All Inflation articles – Page 74
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InterviewsTim Smith on the UK’s Trade and Agriculture Commission, intervention and food standards
As chair of the Commission, Tim Smith advised on food’s role in Britain’s future trade deals. Did anyone listen? It remains to be seen
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Analysis & FeaturesFDF’s plan for ‘total overhaul’ of border checks
A new strategy document calls for a bonfire of onerous red tape
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Grocer 33Asda is cheapest again, unless Tesco Clubcard savings are applied
It’s the seventh time in the 50 weeks of the competition where Tesco would have been cheaper
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NewsLidl strives to increase nutritional variety of donations as more people turn to food banks
The discounter has selected 30 long-life food lines, modelled using the NHS Eatwell Guide to a balanced diet, and signposted them as ‘Good to Give’
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NewsUK’s ‘rigid’ border policy fuelling inflation, industry warns
Fresh produce is being particularly affected by congestion at ports
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NewsMorrisons increases pay for shop floor staff to £10.20 an hour
The supermarket said it was a minimum 2% increase in its base rate
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Comment & OpinionLearnings from Lidl: how the discounter is maintaining long-term UK growth
Price perception, quality and positivity are all part and parcel of Lidl’s success, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsCity snapshot: Palm oil producer MP Evans reports 51% spike in prices in 2022
Palm oil producer MP Evans has seen its mill gate prices jump 51% in 2022 amid supply constraints and commodity inflation, while palm kernals are up 85%.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 June: Boots, GCA, Morrisons, Poundland, petrol prices
A potential £5.5bn agreement to buy Boots by PE firm Apollo and one of India’s richest men fills the papers this morning.
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NewsHaulage industry calls for 15p per litre rebate to help ease inflation
The Road Haulage Association said a rebate would help to reduce inflation
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Comment & OpinionSupplier relationships are souring, GCA activity shows. Do the supermarkets care?
Supermarkets and suppliers are locked in a series of disputes over negotiations on passing on inflation, which has given rise to a raft of short-notice delistings across a range of sectors
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Comment & OpinionDemand is soaring for redistribution charities like FareShare. We need more support
People who would not have normally found themselves relying on help are now in queues for food banks, says Lindsay Boswell, CEO of FareShare
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NewsFour pints of milk up to 17% more expensive since start of the year
Soaring farmgate milk prices appear to be driving further price hikes at the supermarket tills
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NewsCF Fertilisers plant shutdown set to heap more uncertainty on struggling food producers
The US chemical giant is to close its plant at Ince in Cheshire, though industry experts have played down the risk to CO2 supplies
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Comment & OpinionA fair price for Italian tomato growers would curb exploitative labour conditions
Migrant workers in the country continue to face exploitation, says Jeremy Gibson, Napolina brand director
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NewsTime to tackle cost of living crisis, says Potts, as £7bn Morrisons takeover clears final hurdle
The Competition & Markets Authority announced today the deal was clear to proceed
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NewsGSCOP arbitrations set to soar over cost price increase disputes
Adjudicator Mark White told The Grocer the ‘avalanche’ of CPI requests in recent months had resulted in a series of short notice delistings
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NewsSupermarkets must make sustainable shopping affordable, says IGD
The group’s CEO, Susan Barratt, told industry leaders grocery had a key role to play in keeping sustainability high on the shopper agenda amid the cost of living crisis
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NewsWaitrose stores in London first to take part in John Lewis rental housing project
Waitrose’s parent company is set to build new housing at three proposed locations, including over the supermarket’s shops in Bromley and West Ealing, in London
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NewsCity snapshot: Tate & Lyle boosted by global reformulation drive
Tate & Lyle has posted double digit sales and profit growth from continuing operations as the drive to reformulate food and drinks boosted its performance. Plus trading updates from Poundland owner Pepco and British American Tobacco.