All Cost of living crisis articles – Page 9
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Comment & OpinionWhat does the budget mean for fmcg growth prospects in 2025?
Efficiency will be the watchword for 2025 as businesses navigated rising expenses, says Alex Lawrence, senior strategic insight director at Circana
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NewsOzempic and supermarket health targets 'would halve obesity’
However, the report stops short of recommending taxes on the food and drink sector because of the danger they would push up food prices
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NewsOven mitts are back for singalong Morrisons Christmas ad 2024
Morrisons is bringing back last year’s singing oven mitt puppets for a new rendition of You Give a Little Love from Bugsy Malone
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Comment & OpinionThe budget has set the stage for a tough business environment
Many businesses will be counting the cost of the triple-whammy of higher National Insurance contributions, lower thresholds, and a whopping increase in the national living wage, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionLabour’s budget gamble leaves businesses scrambling for cash
Labour is hoping it can both raid corporate pockets and simultaneously stimulate growth
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NewsViolence means almost 40% of retail workers want to quit jobs
Nearly half (48%) said they did not get enough support from their employer to deal with the current levels of violence, threats and abuse
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Analysis & FeaturesAre the police finally taking retail crime seriously?
Retail crime is on the rise, and with it violent and abusive incidents towards shopworkers. Is the Retail Crime Action Plan enough to tackle it?
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NewsBrexit red tape and climate change pushing UK self-sufficiency to ‘critical low’ levels
A City Harvest report points to Brexit costs and extreme weather as the main threats to the UK’s food self-sufficiency
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NewsGeorge Wright to step down as FareShare CEO
John Bason, chair of FareShare since 2012 and formerly finance director of Associated British Foods, will act as executive chair
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NewsTesco launches £4m school fruit & veg scheme
The supermarket said its funding would support pupils in 400 schools where there was a higher-than-average free school meal ratio
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NewsScores on doors scandal to ‘torpedo’ FSA plans for food safety shake-up
New figures released today by the FSA showed more than 100,000 food premises, many of them supermarkets, were overdue for inspections
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Company Shop was turned around
After Company Shop Group was acquired by Biffa it started losing money. But a dramatic turnaround has been achieved by helping its members and its suppliers
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NewsKen Murphy ‘betting on’ bumper Christmas for Tesco as Finest sales surge
Tesco said sales grew by 4% to £31.5bn over the 26 weeks to 24 August, compared with the same period last year
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NewsSupermarkets stonewalling suppliers over CPI requests, claims adjudicator
New GCA report found more than 14% of suppliers claimed to have had products delisted without reasonable notice in the past year
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Analysis & FeaturesAs supermarkets top FTSE 100 ranking for charity giving, how are other food & drink operators doing?
Report on charity giving defies accusations of supermarket greed
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NewsMPs urge Asda to end ‘gender discrimination’ of workers
Last week, protests were held outside the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, where the case began and is expected to last for three months
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NewsDistil secures emergency funding to get through Christmas trading period
A placing at a steep 40% discount to last week’s share price is set to raise £430k, while the company has secured a further £220k from existing shareholders
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NewsCity snapshot: Disposable incomes to rise ahead of Christmas period
UK households have weathered the worst of the cost-of-living crisis and can now expect to see their disposable income continue to rise this year, according to new figures from Asda’s Income Tracker. Plus, Distil secures funding and Eagle Eye wins a new contract
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NewsTesco launches career clinics to help ‘lost workforce’
More than half (56%) of people surveyed in a poll of more than 1,000 jobseekers by the body said they didn’t feel equipped to compete in the job market
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Category ReportChocolate trends 2024: The rise of the ultra-posh chocolate
Imaginative, fancy NPD is aiming to revive flagging chocolate volumes. Who’s leading the way in lavish flavours and formats?