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Online marketplace bucks Covid trends as it opens its first physical store
08 July 2020 CoronavirusNourished Communities was started at the onset of the coronavirus crisis to support local businesses, producers and farmers. This month it opened its first physical shop in Islington -
Dales café transforms into a farm shop and deli after Covid-19
08 July 2020 CoronavirusNina Matsunaga and James Ratcliffe plan to sell local produce from Three Hares Bakery after the pandemic made it impossible to reopen their café -
What can retailers learn from the lockdown in Leicester?
07 July 2020 CoronavirusA localised lockdown in your area doesn’t have to be a setback for your business -
Merchandising in the ‘new era’
07 July 2020 CoronavirusWith regulations, consumer habits and regulations shaping today's retail market, it pays to be smart when it comes to how - and what - you sell. Lindsey Butler, food buying consultant at Ford Consultancy Group, shares her advice -
Best of British cheese celebrated in innovative virtual awards
06 July 2020 CoronavirusThe one-day Virtual Cheese Awards event invites viewers behind the scenes of judging as 300 cheeses are put to the test -
Borough Market Diaries: an unexpected benefit of lockdown
06 July 2020 CoronavirusIn his final column for Great British Food, Darren Henaghan, managing director of Borough Market, discovers an unexpected benefit to lockdown - traders at the market have more time to really engage with shoppers -
Dumfires & Galloway residents champion local businesses
03 July 2020 CoronavirusA survey conducted by Savour the Flavours showed people have been shopping locally more during lockdown -
“Most of the family businesses have changed their operations to survive lockdown”
03 July 2020 CoronavirusChef proprietor of La Fosse at Cranborne, Mark Hartstone, on supporting local suppliers in a rural community -
Indie businesses battling COVID-19 to be recognised
03 July 2020 CoronavirusThe Independent Retailers' Confederation (IRC) has announced a new category in the Britain's Best Small Shops competition 2020 -
Scottish food and drink industry warns Brexit and US trade tariffs could thwart a Covid recovery
02 July 2020 CoronavirusThe Scottish food and drink industry has been hamstrung by the Covid-19 pandemic, and Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs could hamper a recovery -
How I pivoted my drinks business to survive Covid-19
01 July 2020 CoronavirusDavid Wood, director of The Liana Cocktail Company, reimagined his drinks distribution business, pivoting the brand into an interactive cocktail retailer in a matter of weeks in order to survive the coronavirus pandemic -
Brits are wasting less food in lockdown
01 July 2020 CoronavirusResearch by the Food Standards Agency shows that consumers are throwing away less food and cooking more from scratch
