Prices & promotions insight and analysis – Page 5
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Comment and Opinion
Suppliers should heed CMA’s hunt for cost of living villains
The supermarkets seem to have been the launchpad for further scrutiny in the sector, says Tom Smith, partner at Geradin Partners and former CMA legal director
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Comment and Opinion
CMA ‘profiteering’ findings expose its flawed understanding of supermarkets
The latest outcome shows the CMA’s criticism of fuel pricing was incorrect, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Category Report
How tighter budgets are reshaping home baking
Brits are abandoning their mixing bowls as surging ingredient prices make home baking costly. How is grocery responding?
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KVI Tracker
Few signs of food price deflation in this week’s KVI tracker
This week there were 24 price cuts, but they were balanced out by 34 price increases across the seven retailers
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Comment and Opinion
It’s no surprise soaring costs have sent vegan brands to the wall
Evidence shows growth in plant-based products has slumbered this year due to price increases, says Heck co-founder Jamie Keeble
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury’s Nectar Prices expansion is a strategy that works
Sainsbury’s has bolstered the number of products in its scheme to 3,500 – a huge sum for an initiative launched just this April
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Category Report
How babycare is raising its value game
As prices soar in the baby & toddler aisle, parents are trading down to own label and hunting for deals. What are retailers and brands doing to capitalise?
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Category Report
Is this the new organic era?
Despite cost of living pressures, retailers are honing their organic ranges – while Planet Organic is plotting a successful comeback
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Analysis and Features
Are supermarkets really profiteering on fuel? This is the data
The public seems unimpressed by supermarkets’ selling fuel at a higher margin – but they are keen to disprove allegations of ‘greedflation’
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Analysis and Features
What will the CMA’s ‘fuel finder’ mean for independent forecourts?
The new scheme is expected to make prices more competitive
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KVI Tracker
Blueberries and baked beans see price cuts at retailers, KVI tracker shows
Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury’s all dropped the price of their own label standard baked beans this week by 2p
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Category Report
Who’s winning as free-from gets pricier?
Gluten-free lines have been excessively hit by rising prices, say campaigners. How are buying habits responding to the pressure?
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Comment and Opinion
Loss leaders help no one. This unethical strategy should be dropped
Loss leaders are not affordable – for farmers, suppliers, small businesses or the environment, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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KVI Tracker
Dogs and cats hit by cost-of-living as petfood prices soar
Prices of petfood are up by as much as 58% year on year in some instances, according to our KVI tracker
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Comment and Opinion
What if price-matching schemes were anti-competitive?
The question now, with the CMA’s report out next week, is whether supermarkets will be prepared to lower margins
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Comment and Opinion
What can fmcg industry expect as pricing decelerates?
The more optimistic view is that companies will be able to use the relief from lower costs to spend more on marketing and promotion, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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KVI Tracker
Cheese prices continue to rise despite farmgate cuts, KVI tracker shows
Four out of every five cheddar products have seen an increase in price over the past year
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarket bosses’ food price grilling by MPs foreshadows more woes
Retailers will be much more concerned about next week’s CMA probe
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Analysis and Features
Chief commercial officer Kris Comerford lifts the lid on Asda’s plans
The Grocer’s guest editor Kris Comerford discusses Mohsin Issa, Asda’s debt pile, availability and the possibility of a ‘Rewards Prices’ scheme
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KVI Tracker
KVI: Potato prices soar by up to 100% in a year as supply tightens
Of the 121 potato skus on sale at the traditional big four, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose, almost 50% (58) have risen by over 10% in the past year