Coronavirus: How are food businesses coping with the pandemic? - BBC World Service, The Food Chain

Coronavirus: How are food businesses coping with the pandemic? - BBC World Service, The Food Chain

Food businesses have been some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Worldwide lockdowns have forced thousands of restaurants, bars and cafes to close, but many entrepreneurs have managed to keep their businesses afloat through innovation. Click here to subscribe to our channel ðŸ‘‰ðŸ― https://bbc.in/3VyyriM The Food Chain revisits some past guests to find out how they’ve been coping and ask what they’ve learned about their business, their customers, and themselves. Tamasin Ford speaks to a chocolate maker in Ghana who hasn’t sold a single bar since the country locked down in March, and a fried chicken entrepreneur in South Africa who’s turned to feeding frontline workers to keep his kitchens and staff going. But business hasn’t been all bad - a baker in Montreal, Canada, says he’s never sold more bread and has started selling bags of flour to meet a growing demand from home bakers. Check out our playlist, Work in a Covid World, here:    â€Ē Working in a Covid world   Download The Food Chain podcast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p028... Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Twitter:   / bbcworldservice   Facebook:   / bbcworldservice   #BBC #Coronavirus #Covid