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30th April 2021 The food and drink industry is forecast to grow 12% to £195.4bn in 2021, taking it to 97% of its 2019 pre-Covid level. This will be driven by both the retail and foodservice sectors as the easing of restrictions benefits the overall market. This is according to the latest ‘Eating In vs Dining Out’ report – produced by IGD, in collaboration with foodservice consultant Peter Backman. The increase is expected to result from strong retail growth in the first quarter of the ye...

Retail and foodservice will grow in 2021, report finds Print The UK food and drink market is forecasted to grow by 12% in 2021, new research reveals. The latest Eating In vs Dining Out report, produced by IGD in collaboration with foodservice consultant Peter Backman, finds the forecasted increase is driven by strong retail growth from January to March and foodservice sales that will begin to strengthen from July onwards as ‘”pent-up demand for socialising” boosts the sector. Foodservic...

Show more The Centre for Disease Control says that vaccinated Americans can now meet without masks but still urges caution about travel and meeting people away from the home. The BBCs Samira Hussain tells us this is cause for optimism that an end to lockdown restrictions is in sight.The food delivery firm Deliveroo plans a London listing expected to value it at $7bn. We consider the long-term future of the food delivery model once coronavirus restrictions are lifted with Peter B...

Questions mount over Deliveroos £8bn London listing after Uber court ruling It comes after a judge found at Ubers drivers are not independent third-party contractors and should receive basic employment protection 3 March 2021 • 6:00am A takeaway food courier working for Deliveroo stops in Londons Chinatown district in September 2020 Credit: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg On a remote country lane, car headlights are reflected off an unusual sight for the rural south west: the fluorescent silver jack...

5th February 2021 New data suggests that total UK food and drink sales declined by 12% during 2020, while grocery retail’s share of the market grew to 81% from 64% the year before. The figures from IGD’s ‘Eating In vs Dining Out 2021’ report also show the eating out sector shrank by more than 50% after restaurants and pubs were closed for much of the year. Nicola Knight, Senior Retail Analyst at IGD, commented: “Food and drink retail sales grew by 9.9% in 2020 and e-commerce was the c...