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Coverage of stock market activity, trading performance, and investor sentiment related to publicly listed hospitality, foodservice, and F&B businesses. This section includes updates on share price movements, earnings reports, market forecasts, and executive commentary, providing valuable insight for operators, analysts, and stakeholders monitoring the financial health and growth strategies of leading sector brands.
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Sep- 2021 -14 SeptemberFood and Drink
Labour shortages could spark further inflation, CGA warns
Labour shortages, insufficient manufactured stocks and post-Brexit challenges could lead to further inflation in the months ahead, according to the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index. The monthly report showed how problems “intensified” throughout food and drink supply markets in July, with shortages of HGV drivers a particular concern. The…
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Sep- 2020 -2 SeptemberComment
Why the food and beverage sector now faces major insurance challenges
Mactavish, the specialist outsourced insurance buyer and claims resolution expert, is warning companies operating in the food and beverage sector that any significant operational changes they have made in response to Covid-19 could place them in breach of their existing insurance policy terms, potentially leaving them unable to access crucial…
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Jun- 2020 -1 JuneComment
The coronavirus diaries: Jason Webb
ETI’s primary customer base, the food & drink and hospitality sectors, have been hit hard since lockdown measures were introduced. This sudden change forced us as a business to think hard about what we could do to make it through this pandemic. Located in Worthing, West. Sussex, across three sites…
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May- 2020 -1 MayComment
The coronavirus diaries: Piers Baker
Monday 16 March, 2020 Lunch is a normal affair, 50 lovely guests in, looked after by our brilliant team. Extra vigilance being exercised to ensure the government’s advice is being followed. A smattering of the afternoon drinkers in, numbers had been down for a week or so, understandably. At around…
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Mar- 2020 -13 MarchBusiness Bites
BT’s boss catches it, markets rebounding, pain medication prices spike
Today I am going to rattle through a wider selection of stories than normal because the spread of the virus is hitting so many sectors hard, with key figures in the business community affected. The markets are recovering some of their losses this morning after having their worst selloff since…
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4 MarchComment
10 predictions for the food industry in 2020
The 2010s saw a number of food trends which would define a decade. From the popularity of activated charcoal and kombucha signalling a renewed interest in health and wellness, to the rise of veganism, these new food trends allowed difficult conversations to enter the mainstream. 2020 shows no sign of…
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Feb- 2020 -24 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Global stocks react badly to coronavirus update
It looks like efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak have not been entirely successful, and stock markets around the world are now beginning to react more profoundly than before. The FTSE 100 was down almost 3.3% at the time of writing, from 7,403 points to 7,159. For those not familiar…
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10 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Ocado ditches Waitrose; Bill gates orders £500m beast-yacht; Boris to lower immigration wage threshold
A busy start to the week in the business pages. As the coronavirus story unfolds I am reluctant to spend every day providing updates on it, but it is worth noting quickly that there is likely to be some worldwide economic turbulence due to the latest developments. A slew of…
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Jan- 2020 -17 JanuaryBusiness Bites
The trillion-dollar club has gained Google as a member
Remember at school when teachers used to explain how one million was an essentially incomprehensibly large number? I recall one of mine showing the number represented on a huge rolled out piece of paper as wide and long as a carpet, with precisely one million individual dots. I was about…
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10 JanuaryBusiness Bites
Spooked markets seem soothed by Iran-US climb-down
When Iran decided to hit back on US military facilities after president Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, there was talk of the outbreak of war. NATO countries apparently implored Trump not to go for another attack, fearing that if he did things would escalate beyond control…
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