All Economy articles – Page 67
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NewsBlack Friday helps arrest food sales decline
Grocery sales benefitted from a small boost in November as shoppers flocked to supermarkets to grab a bargain on a record-breaking Black Friday, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor released this morning.
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Analysis & FeaturesPremier is following a well-established supermarket playbook
The real surprise about Premier Foods’ demands for payment from suppliers is not that the company is doing it, but that it’s suddenly in the spotlight.
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks slowdown: poor weather or price war?
Last week it was Britvic, now it’s AG Barr talking of a second half slowdown in the UK soft drinks market.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood prices have not hit the bottom yet
The British Retail Consortium has found that food prices have fallen for the first time since it began recording the data in 2006.
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NewsAutumn Statement: industry reaction
Here’s how the industry has reacted to today’s Autumn Statement announced by Chancellor George Osborne…
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NewsFull review of business rates announced by Osborne in Autumn Statement
The government will conduct a full review of the structure of business rates, although it will not report until the budget in 2016.
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Analysis & FeaturesFarms and meat processors bear brunt of supermarket pressure
The UK agriculture and meat industries are feeling the brunt of pressure from supermarkets as insolvencies in the UK food and drink sector increase sharply.
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News20% supermarket capacity cut call is 'doomsday scenario'
A controversial new report by Goldman Sachs calling on Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons to shut 20% of store capacity…
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Analysis & FeaturesCould the big four become the big three?
Goldman Sachs’ contention that the supermarkets needed to cut 20% of retail space created plenty of headlines this week, but the bank’s suggestion that the industry could be ripe for consolidation went almost unnoticed.
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Analysis & FeaturesBig four supermarkets dive to deepest rate of deflation yet
Food prices hit new lows last month as the big four supermarkets experienced the highest rate of deflation to date…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe National Lottery at 20
On 19 November 1994, Noel Edmonds welcomed the nation to the first-ever National Lottery draw…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Waitrose getting its store formats right?
Waitrose MD Mark Price hit the headlines this week following a newspaper interview in which he suggested some of his rival…
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NewsChinese opportunity for Scots and Welsh suppliers
Just weeks after the Irish Dairy Board secured a deal to take Kerrygold milk into China…
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Analysis & FeaturesCommodity prices: rain in Canada pushes up durum wheat prices
Durum wheat prices have continued to rise with heavy rain during the growing season…
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NewsApproved Food plans five new websites in new expansion drive
Approved Food, the online seller of short-dated food and drink to the public…
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NewsABF warns of pressure on its sugar business until 2016
Associated British Foods has warned its sugar business will remain under pressure until 2016…
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Analysis & FeaturesFeed cost fall set to ease meat suppliers' winter woes
With winter fast drawing in, an expected drop in animal feed costs is likely to bring some early festive cheer…
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Analysis & FeaturesRetail dairy prices defy slump in commodities and wholesale
Britain’s dairy industry has suffered a devastating crash in wholesale prices in recent months…
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Comment & OpinionThe flabby big four need to shape up to fight rivals
In an expanding market over several decades, superstore operators grew their businesses in the UK…
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Analysis & FeaturesBananas prices are falling as mults slash cost of fruit
The drama surrounding the failed merger of Chiquita and Fyffes has meant there have been lots of headlines about bananas…