All Inflation articles – Page 131
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NewsAsda defends rising prices before 50p New Year rollbacks
Asda has defended its big January 50p rollback campaign this week.
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NewsMinimum wage hike would hit small businesses, trade warns
Trade associations have warned chancellor George Osborne that above-inflation increases in the national minimum wage will hurt small businesses.
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Comment & OpinionThe food price dilemma
When it comes to food prices, we tend to display some pretty contradictory attitudes…
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NewsMP calls for extension of beer duty freeze
An MP has tabled an early day motion calling for the government to extend its freeze on beer duty.
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Comment & OpinionWhy 2014 promises more of the same for grocery
Where will the grocery industry be this time next year? Probably about where it is now, except more so…
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NewsTesco undercuts Asda by 41p to win Christmas Grocer 33 shop
Tesco has won the Christmas Grocer 33 for the first time ever – stunning rival Asda, winner for the past four years.
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NewsAutumn statement caps business rates rises at 2%
Business rates rises will be capped at 2% from next April, chancellor George Osborne declared in today’s autumn statement.
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NewsTesco’s Clarke warns there are ‘no quick fixes’ as sales fall
Tesco boss Philip Clarke today described some of the activities of the discounters as “uneconomic” and said the UK’s biggest retailer would not resort to short term fixes on price, despite falling sales.
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Comment & OpinionCameron's dough! moment
David Cameron admitted on radio he didn’t know the price of a value loaf of bread. Was it a silly, unfair question, or an unfortunate gaffe by the PM at a time when the cost of living is making headlines?
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News‘Feel-good’ summer can’t mask squeeze in income, Asda reports
Household disposable income remains stable but has decreased compared with the same period last year, research commissioned by Asda has found.
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NewsHousehold income remains flat, Asda report finds
Household income has remained broadly flat compared with the same period last year, according to research commissioned by Asda.
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Analysis & FeaturesCo-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury's join calls to freeze rates
With traditional store rates 15 times higher than for online rivals, the Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have joined call…
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Comment & Opinion
Who will fill the food waste knowledge gap?
Richard Benyon dared to offer the public advice on how they could reduce the colossal amount of food they waste…
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Comment & Opinion
After horsegate, value products need better values
No surprise that 15% of 6,221 consumers interviewed by Kantar said they would think twice about buying value ranges…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe full shop: how Aldi's top duo cut through
It’s not just sales that are soaring at Aldi. Its range is growing fast too. We talk to UK bosses Matthew Barnes and Roman Heini.
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Category ReportHOT BEVERAGES: Piping-hot prices fail to put UK off premium drinks
Snuggling up with a hot drink this winter will give us all an unwelcome reminder of the ever-rising cost of living.
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Comment & Opinion
Own label will be star of the ‘golden quarter’
Why? Because it’s a totem of the new consumer mentality, as the success of Asda’s Chosen by you shows, says Andy Clarke
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Analysis & FeaturesSalary Survey 2011: Climbing the greasy pole
Tesco’s CEO isn’t the only commander-in-chief to have started out on the shop floor. But what is it about the sector that makes such meteoric rises possible? Catherine Wheatley, armed with our new salary survey, investigates
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NewsMorrisons offers patriotic petrol with ‘Fuel Britannia’ stunt
Morrisons has knocked 6p off a litre of petrol or diesel for customers spending £40 or more at stores from this week until May 8. The Fuel Britannia deal would beat recent offers introduced by Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group, the retailer claimed.