All Cost of living crisis articles – Page 66
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Comment & OpinionHapless digital rollout of Healthy Start has failed the UK’s most vulnerable
Problems with digital rollouts have become par for the course over the pandemic
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NewsFamilies humiliated at tills as IT chaos blights Healthy Start scheme
Campaigners are calling for urgent intervention from health secretary Sajid Javid
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NewsMedia Bites 8 March: Ukraine, food prices, cost of living crisis
The effects of the war in Ukraine continues to dominate coverage in the papers, which this morning examine rising food prices and growing pressure on the likes of McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Pepsi to pull out of Russia.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe unfortunate rise of social supermarkets: saving surplus food for those in need
The UK’s cost of living crisis is pushing more and more Brits into food insecurity. Social supermarkets and other surplus food redistributors have sprung up to get good food into the hands of those in need
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NewsMedia Bites 16 Feb: Insolvencies, Brexit/Ireland, Cost of living
orporate insolvencies in England and Wales began to return last month to levels last seen before the pandemic as more businesses failed over debts
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Comment & OpinionWhy loyalty and personalisation schemes will set supermarkets apart as inflation spirals
The retailers that will gain true competitive advantage will be those who create next-level, customer-first strategies, says Kieran South, SVP UK, IRI
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Analysis & FeaturesBudget food bloggers to watch as inflation bites in 2022
As inflation hits and supermarket prices climb, there’s a growing appetite for budget food blogs. But increasingly the content is more short-form and picture or video-led as platforms like Instagram Reels and TikTok boom
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NewsAsda to double Smart Price coverage following Jack Monroe criticism
From 1 March Asda will stock its full Smart Price and Farm Stores ranges in all 581 of its food stores, as well as online
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NewsFive million in food poverty as Tesco chairman warns of ‘worse to come’
Food Foundation data shows 8.8% of households are experiencing food insecurity
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose must tackle the cost of living crisis too and free newspapers or free coffee isn’t the answer
“The biggest fall in living standards since records began and what are Waitrose customers getting upset about? A free newspaper”
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Comment & OpinionDefra must seize the opportunity to transform our food system for good
Government would be wrong to put the National Food Strategy on the backburner, says George Heler, founder of Eatlean and MD at Joseph Heler Cheese
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are powerless to prevent food price inflation but there's a how and a where
Supermarkets have done an amazing job of keeping price inflation in check for 60 years. They can’t afford to lose their grip
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Jack Monroe right about food inflation hitting the poorest hardest?
Jack Monroe sparked a media storm last week by showing it is budget items facing some of the biggest price hikes. Is she right?
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NewsNational Food Strategy: government has ‘no date’ for response
Sources have confirmed that the White Paper is not now expected until February at the earliest
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NewsBoss Ken Murphy says Tesco has gone into ‘overdrive’ to tackle HGV crisis
Tesco and other supermarkets urged the government this week to take action to tackle the driver shortage