Coronavirus

Industries all across the country are experiencing the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Discover how it could affect the U.S. foodservice, grocery and convenience industries.


Operations

Red Robin closes stores, cuts staff

The 35 shuttered units were mostly mall locations, the company said.

COVID-19’s Effect on Foreign Food Safety Inspections

The Lempert Report: The Food and Drug Administration halted overseas food inspections as a result of the pause in travel from the coronavirus outbreak.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the team at Hendricks Regional Health is crafting heat-and-eat meals for busy hospital staff.

Comparable dollar sales were 41% higher during the week of April 5, when volume sales increased 34%.

The retailer joins the international union's call to request extended first responder status for essential grocery employees.

States are coming together to plot a restart of the economy. But restaurants may be on the sidelines for a while.

Operators raised concerns about corporate support, while the company urged the franchise association to back efforts to raise worker pay during the coronavirus shutdown.

As COVID-19 claims more lives, social distancing in grocery stores has to be taken seriously, and retailers are responding.

With consumers focused on needs now, basic messages resonate the most when it comes to marketing strategies.

The city becomes the first to restrict delivery fees imposed on restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic, with similar movements afoot elsewhere.

Companies from distributors to point-of-sale providers have faced their own challenges as restaurant sales crater.

Coronavirus led to temporary factory shutdown, will likely move PMTA deadline

High margin no cure for retailers

The association’s 66th annual show, scheduled for June 28-30 in New York, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.

It's a matter of life and death, says the UFCW, which is launching a new #ShopSmart campaign to encourage customers to protect America's food and grocery workers and the nation's food supply.

Prejudice and irrational fears are key factors, the research found.

The 12 participating associations and trade groups are pushing for four specific forms of relief.

Company is taking workers’ temperatures, increasing cleaning frequency and promoting social distancing

After officials ordered a 14-day closure of a Sioux Falls, S.D., pork processing plant that became an epicenter of COVID-19 infections, Smithfield warns of dire impacts on the food supply chain. "We are either going to produce food or not," CEO Kenneth Sullivan said.

While no company is immune to the coronavirus shutdown, it will likely widen the divide between larger chains and smaller ones, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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