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Analysis & FeaturesBudget own label ranges dodge supermarket price war deflation
Grocery prices have crashed in the wake of the supermarket price war – but not in the case of many budget own-label lines
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Analysis & FeaturesBrands put brakes on deals in wake of Easter activity
Easter is a distant memory to retailers who spent the May bank holiday weekend selling barbies and burgers…
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Analysis & FeaturesWelcome political stability may prove to be short-lived
Many of the leaders of the UK grocery industry will be breathing a sigh of relief today as the general election results sink in.
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Comment & OpinionWhich? thing to get angry about? We just don't know
We’ve had superheroes, supersizing, super-injunctions and this morning we had a new one to get our heads around – the super-complaint
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Analysis & FeaturesFood & drink prices plummet as every category is affected
Year-on-year food price deflation across the big four steepened to 2.2% in the month to 1 March
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Analysis & FeaturesCurrency exchange rate volatility: does it matter?
Does the impact of currencies matter? Yes, say investors. So who’s best positioned, and what can you do?
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Analysis & FeaturesFood deflation at new record but prices are actually up
Annual food deflation has reached record levels, but grocery prices were nevertheless higher in January…
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Comment & OpinionFirst Milk CEO - Why I delayed payments to farmers
First Milk CEO Kate Allum explains the challenges the whole industry faces
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Analysis & FeaturesCurry fans beware: Cumin price soars as Indian crop is delayed
Curry fans beware: cumin prices have soared to a two-year high as extreme weather compounds reduced sowing…
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco's Christmas trading could prove cause for cautious optimism
With Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S all set to report declining sales again this week, the food retailers would be forgiven for fearing this year looks just as grim as 2014.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood prices in the mults fall for seventh month in a row
The UK’s supermarkets are heading into the vital Christmas period with food price inflation remaining at historic lows…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the budget end of the grocery market slowing down?
A lot has been made of the “free ride” the mainstream supermarkets have given the discounters over recent months, but today’s Kantar Worldpanel data seems to point to tougher conditions at the value end of the market.
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Analysis & FeaturesPremier is following a well-established supermarket playbook
The real surprise about Premier Foods’ demands for payment from suppliers is not that the company is doing it, but that it’s suddenly in the spotlight.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood prices: will 2015 be calm for food and commodities?
After the chaos of 2012 and 2013, the past 12 months have brought some much-needed rebalancing to the global commodities m…
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Analysis & FeaturesBlack Friday triggers pre-Christmas promotional blip
Black Friday didn’t just take up column inches in the national press this week…
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks slowdown: poor weather or price war?
Last week it was Britvic, now it’s AG Barr talking of a second half slowdown in the UK soft drinks market.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood prices have not hit the bottom yet
The British Retail Consortium has found that food prices have fallen for the first time since it began recording the data in 2006.
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Analysis & FeaturesFarms and meat processors bear brunt of supermarket pressure
The UK agriculture and meat industries are feeling the brunt of pressure from supermarkets as insolvencies in the UK food and drink sector increase sharply.
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Analysis & FeaturesCould the big four become the big three?
Goldman Sachs’ contention that the supermarkets needed to cut 20% of retail space created plenty of headlines this week, but the bank’s suggestion that the industry could be ripe for consolidation went almost unnoticed.
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Analysis & FeaturesBig four supermarkets dive to deepest rate of deflation yet
Food prices hit new lows last month as the big four supermarkets experienced the highest rate of deflation to date…