All Cost of living crisis articles – Page 9
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News
Report ‘names and shames’ companies for reliance on food sales harming kids
Bite Back report also claims companies are spending huge fortunes targeting young people with advertising
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News
Asda denies union ‘asset stripping’ claims as it faces down strike threat
Asda accused union staff of “aggressive and intimidating behaviour”, as well as of making inaccurate claims about the situation in affected stores
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Analysis & Features
Kids’ checkouts and Palestine protests: this week in grocery on social media
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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Analysis & Features
Design challenge: Cheap and easy fixes to tackle theft at self-checkouts
Supermarkets love self-checkouts. And despite the noisy protests of a minority, most customers love them too. But SCOs are far from perfect
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News
Sunak confirms £15m food waste fund, after years of industry campaigning
The move was made as part of a series of announcements by Sunak to try to improve food security in the UK
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Comment & Opinion
Flush the roll tax – the battle for consumer savings begins
Who Gives a Crap calls on the Treasury to scrap what it calls the ‘roll tax’. That’s the 20% VAT on toilet tissue
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News
Tesco to add unit price to Clubcard Prices promotions
The way supermarkets display unit prices has been under renewed scrutiny from the CMA in its response to the cost of living crisis
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News
Morrisons launches Aldi and Lidl price match
Morrisons said it will check prices against both Aldi and Lidl twice per week to make sure they are as low or lower
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News
Asda faces further strike threats as dispute grows with GMB over representation
Nearly 400 GMB members at the Wisbech, Brighton Hollingbury and Brighton Marina stores will vote on whether to take industrial action, the union said
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News
Deposit return scheme rollout facing delay until 2028
The Grocer understands the UK and devolved governments are due to issue a declaration of support for the scheme by the end of this month
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News
Leadketty Farm ceases berry production citing lack of retail support
The farm had been run by the Corrigall family in Dunning for over 80 years but “a challenging period” has resulted in its closure
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News
Coca-Cola boosted by high prices but volumes come under pressure
Coca-Cola has beaten market expectations as higher prices continued to help the drinks giant to boost revenues. However, volumes declined in its domestic North American market in 2023
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Interviews
Minette Batters on ‘rebooting’ as she steps down as NFU president
Batters reflects on six years dealing with Covid, politicians and climate
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News
Riverford profits drop due to tough year for fresh and cost-cutting
The organic veg box company’s operating profits fell by 51.9% from £5.2m to £2.5m in the 12 months to 29 April 2023
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News
Ex-Unilever boss to lead new body to get EPR back on course
Also on the board are Aldi buying director Luke Emery, Waitrose packaging boss Karen Graley, and Nestlé packaging supremo Sokhna Gueye
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News
Morrisons store boss Lepley leaves as Baitiéh promises ‘a new chapter’
Lepley, who replaced Gary Mills in his current role, spent 11 years at Asda before joining Morrisons, and served on the supermarket’s executive committee
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Range Preview
Supermarket dine-in deals for a budget Valentine’s Day 2024
Supermarkets are here to help you wine, dine, and save your way through a cost of living crisis Valentine’s Day
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News
Amazon funds Felix Project London warehouse as hunger demand soars
Amazon said it had provided more than 10 million meals to The Felix Project since 2020 through its Amazon Fresh stores and depots
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News
Morrisons boss Rami Baitiéh claims ‘strong progress’ as forecourt sell-off dominates Q4 results
Rami Baitiéh today claimed the supermarket had made “strong progress” in its fightback after announcing like-for-like sales for the year were up by 1.8%
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Comment & Opinion
Offer shoppers reliability and comfort in uncertain times
With squeezed incomes, consistency and familiarity have taken over an explorer mentality, says Ben Black, head of fmcg at Verlinvest