Consumer attitudes to shopping in response to the pandemic across 17 global markets were explored in a comprehensive survey, finding that the majority of consumers have changed their habits in more ways than one.
Changes in how food purchases were made, what sort of goods were purchased and how often were revealed. Big findings include significant increases in click and collect food shopping services together with more purchases of ‘store cupboard’ items in order to reduce the number of trips to the supermarket.
Since the 1st of April refrigerated transport to China has resumed. It was put on hold over concerns about the transmission of the coronavirus via containers. Chinese rail companies are now fully back on track with the cold chain, to the delight of the European industry.
SeaCube Container’s CEO Robert Sapphio talks ocean shipping and the impact of the Suez Canal blockage on the global food supply chain
Interest in agritech is at an all-time high, accelerated by the pandemic
New global study finds leafy greens, berries, citrus fruits and orange vegetables form the optimal ‘5 a day’ diet
