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Comment & Opinion
The high water mark for retailer milk pools?
Dairy Crest has announced a new milk price formula, a cross between a market-related and a cost-of-production price…
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Analysis & FeaturesSitting pretty: shoppers are paying 8% less for toilet tissue
The bottom has fallen out of loo roll prices. The typical retail price of toilet paper has dropped around 8%…
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Analysis & FeaturesSoybean outlook hit by heat in Argentina
Suppliers and growers are watching South America as the weather threatens an otherwise brighter outlook for soya…
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Analysis & FeaturesPET and aluminium price upturn a blip?
After a poor summer hit soft drinks sales in 2012, brand owners are now seeing packaging costs rise…
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Analysis & FeaturesHas Tesco opened a can of worms with its Price Promise?
Tesco’s ambitious latest entry into the price comparison arena may run into trouble over non-applicable items…
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Analysis & FeaturesEaster egg promos down as novelties hog the limelight
Retailers and confectionery suppliers have been shelling out on far fewer Easter promotions this year…
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Analysis & FeaturesHorsemeat-style substitution rackets rife in many sectors
Horsemeat is not the only protein caught up in a mislabelling scandal….
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Comment & Opinion
Which? survey shows shoppers need price clarity
The latest Which? supermarket satisfaction survey has shown the extent to which shoppers are focusing on quality and price…
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Analysis & FeaturesPotato price rises are sweet news for alternatives
When rains and floods started causing havoc in the UK and much of northern Europe last year, alarm bells sounded…
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Analysis & FeaturesCoffee and sugar prices set to remain on downward trend
Strong harvests and increased activity from speculators is set to keep coffee and sugar…
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Comment & Opinion
Our food system is unbalanced by the concept of 'cheap food'
Waitrose CEO Mark Price waded into the horsemeat saga last weekend…
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Comment & Opinion
After horsegate, value products need better values
No surprise that 15% of 6,221 consumers interviewed by Kantar said they would think twice about buying value ranges…
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda sticks to EDLP promise as its rivals promote harder
When it comes to promotional activity, no one could accuse Asda of following the crowd…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy 'Horsegate' would be avoided with closer relationships
Closer relationships between retailers and suppliers are key to preventing similar scandals says Rabobank…
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Analysis & FeaturesPrice of budget beefburgers barely moved in four years
The retail price of the cheapest frozen burgers had barely moved in the four years leading up to the horsemeat scandal…
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Analysis & FeaturesOlive oil price will not drop soon, warn suppliers
Despite hopes prices would come down in the new year, olive oil is not expected to get cheaper until the spring…
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Comment & Opinion
Food policy: a controversial start to 2013
Food policy dived straight into deep waters as 2013 began…
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Comment & Opinion
Alcohol minimum pricing will hit the responsible
The WSTA is leading the Why Should Responsible Drinkers Pay More? campaign against minimum pricing…
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Comment & Opinion
The alcohol access debate is a threat to off-licences
The alcohol trade, thanks to David Cameron, is preoccupied with the debate about alcohol responsibility and price…
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Analysis & Features
Asda and Morrisons lead in keeping a lid on inflation
The supermarkets kept inflation in check in January even as prices of fruit & veg and bakery products continued to rise…