All Product prices articles – Page 120
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News
Budgens cranks up its Tesco price match war
Budgens stores are now price matching Tesco on 1000 branded products in the roll-out of the second phase of its lower price campaign.
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NewsShoppers miss out on a big choc drop
The biggest names in chocolate are still hoiking prices and shrinking the size of their bars - despite the falling cost of raw materials.
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Analysis & Features
Baby products static in price... unless they're brand-matched
The baby category has offered two contrasting tales over the past 12 months.
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NewsCases of cheap booze lure indies from C&Cs
Cash & carries missed out on vital Christmas alcohol sales as independent retailers stocked up on “hundreds of cases” of cheap supermarket booze at a time.
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Comment & Opinion
Food policy needs urgent rethink
If things weren’t tough enough for consumers in 2011, they also had to contend with being short-changed in terms of food policy.
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News
Jempson's cuts fruit and veg prices
Sussex-based independent retailer Jempson’s has slashed the price of its fruit and veg by 10% to help its customers eat more healthily.
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Analysis & Features
Christmas deals at an all-time high, but January still a record
January sales? The run-up to Christmas saw the number of promotions offered reach record levels, with more than 10,000 deals in the four weeks to 23 December.
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter the rise, could we see commodity prices now fall?
Commodity prices look to be heading in only one direction - upwards. But could they fall over the coming decade?
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News'Limited evidence' of Change4Life price cuts
Government claims about the cost of healthy foods have been called into question by an investigation by The Grocer.
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NewsVictorians paid 13 times more for food shop
Supermarket prices may have risen well above Mervyn King’s inflation-based target, but we’re still spending far less on food than 150 years ago.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood shop is 13 times cheaper than in 1862
Would you pay £234 for a bottle of gin or £149 for a pineapple? Elinor Zuke on how food prices have changed in 150 years.
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NewsFall in deal giveaways set to drive own label
The BBC’s Panorama programme this week highlighted just how important and complex supermarket promotions are.
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News
Rapeseed oil squeeze puts sunflower in the spotlight
Rapeseed oil supplies have slumped dramatically - pushing imports up and forcing manufacturers to look elsewhere. Mintec’s Jade Savage reports
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Analysis & Features
Brand matching continues to drive surge in promotions
Year-on-year, the number of deals offered by the supermarkets is up by nearly 20%, with Heinz and Kellogg’s more than doubling their deals.
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Comment & Opinion
Beware the price war that no one can win
The hearts and purses of consumers are being fought for on the battlefield of price. To what end?
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Analysis & Features
Seasonal cuts kick of - but they’re not as good as 2010
The Christmas trading season has brought the usual price cuts in the supermarkets, but the discounts are not as big as last year.
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NewsActivia rockets 15% in price as cost hikes bite
Higher ingredients costs have prompted French dairy giant Danone to force through price increases on Activia– prompting the mults to raise on-shelf prices by up to 15% and scrap their long-term two-for-£3 deal
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Comment & Opinion
Don’t sacrifice service at the altar of price
The UK’s big five supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s – are currently embroiled in a very public price war.
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Analysis & Features
Are rocketing firework prices coming back down to earth?
Bonfire Night, Diwali and (soon) New Year’s Eve - fireworks are again burning holes in pockets. But their sky-high wholesale costs look like they might fall, says Robert Mile
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Comment & Opinion
Double-dip recession
Can a positive mental attitude, and the seizing of opportunities, make the difference?