All Product prices articles – Page 126
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Focus On Confectionery: Sugar and vat hikes expected to raise prices
The price of sugar surged to a five-year high in January as poor crops resulted in lower supplies, diminished stocks and volatile prices. And, although cold fronts in Brazil have kept the price of sugar rising over the past seven months, Indian supplies could bring the price down.
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Focus On Confectionery: What will the speculators do to prices?
When renowned cocoa trader Anthony Ward paid £658m for 241,000 tonnes of cocoa beans in July the equivalent of the entire European supply it was easy to believe from the hysterical media reaction that the price of chocolate was poised to go through the roof.
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Retail Prices: Don’t believe the papers – food prices are going down
Costs are on the up but stories of 10% price increases by Christmas seem OTT, as The Grocer Price Index reveals they are going the other way. Elinor Zuke reports
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Grocer 33 Online: Tesco leaves Ocado crying over spilt milk
A little spilt milk was enough to ensure Tesco snatched victory from Ocado in this month's Grocer 33 online shopping survey.
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NewsGrocer 33: Service - Queue-free Asda wins by a whisker
This week's service award was tightly fought, with Morrisons and Asda both providing a full basket, excellent customer service and a neat and tidy store.
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Retail Prices: Christmas deals kick off as brands stretch the season
The Christmas confectionery tins have hit stores earlier than last year, with Cadbury running nearly 90% more deals than in 2009, says Alex Beckett
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Bananas again take brunt of price war as Asda cuts to 55p/kg
Asda has upped the stakes in the banana price war by slashing prices by 18% to 55p/kg the lowest since last November.
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NewsGrocer 33: Service - Tesco’s staff and stock win the day
An army of helpful and knowledgeable staff won Tesco in Stockport this week's The Grocer 33 service award.
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Own-label Christmas puds soar 30% in price
Christmas puds could be off the festive menu this year as poor harvests and food inflation send the cost of ingredients soaring more than 20% and push the shelf price of own-label puds up 30%.
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Poor crop prospects drive up prices of vegetable oils
Hot weather and increased demand from the food industry have pushed up the price of rapeseed and sunflower oils, says Liliana Gonzalez of Mintec
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NewsGrocer 33: Half-price Häagen Dazs helps Morrisons
With the greatest number of items on promotion (15) Morrisons had the cheapest basket this week. Half-price Häagen Dazs and the cheapest pineapple (£1) helped it move three places up the table.
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury’s speed and stock success
This week's winner is Sainsbury's in Portsmouth, which offered a quick and pleasant shop with no items out-of-stock.
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Grocer survey: shoppers unsure on dairy pricing
Heavy promotional activity in the nation's dairy aisles appears to have done little to convince shoppers that the category offers attractive prices.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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NewsGrocer 33: Full basket gives Tesco the edge
This week's winner is Tesco in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It was the only store to provide a full basket and there was no wait at the tills. Other big plusses were that it was well presented and the staff were able to inform our mystery shopper...
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Retail Prices: Asda deals up by 20% as it puts alcohol in the spotlight
It may have stopped selling booze below cost, but this hasn’t stopped Asda running a fifth of its August promotions in the BWS aisle, reports Elinor Zuke
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Wheat costs threaten to push up price of poultry
Shoppers face rising chicken and egg prices as a result of soaring wheat costs. Sixty per cent of the cost of producing poultry and eggs is feed, and the November futures price for wheat which makes up 60% of that feed has risen £50 per...
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Retail Prices: Tesco responds with cut as Asda sticks to booze pledge
The picture may be mixed, and confused by differing strategies on alcohol, but overall the big four are keeping the lid on inflation, says Ronan Hegarty
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda snatches back top spot
Despite being the only retailer to offer no price-based promotions, Morrisons reclaimed first place this week with a basket costing £2.04 less than its closest rival's. Its Malibu rum was by far the cheapest, at £10.67, helped by an ongoing...
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Grocer 33: Service at Asda proves a winner
Helpful staff and an efficient checkout service helped Asda in Parkhead clinch the award for best overall service this week despite it not having the best availability.