Supermarket profits, tough times for Pret & vertical farming lessons from Singapore - with guest Adam Bedford of the NFU

Julia and Laura are joined by Adam Bedford, NFU regional director for the North East of England. They discuss why supermarket profits have been less than super despite the coronavirus sales boom, what the rise in remote working means for office lunch specialists such as Pret a Manger and what the UK can learn from Singapore's push for vertical farming.

Plus, they chat about an innovative social platform that allows workers to campaign for better working conditions and what the grocery store of the future might look like.

You can find Julia's report on the circular economy post-Covid here.

A big thank-you to Shopper Intelligence for sponsoring this week’s episode.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

‘Supermarkets expect flat profits despite a rise in sales’ | FT

‘Organise, a platform for worker rights, raises £570K seed funding led by Ada Ventures | TechCrunch

‘Who died for your dinner?’ | Buzzfeed

‘How have UK supermarkets fared in Oxfam’s latest human rights rankings?’ | The Grocer

‘Pret a Manger to close 30 stores and could cut more than 1,000 jobs’ | The Guardian

‘Pret a Manger: city worker’s favourite lunch stop on the brink’ | The Sunday Times

‘The rise of the rooftop farmer’ | The Economist

‘British workers try their hand at an unfamiliar job: berry picking’ | The New York Times

‘The future of grocery stores’ | Forbes

 

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