All Inflation articles – Page 4
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Comment & Opinion
Minimum wage, maximum effort: the pay conundrum for food and drink
Skills, expectations and stakes are higher than ever, but the rewards are increasingly in inverse proportion
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News
City snapshot: Supermarket basket size grows as inflation slows
Shoppers have been encouraged to put more in their baskets as inflation eased back to more manageable levels, according to the latest market data released this morning. Plus, full-year results from Hilton Food Group with a turnaround in seafood helping boost profits
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Comment & Opinion
How grocery and CPG players can both win as inflation cools
Seemingly asymmetrical collaborations can raise value for both parties through more sophisticated benefit-sharing models, says Google’s Kathy Lee
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KVI Tracker
Apple growers face continuing rise in production costs
British Apples & Pears said the cumulative effect of multiple years of increased costs was ‘hurting growers, financially and mentally’
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News
Hovis turnaround picks up under new management team
Hovis has made big strides in its turnaround as significant price hikes helped boost revenues and profitability
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Webinars
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Watch our webinar on demand as experts from Iceland, General Mills, Rude Health and Mastercard unpick the big consumer trends that are already shaping grocery in 2024.
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News
City snapshot: Consumer confidence ‘vanishes’ in March
Consumer confidence stalled in March but a shift in attitudes to personal finance provided optimism for the future, according to a closely watched survery released this morning. Plus, the latest retail sales for Feburary from the ONS
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News
Supermarkets to be hauled before Efra supplier fairness probe
It is investigating how profitability and risk is shared through the food supply chain, following a period of soaring food price inflation and dwindling returns for producers
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News
Asda extends Kids Eat for £1 deal to all year round
Asda has more than 200 cafés across the UK and last year the deal won a Grocer Gold for its contribution to fighting child hunger
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News
City snapshot: Food price inflation slows significantly in February
Inflation has eased to its lowest levels in the UK for more than two years as the rising cost of food slowed significantly in February, according to new official data released this morning
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KVI Tracker
Easter chocolate prices soar up to 50% in the supermarkets
The Grocer’s analysis found 227 out of 386 seasonal chocolate SKUs available in the big four were more expensive this year
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Analysis & Features
How British are the supermarkets and what’s behind their marketing claims?
Much has been made of online ‘buy British’ sections, but farmers aren’t impressed. A consultation is looking to make claims clearer
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KVI Tracker
Peanut butter battle rages at the retailers despite crop shortages
Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Lidl have all dropped their shelf prices
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News
Banana prices on the rise as climate change affects supply chain
A five-pack of Asda’s Organic Fairtrade Bananas was subject to the biggest annual rise of 35% from £1 to £1.35
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News
Aldi giving shopworkers second pay rise in under six months
For the first time, Aldi has also made a firm commitment to never be beaten on pay by another supermarket.
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News
Country of origin and method of production labelling consultation begins
The plans promised to improve transparency, while supporting British farming, Defra said
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News
Growers hunt for buyers following UK Salads collapse
The Grocer understands the vast majority of the crop from UK Salads was intended for Aldi which will now be facing a significant shortfall
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News
Aldi salad supplier UK Salads appoints administrators
The Aldi salad supplier has appointed administrators, with The Grocer understanding that unsecured creditors will be owed as much as £10m
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News
Asda reveals record pay offer as it defends investment in staff
Asda hourly paid store staff will get an 8.4% increase, with rates rising to £12.04 in July
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Analysis & Features
When will the price be right to get deal volumes moving?
Newlat’s exit from Princes takeover talks reflects a market in which deals are not getting done. What’s stalling activity, and will it pick up?