All Inflation articles
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Comment & OpinionCan Tony’s ethical price rises teach Cadbury a lesson?
Tony’s Chocolonely has been turning up the heat on supermarket copycats this week, as it called out Morrisons and M&S over their dupes of its chunky chocolate bars
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KVI TrackerChristmas vegetable prices increase by up to 30% in a year
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to The Grocer’s analysis of Assosia data
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NewsTop suppliers investing again after years of caution
Capex among the UK’s top 150 suppliers rose to 3.4% of revenue in 2024, up from 2.8% the previous year, according to a report from strategy consulting firm OC&C and The Grocer
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NewsSurging Ukrainian egg and poultry imports ‘damaging UK producers’ NFU warns
The government has been urged to ‘support the British poultry sector’ by curbing tariff-free access for cheaper Ukrainian eggs and poultrymeat
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NewsFood Inflation Gateway to assess impact of regulation on prices
The gateway would provide an opportunity to ‘design smarter regulation from the ground up’, according to Defra secretary Emma Reynolds
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NewsTony’s vows not to shrink chocolate bars despite price increases
Shelf prices of the challenger brand’s chocolate are up as much as 20% year on year
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NewsNew plastic tax raid plotted as Reeves looks to plug budget black hole
Sources say that they expect the UK’s plastic packaging tax to be one of those in the Chancellor’s crosshairs come next week’s budget
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NewsDefra promises food bosses growth policies to revive crashed confidence
Environment secretary Emma Reynolds will stress today that the government will back its words with action, with moves to slash red tape and industry costs
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NewsFood inflation up to 4.9% despite first fall in CPI since March
Food inflation edged back up to 4.9% in October, making it the largest driver of consumer price rises last month
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket price wars: how are rivals answering Asda’s cuts?
Tesco has ramped up its pricing fightback against Asda, cutting 3,352 SKUs in a month as the supermarket giant defends its market share
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NewsFDF: food sector confidence plummets to lowest levels since Covid ahead of Reeves’ budget
Business confidence among food and drink manufacturers has plummeted to its lowest level since the Covid pandemic
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NewsAgriculture has been ‘undervalued for too long’: Minette Batters
Speaking after submitting her farm profitability review findings to Defra, Batters warned there needed to be more cohesion and a greater valuing of agriculture
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Comment & OpinionPrinces is now the bellwether for UK business success
Princes is likely to become a real test of whether it is possible to run a newly minted, successful international food and drink business here in the UK, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsHorticulture faces multimillion-pound annual energy cost surge
The financial shock could trigger widespread business failures and drive up food prices for millions of consumers, grower groups have warned
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NewsTurkey prices soar as retailers ‘rein in’ loss leaders
According to analysis by The Grocer using Assosia data, more than half of all frozen turkey lines in supermarkets are outpacing general inflation, while preorders of fresh turkeys are seeing double-digit price hikes
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NewsFood prices fall at fastest rate in five years, says BRC
Confectionery was a key driver as tumbling global sugar prices helped lower manufacturing costs
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NewsChristmas dinner spend to fall for first time in three years
VoucherCodes forecasts that consumers will spend a total of £8.36bn on food & drink over the six-week Christmas period
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NewsNFU alarm as rising energy prices continue to hit farmers
The NFU said the cost of energy and standing charges on non-domestic electricity bills was adding ‘huge inflationary pressures in the supply chain’
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NewsRetail sales volumes hit highest level since 2022
Retail sales volumes have hit their highest level since 2022, driven by strong performance from clothing and online retailers
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NewsMajor retail sales events drive bump to consumer confidence
Major retail sales events have helped drive a bump in consumer confidence, according to October 2025’s GfK-NIM Consumer Confidence Barometer