First Dates Australia suffered its most cringeworthy double date last week. 

My friend and I decided to order a takeaway from Uber Eats. We started selecting items but changed our minds so left the app. However, I have been charged and Uber refuse to refund me. Why?

Jan Moir picked out a selection of retro British puddings, after BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey, was forced to apologise for claiming that Arctic Roll is a 'low-level pudding'.

Budget supermarket Lidl took home ten of the 17 prizes for festive food at the Quality Food and Drink Awards, while Aldi picked up two, Asda was awarded one and M&S took home four.

Shantell Jones, 38, from Gipsyville, Hull, claims £474.90 worth of festive food was taken out of her account from the Hessle Road Asda in Hull. Her card was declined but she says money was taken.

Asda is to start selling avocados using plant-based Apeel coating in the New Year. Apeel is made from natural plant-derived materials and water, making it vegan and harmless to eat.

Lyndsey Graves, from Lincolnshire told the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group that she'd landed 147 items for just over £60, which would have cost more than £230 full price.

Panic-buying has swept through the country with shoppers recording empty shelves in supermarkets including Asda, Costco and Tesco,leading the latter to ration essential products.

Staple vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbage - which have vanished from the shelves of Sainsbury's and Asda - were on display at Harrods, but at vastly inflated prices.

Grocers have hired an army of 110,000 temporary staff to meet rising demand. Tesco is now delivering to more than a million people every week, an increase of 400,000 weekly delivery slots.

Uber Eats sales jumped 50 per cent as people locked down all over the world turned to restaurant deliveries as a treat at home. The company is trying to save more than £800m this year.

Almost 9,000 images from over 70 countries around the world were whittled down by judges for the annual Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards. The winning shot taken in Rohingya camp.

With restaurants, cafes and pubs closed, demand for food and drink delivered to our door is booming.

Spurs have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in relation to the coronaviurs in recent times but with the help of Jose Mourinho they are stepping up their aid in the fight against Covid-19.

Henry Boucher, of Sarasin Food and Agriculture Opportunities explains how from field to fork, and the consumer economy to climate change, there are fascinating changes taking place in the food chain.

The Deadpool star, 43, and the Gossip Girl actress, 32, announced their charitable move via Instagram Monday in separate posts.

The NBA will begin selling team-emblazoned face coverings with proceeds going to food bank networks across the US and Canada. NBA partner Fanatics will make the masks.

Amber Allen, 31, a YouTuber from Ontario, Canada, has only 30 items of clothing and lives off the land. She says lockdown should encourage everyone to be more sustainable.

DoorDash, led by CEO Tony Xu, did not specify when exactly it plans to go public, but its debut will test the appetite of investors, who have been unforgiving in recent months toward IPOs.

The food delivery giant announced on Wednesday it was doing everything in its power to stop the spread of COVID-19 as cases continue to climb across Australia.

The disturbing incident which unfolded on the main street of Bondi, in Sydney's east, on Wednesday afternoon highlights just how relaxed some people are about COVID-19.

Australians are turning to comfort foods like butter chicken and Pad Thai during the coronavirus lockdown and eating dinner earlier than ever before, according to Uber Eats.

Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Monday warned of escalating food supply chain disruptions as concerns about future shortages grow amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Hundreds of cars lined up for drive-thru food giveaways in Pico Rivera, California, and Prospect, Pennsylvania Tuesday.

Life for crabeater seals in the Antarctic could get even more difficult in the coming years, as climate change and commercial fishing make krill, their main food source, more scarce.

One positive from this devastating coronavirus pandemic, is the willingness for more people to get in the kitchen to cook and adapt recipes for the ingredients they have knocking around.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI - Ahead of Joshua's Wembley showdown with 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko, Sportsmail spoke to the IBF king's nutritionist Mark Ellison to learn more.

In a video shared to Reddit, the animal is seen standing at the door before making its way into the backyard of the New South Wales property.

A new plant-based dairy replacement company backed by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is being hailed for creating the 'Impossible Burger of ice cream.'

Julia Young, 33, from Maidenhead, has told how she spent £22.50 on an anti-food waste website - and saved herself £100. Amongst the buys were snacks bars, crisps, toothpaste, and hair care.

Hundreds of women are using social media to demand cash for drinks and food through the Wetherspoon app. Dominatrixes are using the app to get subservient men to pay their bills.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: We should do a normal, cliche-full, politically correct interview for a change,' says Joe Marler in a brief WhatsApp exchange.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up food regulator FSSAI for recklessly issuing licences to food businesses without complete documents and questioned quality testing.

Life for crabeater seals in the Antarctic could get even more difficult in the coming years, as climate change and commercial fishing make krill, their main food source, more scarce.

The coronavirus lockdown means millions of households are now relying on friends, family and neighbours to deliver food, prescriptions and other essentials to their doors.

Major flaws with security checks have led to some banks mistakenly flagging first-time online grocery orders as suspected fraud. The payment is then blocked and the order is then often cancelled.

One positive from this devastating coronavirus pandemic, is the willingness for more people to get in the kitchen to cook and adapt recipes for the ingredients they have knocking around.

Online shoppers have been pleased to discover that firms are adapting the way they are packaging their parcels, with many now able to fit the products into letterbox shaped containers.

What makes a winning location for buyers? An easy commute, good schools, green spaces, value for money - and, now it seems, food markets.

The government has announced 100% FDI in marketing of food products produced and processed in India in the Budget

The deal is applicable only in India and Uber Eats will continue to operate in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

As citizens residing in megacities, we are no longer connected with farming. This does not have to be so.

Food Processing Minister pushes for national e-platform bypassing mandis for farmers, food producers

FAO expects subdued usage to push up cereal stocks in 2019/20

The procurement of wheat and rice (second crop) during the ongoing Rabi season has picked up pace despite severe logistical constraints posed due to the countrywide lockdown. Against the target of 400 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of wheat, procurement for central pool has touched 216 LMT upto 06.05.20. It is particularly heartening since procurement in major wheat procuring states like Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh had started only after 15th April. Similarly paddy procurement is also going on smoothly with 44.9 LMT paddy procured so far by the government agencies.

Outside of New York, New Jersey is the state that has been hit hardest by the pandemic. WSJ visited a recent emergency food distribution event in Newark to speak with New Jerseyans about food insecurity during the pandemic.

As food prices rise around the world, the political economy of food is being rewritten, with countries and companies moving to acquire large tracts of farmland around the world to secure their interests, notes Devinder Sharma.

The National Food Security Act proposes to lower ration prices, but also reduce the quantity of grain that is given to each family. Devinder Sharma suggests a Zero Hunger programme instead.

India's food security bill is on top of the negotiating agenda for the forthcoming WTO Conference at Bali. Devinder Sharma explains why the likely compromise in the face of posturing from developed countries could have serious ramifications for food security and self-sufficiency.

Ironically at a time when food shortage is being widely perceived as a potential global concern in the near future, policymakers seem to be doing everything that would take agriculture further down the path of ruin. Devinder Sharma highlights the findings of a recent NSSO report to substantiate that.