Worldwide Fruit supplies Jazz apples to the UK mults
Worldwide Fruit experienced a double-digit sales bounce in 2020 due to Covid-19, according to its latest accounts filed at Companies House.
The major supplier of fruits to the mults saw turnover grow by 38% (£61.8m) to £222.8m in the 53 weeks to 2 January 2021. Operating profit remained relatively flat as a proportion of revenue at 1.8% – £4m – compared with 1.9% in the previous period. That was despite a Covid-related drop in efficiency, added import costs and an increase in labour costs, with Worldwide hiring 70 new workers to maintain full availability to customers
The Lincolnshire supplier put its positive performance down to winning new contracts with the mults over the past 12 months, in the wake of increased demand due to Covid-19.
Spalding wombles make good use of bad rubbish
| Updated: 15:18, 15 January 2021
Underground, overground, and all over Spalding, âwomblesâ can be spotted litter picking.
A group of residents, affectionately named The Wombles of Spalding Common, have been spending their free time collecting and clearing rubbish from areas of the town since they set up at the start of the year.
The group, which has grown to almost 800 members in the space of two weeks, has so far collected more than 300 bags of rubbish while on litter picks.
Wombles on a COVID safe litter pick (43930664)
Sam Roberts, who is a member of the group, has been astounded by the support.