All Inflation articles – Page 68
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News
Media Bites 6 June: MFG, Grubhub/Just Eat Takeaway, Unilever
One of the world’s biggest oil producers is contemplating a multibillion pound takeover bid for Motor Fuel Group
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Grocer 33
Asda’s rivals can’t get close on price… even with promotions
At £58.07, Asda was £3.64 cheaper than runner-up Tesco
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Comment & Opinion
Brands, government and consumers can’t rely on unhealthy food
Most people are looking to retailers to help them make healthier choices, not push HFSS foods at the end of every aisle
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Comment & Opinion
Jubilee weekend could be a boost to Brits even as budgets are squeezed
British food and drink brands have been making the most of the celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne
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News
City News: B&M shares plummet on sales and profits downturn
B&M was a clear winner from the pandemic as its stores stayed open through lockdowns, but the City sent its shares down by double digits on Tuesday amid concerns over changing leadership and a downturn in sale and profits
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FWD calls on government to provide support for wholesalers servicing public sector
The FWD pressed the government to commit to ongoing inflationary increases for public sector catering suppliers
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Interviews
‘Our biggest risk to health is inertia’: how Kieron Boyle is driving social change in food
Boyle chairs a multitrillion-dollar investor coalition. He’s driving the food industry to take action on obesity levels and health inequalities
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MPs propose controversial tax on industry to fix lorry driver shortage
A Transport Committee report published today urges the government to give industry two years to deliver enough drivers, workers and facilities to avoid the labour shortages that crippled supply chains last year
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Müller follows Arla with another hike to its farmgate milk price
The processor’s price hike to 46ppl means Müller has increased its milk price by 31.4%, or 11ppl since 1 March
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Brexit border chaos: government turns to food companies for digital solution
Ministers have reportedly sent out a request for ideas to allow a “digitised, simplified and proportionate” system
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Media Bites 1 June: Unilever, B&M, Brewdog
The appointment of the Trian Fund Management founder has heightened expectations of a drastic overhaul at Unilever
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City Snapshot: Grocery price inflation accelerates at decade-high pace
Food prices accelerated at their fastest rate in more than decade as retail trade body the BRC warns inflation is set “to get worse before it gets better”.
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FDF reports record food and drink exports to non-EU nations
But return pre-pandemic levels undermined by falling trade with the EU
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Unilever shares soars as it hands activist investor Nelson Peltz board seat
Peltz will join the Persil, Dove and Magnum maker as non-executive director on 20 July, as well as taking a place on the group’s compensation committee.
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets have a battle on their hands to protect consumers from inflation
As Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts has conceded, things are going to get worse before they get better
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Category Report
Can cooking oil weather the global shortage? Edible oils category report 2022
The Ukraine war has resulted in wilting sunflower harvests. The effects are now spreading into UK edible oil markets
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Comment & Opinion
Competing on price won’t be enough for consumers even as budgets tighten
It’s no longer possible to simply compete on price – corporate values are increasingly important, says Mark Dodds, chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink and Agriculture Group
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News
Asda to open affordable ‘Salt Bae’ inspired steak restaurant to show meat quality
Fifty diners will win the chance to eat at the Shoreditch pop-up restaurant and dine on Asda meat
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City snapshot: B&M names Alex Russo as new boss as sales fall back
B&M Bargains owner B&M European Value Retail has named current CFO and former Asda exec Alex Russo as CEO when current boss Simon Arora steps down as its annual results show an accelerating drop in sales. Plus, Unilever appoints activist investor Nelson Peltz to its board and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Media Bites 31 May: Inflation, Morrisons/McColl’s, Jus-Rol, National Lottery
The papers all have different takes on the effect of the cost of living crisis on supermarket value ranges.