All Cost of living crisis articles – Page 69
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NewsFareShare partners with KFC to distribute millions of meals
Move follows a successful eight-month trial at 20 KFC restaurants in the Midlands, the north east and Essex
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco sales fall back amid “unprecedented” cost of living increases
Tesco’s core retail sales fell back in its first quarter as CEO Ken Murphy warned of the impact of “unprecedented increases in the cost of living”.
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NewsShoppers forced to start saving now to afford Christmas amid soaring living costs
Consumers are having to make “impossible choices” as living costs increase Shoppers are facing “impossible choices” as the cost of living crisis is forcing households with children to start saving now in order to afford Christmas. Nearly half of shoppers with children at home claimed they were ...
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NewsHenry Dimbleby claims industry used cost of living crisis to torpedo National Food Strategy
Speaking to The Grocer after the government published its response to his landmark report, the Leon restaurant founder said the plans amounted to ‘not a strategy’
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Comment & OpinionDemand is soaring for redistribution charities like FareShare. We need more support
People who would not have normally found themselves relying on help are now in queues for food banks, says Lindsay Boswell, CEO of FareShare
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NewsTime to tackle cost of living crisis, says Potts, as £7bn Morrisons takeover clears final hurdle
The Competition & Markets Authority announced today the deal was clear to proceed
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NewsSupermarkets must make sustainable shopping affordable, says IGD
The group’s CEO, Susan Barratt, told industry leaders grocery had a key role to play in keeping sustainability high on the shopper agenda amid the cost of living crisis
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Comment & OpinionIs criticism of supermarket bosses’ exorbitant bonuses amid cost of living crisis justified?
Because profits (and other more complex metrics) have exploded in the past year, performance compensations tied to those financial metrics ultimately grew at a higher rate too
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NewsCity Snapshot: Sainsbury’s investment in price to top £500m as cost of living surges
Sainsbury’s revealed its investment in keeping prices competitive during the cost of living crisis is set to top £500m.
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NewsFareShare urges return of government support as it dishes up four meals per second
FareShare said the government was now spending nothing on supporting food redistribution charities
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Analysis & FeaturesHow is the cost of living crisis affecting grocery shopping habits?
What impact are higher prices having on shopping habits? We analysed exclusive data from a Shopmium survey of over 2,000 UK consumers to find out
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NewsMedia Bites 27 May: Cost of living, Asda, Bodycare, Fever-Tree
The papers focus on Rishi Sunak’s new package of measures to help families with soaring energy bills in a major U-turn for the government.
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Comment & OpinionHow much profit should food companies make during a cost of living crisis?
No single measure will solve this crisis but we must shift food business models in a better direction, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsMorrisons to delay introduction of HFSS multibuy ban to help cost of living
Tesco and Sainsbury’s have said they plan to stick to the original timeframe
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Comment & OpinionHygiene poverty is fast becoming a hidden crisis, but retailer initiatives can help
As prices rise, some shoppers may have no choice but to remove items from trolleys – and they’ll likely start with toiletries
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NewsShoplifting on the rise as mounting cost of living bites
Concerns are mounting over a major increase in shoplifting rates
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Comment & OpinionFood charities should ditch low-quality processed food and focus on fresh, home-cooked meals
Food banks hand out too many low-quality products – but some organisations are thinking up innovative ways to get wholesome meals to those who need it, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsHFSS: government confirms multibuy ban and ad restrictions shelved
Restrictions banning HFSS ads on TV before 9pm and paid-for adverts online will also be paused for a year,
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NewsOcado funds The Felix Project as operations ramp up to tackle cost of living crisis
The Felix Project is expanding its Enfield warehouse in north London with financial help from partner Ocado Retail
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NewsCharities question supermarket profits after calls for windfall tax
Campaign group Sustain cited figures showing 57% of adults were in households with food insecurity