Covid cooking fatigue, lab-grown meat & Brits embracing kimchi - with guest Claire Handley of Moguntia

Laura and Julia are joined by Claire Handley, head of marketing UK for ingredients maker Moguntia. They chat about Covid cooking fatigue and the rise of convenience foods during lockdown 2.0, why Brits are embracing kimchi and Thanksgiving, and Singapore’s landmark decision to allow lab-grown meat to go on sale.

Plus, they discuss Unilever’s trial of a four-day working week and Sainsbury’s virtual queuing app.

Article discussed in this episode:

‘Thanksgiving embraced as Britons find any excuse to celebrate’ | The Times

‘Singapore grants world’s first approval to lab-grown meat’ | FT

‘Britons were the lockdown bingers of Europe, finds study’ | The Guardian

‘Kimchi proves an unstoppable trend as exports to UK fly’ | The Grocer

‘Unilever is experimenting with a 4-day workweek’ | Fortune

‘Sainsbury’s and Asda push rollout of virtual queueing systems’ | The Grocer

 

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