Mike Watkins news, comment and analysis – Page 15
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NewsFood deflation returns as prices fall 0.4%
BRC renews call for government to address business rates concerns
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NewsFood prices rise in January
Food prices have risen for the first time in four months in January as seasonal lines come off promotion
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NewsEagle Eye first-half revenues fall short of expectations
Eagle Eye Solutions sales up 30% in first half as it signs major contract with Sainsbury’s
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NewsPre-Christmas trading has little effect on deflation
The BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index reports year-on-year deflation of 2% for December…
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NewsWaitrose like for like sales fall 1.4% over Christmas period
Gross sales (excluding fuel) were £859.8m, up 1.2% compared with last year, however like-for-like sales fell 1.4%
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NewsPrice war wipes £1bn off fresh food sales
Nearly a billion pounds have been wiped off supermarket fresh food sales in the past year
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products Survey 2015
It’s our biggest ever Top Products Survey, covering 967 products in 112 categories, worth £110bn
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NewsSupermarkets set for £6.4bn fortnight as UK delays Christmas food shop
Nervous time for retailers as shoppers leave it late for Christmas
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NewsCity snapshot: 2 Sisters hails progress despite sales and profits slip
Sales have fallen at 2 Sisters Food Group by 3.5% to £778.3m in the first quarter
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NewsFood prices still falling, reveals Shop Price Index
Prices fell 0.4% compared with the same month last year
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NewsConditions remain tough for big four as discounters speed up growth again
Trading conditions for the big four supermarkets are showing no signs of improving as Aldi and Lidl ramp up growth again, according to the latest market share data.
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NewsCity snapshot: Deflation ticks up to 1.4% in July
Overall shop prices reported an increase in deflation to 1.4% in July from 1.3% deflation in June, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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NewsHeatwave brings temporary boost to supermarket sales
Supermarket sales were boosted by soaring temperatures earlier this month – but fell off when cooler weather returned.
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Events & AwardsBritain's Favourite Supermarket: Tesco
Here is recognition, surely, of the value and the goodwill among British shoppers towards Britain’s biggest grocer…
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NewsCity snapshot: Shop prices fall to new lows
High street prices are falling at the fastest rate for a decade, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index published this morning, plus all the latest share price moves and news from the City.
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NewsAnnual food prices fall for second consecutive month
Fresh food category reaches record low, first time ever index has reported two consecutive months of annual price deflation
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NewsCity snapshot: Greggs celebrates 'exceptional' progress with record profits
High street bakery chain Greggs has puffed up like-for-like sales to the strongest levels since 2007 on the back of favourable market conditions
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NewsFood deflation hits highest level yet, finds BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index
Food prices fell by the highest rate ever recorded by the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index in January as the New Year price war took hold.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Products Survey 2014: Total War
The price war has gone nuclear. Morrisons dropped the bomb in March, issuing the mother of all profit warnings as it slash…
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NewsPopularity of own label products continues to grow
UK supermarkets could be missing a trick by not providing enough own-label products, new research from Nielsen has suggested.