Coronavirus - Food

Quicker Test Results Vital In Keeping Food Supply Chain Open: IFA

The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Tim Cullinan has said that faster turnaround time for COVID-19 tests will be vital in...

Nestlé Sees Slower Growth This Year As Stockpiling Effect Wanes

Nestlé has cut its full-year underlying sales growth forecast to 2%-3% , saying demand has slowed as customers worked their way through cupboards th...

'Whole New Business': Farmers Innovate To Get Food From Field To Plate

From Europe to Asia and across the Americas, farmers and others in the global food supply chain are innovating to keep the world fed when populations are t...

Irish Grocery Sales Grow 17.2% In The Latest 12-Week Period: Kantar

The sales of take-home groceries in Ireland increased by 17.2% in the 12 weeks to 19 April, according to the latest data from Kantar. The monthly grocer...

Plant-Based Meat Could See Boost Post COVID-19 Outbreak

Plant-based meat alternatives could see sales increase once the COVID-19 epidemic has subsided, an industry analyst has suggested. Andy Coyne of GlobalD...

G20 Agriculture Ministers Say Coronavirus Measures Should Not Disrupt Food Supply

Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries have agreed at a virtual meeting that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new corona...

Aldi UK To Sell Food Online For First Time During Coronavirus Crisis

Discount supermarket chain Aldi UK is to sell groceries online for the first time to help vulnerable people and those self-isolating during the coronavirus...

Coronavirus Upends Global Food Supply Chains In Latest Economic Shock

In the fertile Satara district in western India, farmers are putting their cattle on an unorthodox diet: Some feed iceberg lettuce to buffalo. Others feed...

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