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French Food Group Danone Withdraws 2020 Guidance As Q1 Sales Rise

Danone has withdrawn its financial guidance for 2020 due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but posted higher first-quarter sales as sho...

Premier Foods Sees Profit At Top End Of Market Estimates

Premier Foods has said that it expects annual trading profit to be at the top end of market expectations, as the coronavirus pandemic fuelled a short-term...

UK Sees ‘Historic Drop’ In Retail Sales In March: BRC-KPMG

Retail sales in the UK decreased by 4.3% in the five weeks to 4 April, compared to a drop of 1.8% in the same period last year, according to the latest dat...

Consumer Purchasing 'Starting To Stabilise', IRI Data Shows

While the COVID-19 outbreak saw an initial surge in purchasing across several key grocery categories, consumer purchasing is starting to stabilise in line...

Amazon Stops Accepting New Grocery Customers In US Amid Surging Demand

Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritise orders from exis...

Henkel Withdraws 2020 Outlook As Coronavirus Uncertainty Hits

Germany’s Henkel has withdrawn its financial forecast for 2020 citing economic uncertainty due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The consumer good...

Esselunga, Coop Italia Introduce Customer Control Systems

Italian retailers Esselunga and Coop have started testing systems to limit customer numbers in stores during the coronavirus emergency. Esselunga has ac...