All Cost of living crisis articles
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NewsIceland Foods microloan scheme returns with ‘budget friendly basket’ to fight school holiday hunger
To help shoppers ‘make the most’ of their Food Club loan, Iceland has partnered with nutritionist Tanya Haffner, to compile a ‘budget-friendly’ shopping basket
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NewsSurprise jump for UK inflation as food prices continue ‘concerning’ rise
Food prices have climbed for the third month in a row, reaching their highest level for more than a year
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NewsNurture Brands teams up with FareShare to help with cost of living crisis
Nurture said its decision to focus on a domestic charity was fuelled by the ongoing cost of living crisis
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NewsUnion letter to Asda boss accuses supermarket of ‘immoral’ tactics over pay
A letter from GMB national officer Nadine Houghton to Allan Leighton says the union recognises he has a strong understanding of the role staff will have to play in Asda’s turnaround, but that Asda’s employment practices have yet to back that up
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NewsAsda in redundancy talks as it merges store management roles
Asda is in redundancy talks as its section manager and trading manager roles are being combined into a new simplified store-based role
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Comment & OpinionClimate change needs more sophisticated risk management
Traditional risk management, based on historical data, is no longer fit for purpose in this era of unprecedented volatility, says Scott Kelly, SVP model development, Risilience
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s the true cost of convenience food?
Beyond health and the planet, there’s something deeply human at stake in the rise of convenience eating, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsAsda slams union claims over low staff pay and minimum wage rules
The GMB union claimed that despite hourly pay rising to £12.45 per hour from 6 July, Asda staff were still lagging behind workers at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Lidl
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Promotional FeaturesThe only way isn’t up: Driving value through price
Consumer spending remains under pressure, which means pricing must work harder than ever before. Here, experts reveal how, when used as a strategic lever to align with demand rather than a blunt tool, price can unlock value in surprising ways
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Comment & OpinionDoes grocery have a moral responsibility to feed everyone?
Between 2020 and 2023, over 550,000 more UK households began experiencing food insecurity, says Patrick Finlay, MD at The Category Management Company
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NewsMorrisons tells head office staff to return to five days a week working
The Grocer revealed in January that Morrisons had gone back to a four-and-a-half-day week
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NewsPoorest households have less spending power than in 2021 finds Asda Tracker
The lowest-earning 40% now have less spending power than they did in 2021, according to the tracker
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NewsMorrisons ‘bounces back’ from Blue Yonder attack but cost cuts continue
The Grocer exclusively revealed last month that the supermarket was to carry out a major overhaul of its UK stores
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NewsMedia Bites 17 June: Trump, Poundland, Oxford Street
UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Trump said as he met Keir Starmer at the G7 summit
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NewsKing recognises grocery sector in birthday honours list
Ocado Retail’s CEO and Holland & Barrett’s CFO are among those recognised on the King’s birthday honours list
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NewsMore than 90,000 retail jobs lost last year amid ‘rising tide’ of employment costs
ONS figures show 360,000 roles have been lost from the retail sector over the past decade, warned the BRC
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NewsSurplus food: £13.6m awarded to divert farm waste to food banks – but £1.2m withheld
The fund was drawn up to fund the redistribution of ‘healthy and nutritious’ food from farmgate to homeless shelters, food banks and charities
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NewsRetail bosses call for steel industry-style intervention to tackle jobs crisis
The BRC said ministers had been hammering its sector with an avalanche of extra costs
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NewsCost price increase requests being rejected by supermarkets
A poll of more than 50 food and drink suppliers shows more than 90% have looked to pass on increased costs averaging 1-6% this year
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NewsBooths rues ‘significantly increased costs’ for latest store closure
The closure would leave the family-owned grocer with 25 stores, in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Cumbria and its Lancashire heartland.