Coronavirus

South Africa To Reopen Agriculture Sector, Allow More Manufacturing, Retail

South Africa plans to reopen its agriculture sector and allow some manufacturing and retail to resume as the country balances the need to restart economic...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Friday 24 April

COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a new series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further af...

Unilever Withdraws 2020 Forecast Due To Coronavirus Challenges

Consumer goods giant Unilever has pulled its full-year forecast, saying it could not 'reliably assess the impact' of the coronavirus pandemic on its busine...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Wednesday 22 April

COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a new series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further af...

UK Inflation Falls As Shoppers Turn Cautious In Virus Crisis

Britain's inflation rate dropped in March when oil prices tumbled and the coronavirus crisis escalated, official data showed on Wednesday, with a fall in c...

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...

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Danone has withdrawn its financial guidance for 2020 due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but posted higher first-quarter sales as sho...

Associated British Foods Omits Dividend To Save Cash In Coronavirus Crisis

Primark owner Associated British Foods said it would not pay an interim dividend to save cash and could not provide full year 2019-20 earnings guidance for...