All Cost of living crisis articles
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NewsIceland Foods offers parents £5 free shopping in Easter holidays loyalty promotion
Any shopper who receives school holiday meal vouchers will be able to redeem an additional free £5 top-up when spending the vouchers in Iceland or Food Warehouse stores
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ProfilesThe Bread and Butter Thing CEO Vic Harper on community, finances and yellow stickers
‘Rising food costs, insecure work, housing changes or sudden life events can quickly destabilise families’
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NewsTesco invests £200m in above‑inflation hourly pay rise
Tesco has invested over £200m in its latest pay rise, with an above-inflation increase of 5.1% for hourly-paid colleagues
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Comment & OpinionCould Iran war prompt a supermarket to introduce national fuel pricing?
High fuel prices and huge variances in the same town don’t add up
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NewsCMA to demand data from retailers to probe fuel pricing behaviour
Retailers have been put on notice that requirements to supply revenue, costs and sales data will be brought forward for profitability analysis
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NewsFuel Finder data reveals Britain’s priciest forecourt as oil majors push through rises
BP-branded Exeter forecourt charges 27% more than the UK average, Reeves warns against fuel price exploitation
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s first manufacturer to eliminate all edible food waste
Charlie Bigham’s said it had developed a number of pioneering processes to eliminate food waste
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NewsTesco staff in £134m share ‘windfall’
Tesco said its staff shareholders would make on average between £5,000 and £8,000 each from their options
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NewsReeves rejects calls to scrap fuel duty rises despite Middle East oil surge
The plan to gradually reverse the fuel duty cut extended in the autumn budget, and return fuel duty to pre‑March 2022 levels, remains in place
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NewsShop price inflation eases amid fierce retailer competition
Ambient food inflation dropped to its lowest level for four years in February, according to the latest BRC-NIQ Shop Price Monitor
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NewsTesco revamps ‘every little helps’ message with new slogan
The supermarket said the new slogan would show how Tesco was there to help the nation get the groceries they need and much more
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NewsAldi extends partnership with food surplus charity The Bread and Butter Thing
The partnership allows Aldi suppliers to donate products that are good to eat but cannot be sold in stores for reasons such as labelling errors or damaged packaging
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Analysis & Features£1,400 a year on takeaways? How at-risk people make food choices
Bags of Taste founder Alicia Weston on why the country’s most at-risk people make the food choices they do
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Analysis & FeaturesFood deserts: the problem and how to solve it
For the poorest shoppers, access to healthy food is scarce. Affected areas are caught in a vicious circle of reduced choice and more fast food. What steps need to be taken?
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Comment & OpinionRedistribution is prevention policy, not just waste policy
Redistribution must be recognised as part of the economic and health architecture of food waste reform, says Vic Harper of The Bread and Butter Thing
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Comment & OpinionWhy the language of ‘doing good’ must start with people
Consumers are not rejecting sustainability – they are demanding that it connect to lived experience, says Tessa Clarke, Olio CEO
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NewsIceland Foods to fund the planting of community orchards in deprived areas
Iceland will invest £50,000 to support the planting of the new orchards in London, Swansea and Glasgow
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NewsMorrisons and Kellogg’s promise kids free breakfasts throughout school holidays
The supermarket will offer free cereal and fruit in its cafés during February half term, Easter, summer and Christmas holidays, as new research reveals 33% of British parents struggle with holiday hunger
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NewsSainsbury’s Taste the Difference sales hit £2bn as premium own label demand soars
Taste the Difference is now the fastest-growing supermarket premium own label, Sainsbury’s claims
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NewsTwo-thirds of drivers to start tracking fuel prices
Around half of drivers polled (51%) said they would switch supermarkets if they spotted one offering cheaper fuel, according to the AA