachers. A Conservative government has nationalised the railways and is paying people not to work. The economy is tanking and the Prime Minister for the UK is in intensive care with Coronavirus. […]
First came Brexit. Then the coronavirus. And now, there’s the very real prospect that mountains of perfectly good food will be left to rot in fields up and down the UK. The reason? We don’t have the people to pick it. Yet. Eating your greens is very important as we all know. Even during a […]
Are UK growers & fresh food businesses getting the support they need to feed the population? We look at the top issues and ways that the trade and the consumer can support our vital growers and food business ongoing. Farmers, growers and food businesses have had to deal with the sudden and very major disruption […]