All Cost of living crisis articles – Page 4
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NewsAsda donates million meals in winter fruit & veg pledge to FareShare
The donation will support FareShare’s nationwide network of charities, including afterschool and breakfast clubs, homelessness shelters, and older people’s lunch clubs
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Category ReportThe rise of ‘homecooked’ ready meals
Ready meals are booming thanks to hearty NPD and marketing that challenges UPF associations. Whose sales are heating up?
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NewsTesco boss Ken Murphy accuses rivals of phoney price war
Murphy said Tesco has now been the UK’s cheapest full-line grocer for over two years
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NewsIceland joins January price war with ‘largest ever’ Mega Deals event
The highlight of the Mega Deals event sees the return of Iceland’s 10 for £10 multibuy promotion, as well as the ramping up of products in its £1 or Less value range
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NewsAldi donates 100 fridges to help charities and food banks
The discounter said it had repurposed fridges from its stores to give extra storage for organisations supporting those in need this winter
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NewsGovernment promises to salvage £15m fund to tackle farmgate food scandal
An estimated 330,000 tonnes of edible food is either wasted or repurposed as animal feed before leaving farms every year
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NewsAsda and Morrisons kick off 2025 with price war
The Big Jan Price Drop will see reductions of an average of 26% on products including in-store and online
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Videos2024 in cartoons: The Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle returns
The Grocer wishes you a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2025
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NewsTesco ‘overwhelmed’ as Winter Food Collection sees customers donate 1.9 million meals
Donated products would, it said, provide vital support for charities FareShare and Trussell in the run up to Christmas
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Comment & OpinionKellogg’s TV ad starring Cornelius the giant green cockerel is no joke
Cereal giant Kellogg’s has splashed £12m on a bold marketing campaign, featuring a modern reinvention of its 66-year-old mascot
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NewsFood and drink inflation could rise to 5% next year warns IGD
A report by the IGD claims businesses will face “significant financial challenges” in 2025, as they grapple with cost pressures
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Comment & OpinionFood & drink faces a decisive political year in 2025
There is very significant concern over this government’s understanding of and care for the food and drink industry, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsIceland extends interest-free loans scheme throughout 2025
More than 27,000 Iceland shoppers have borrowed using the loans scheme since it launched
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NewsMorrisons reaches 25 million meal mark in help for The Bread & Butter Thing
Figures released today reveal the supermarket has given a total of 10,500 tonnes of food to the Manchester-based charity in the past three years
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Comment & OpinionSticking-plaster tactics won’t solve systemic food issues
Instead of trying to treat the symptoms, we should be asking why problems of injustice and ill health are happening to begin with, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsStrong retail meat and poultry demand predicted for Christmas
More consumers are expected to enjoy Christmas food at home, despite an easing in the cost of living crisis, according to AHDB
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Comment & OpinionCan Sainsbury’s solve its ‘ridiculous’ yellow sticker self-checkout woes?
As customers continue to queue, Sainsbury’s self-checkout issues show retailers can’t give fraudsters carte blanche to do as they wish in the name of preserving ‘customer experience’
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NewsMorrisons supports farmers with Tractor Tuesdays café deal
The ‘Tractor Tuesdays’ deal aims to bring farmers together and make the farming industry more visible to customers
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NewsCompetition watchdog probe finds 92% of supermarket loyalty deals are ‘genuine’
The CMA said it had found “very little” evidence of supermarkets lifting their “usual” prices as displayed on the offers to make the deals seem more attractive
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NewsTesco appeals for millions of meals to tackle food poverty in winter campaign
Last year Tesco customers donated more than two million meals worth of food in the Winter Food Collection to Trussell Trust and FareShare