All Inflation articles – Page 30
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Category Report
Can bakers make premiumisation pay? Bread category report 2023
Brands are struggling in the cost of living crisis – especially in wrapped bread. But they are fighting back with savvy innovation
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News
Freshways and Arla make further cuts to farmgate milk prices
The processors cited an increase in global milk supplies, coupled with reduced domestic demand, or putting downward pressure on their prices
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News
Media Bites 5 May: Food price inflation, AB InBev, Coronation shopping
Rishi Sunak is to hold talks with supermarket bosses, trade bodies and farmers this month to address concerns over surging food prices and wider industry issues
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News
Supermarket egg prices still rising as shortages continue
As many as 57 shell egg lines sold in the traditional big four, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose have seen their prices rise by at least 10% since the start of the year
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News
Simple soap bars and Daz washing powders reduced in size
It comes as a wealth of big players in food and drink – including McVitie’s Digestives, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Warburtons – have fallen prey to shrinkflation in recent months
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News
Morrisons’ plastic recycling plant falls into administration
The Grocer understands the administrator has spoken to several interested parties, with a formal deadline for bids tomorrow (5 May)
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News
Media Bites 4 May: Unilever, food inflation, Haleon
Shareholders have staged a revolt against Unilever’s pay for bosses over concerns about excessive rewards
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Comment & Opinion
What can farmers and retail bosses expect from the ‘Sunak summit’?
The agenda is currently a mystery, but that the meeting has been brought forward suggests a level of urgency
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News
Kraft Heinz raises earnings expectations following price hikes
Price hikes have driven strong growth in first-quarter sales and helped to expand margins
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News
Black Sheep Brewery poised to enter administration
The Yorkshire brewer Black Sheep has issued a notice to appoint administrators after failing to find new funding
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News
Sunak summons farming and retail bosses for food security showdown
The meeting, which has been billed by industry sources as the ‘Sunak Summit’, is due to take place in Westminster on 16 May
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News
Farmer confidence plunges in face of rising costs and bureaucracy
The NFU’s latest Farm Confidence Survey found that 88% of respondents felt the soaring price of input costs would negatively effect their businesses
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Category Report
Could looming inflation squeeze soft drinks? Category report 2023
While hedges have helped keep inflation down in soft drinks, some are warning of impending pressure on the cost base
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News
CMA could investigate supermarkets for alleged cost of living profiteering
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey called for the CMA to launch probe, claiming supermarkets had a case to answer
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News
City snapshot: Food inflation hits new high but pricing predicted to ease
Food inflation reached another record high in April but the rate of price inflation may have peaked
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News
Media Bites 2 May: John Lewis Partnership, grocery inflation, THG
John Lewis is slashing the size of its central London headquarters by more than half, after thousands of staff left their desks to work from home
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News
Sainsbury’s beats market expectations but pledges continued price investment
Sainsbury’s annual profits beat market expectations and its outlook was rosier than City watchers had feared. However, shares fell on Thursday as the supermarket warned it would continue to invest in price to maintain market share.
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Comment & Opinion
There’s a worrying new trend for brands: deinfluencers
As many as 79% of shoppers believe brands are involved in ‘greedflation’
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News
Media Bites 28 April: Unilever, Sainsbury’s, Amazon
Sainsbury’s and Unilever have both insisted they are protecting shoppers from inflation, amid accusations that some companies are profiteering from the cost of living crisis.
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News
Tesco boss calls for co-operation through cost of living crisis
Tesco CEO UK & ROI Jason Tarry was speaking at the IGD conference yesterday