NEWS DIGEST
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REACH TERMS CUT The NFRN has renewed calls for a review into fairness in the news supply chain after Reach increased cover prices on the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People and cut retail terms.
HOME DELIVERY
FOODSERVICE DELIVERY HITS LANDMARK FIGURE
From last weekend the price of
HOME DELIVERIES FROM RESTAURANTS AND FAST FOOD OUTLETS
the two titles rose 10p to £1.80
TOPPED 10% OF ALL DINNERS, SAYS NEW HIM / MCA INSIGHT DATA.
with the percentage terms that retailers receive adjusted down from 20.5% to 20%.
PAYPOINT HOUSING TIE-UP PayPoint has partnered with the Housing Quality Network, an adviser to housing associations and councils across the UK. PayPoint will offer its digital payment
Deliveries made directly to customers’ homes from restaurants and fast food outlets reached a landmark new market share of more than 10% of all dinners in the last week in May, according to a new Channel Pulse data report from convenience research specialists HIM and MCA Insight. The new record high has been driven in large part by the re-opening of popular foodservice brands like KFC and McDonalds as well as the
increasingly prevalent trend of fully fledged restaurants launching home delivery services to drive at least some revenues under lockdown. The figure hit 10.3% of all dinners consumed, a significant increase of 2.7% on the previous week, and the first time that it has entered double figures. The development offers the prospect of new opportunities for local retailers seeking to deliver evening food-to-go products to their shoppers.
solution, MultiPay, to key decision-makers in the housing market and provide guidance and advice about digitalising payments.
COFFEE SALES SPIKE Uber Eats has revealed that its sales of coffee grew by 149% since lockdown started in March. Starbucks and Caffè Nero are exclusive to Uber Eats, while Pret a Manger and Costa Coffee – among others – also use the platform.
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SPAR REMOVES 300 TONNES OF PLASTIC Ahead of last Friday’s World Environment Day, Spar said that it had removed nearly 300 tonnes of virgin plastic from 53 own-label products as well as preventing over 100 tonnes of black plastic going in landfill. It also added recycling information on over 700 Spar own-label products. By 2025 Spar is aiming to eliminate single use plastic altogether from
its own-label range, have an average of 30% recycled content in plastic packaging and ensure 100% of plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable.
