All Product prices articles – Page 152
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Multiples shift focus of promotions from bogofs to price cuts
Retailers are rejecting bogofs and other multibuy deals in favour of more straightforward price cuts as the battle to retain customers intensifies. In the four weeks to 4 October, 44% of offers in the big four were price cuts, compared with 39% the...
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NewsBread prices are dropping, but not as much as wheat
An upbeat outlook for world wheat harvests is not likely to push down the price of bread as much as you may think, says Andrew Larkham
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Analysis & Features
Promo Dynamic: A good week for fans of canned food
Promotional activity remained as fierce as ever this week, with more than 1,300 lines on offer in featured space in the top 50 categories alone. But some retailers were promoting far more than others.
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NewsGrocer 33: Tesco comes in 22p less than Asda
'Britains biggest discounter' emerges as the cheapest of the bunch in the latest G33
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury's stock and staff impress
The Sainsbury's in Halifax gets the nod from the Grocer 33 panel
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Milk retail price hike to offset production costs
The retail price of milk has risen this week as supermarkets reacted to higher farmgate production costs. The big four have all increased their milk prices in the past seven days from £1.44 to £1.53 for four pints – the first rise since May. The...
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Retailers must do more to keep prices down, say shoppers
More than four in five shoppers say the credit crunch has forced them to change their grocery shopping habits – and only one in five think the supermarkets are doing enough to help, exclusive research for The Grocer has revealed. Consumers said they...
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NewsThe first signs emerge of a slowdown in food inflation
Food price inflation is finally showing signs of levelling off, with Asda the first multiple retailer to record a fall in price. James Ball reports
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NewsGrocer 33: Great service above border at Morrisons
Inverurie’s Morrisons grabbed the top store award this week with a winning combination of great service and 100% availability – despite being only the fourth best suited retailer to the area
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury's leaps into the lead
Sainsbury’s has made a stunning comeback to knock Asda off the top spot this week
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Supermarket chiefs say price inflation has reached a peak
Sir Terry Leahy this week became the third supermarket CEO to predict that food price inflation has peaked. As Tesco announced a 3.7% increase in like-for-like sales in the six months to 23 August, Leahy said: “I think the peak has passed now so...
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NewsBroccoli defies inflation as price drops 26%
Poor crops and rocketing supply chain costs have caused produce to increase in price – in some cases by almost 30% year-on-year, reports Richard Ford
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NewsGrocer 33: A Waitrose a notch above the others
High-quality products and excellent availability as well as friendly and chatty staff helped Waitrose in Billericay land this week’s Top Store award
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda reigns supreme once again
Asda has bounced back from last week’s £6 drubbing by Morrisons to retake the cheapest retailer title by a comfortable £2.02 margin
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Analysis & Features
Promo Dynamic: Sainsbury’s dominates in price deals
The price war may be hotting up, but it doesn’t seem to have reached as far as supermarkets’ prime promotional spots, where activity was subdued at the weekend
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Co-op’s Marks next to say food inflation has peaked
The Co-operative Group has joined Andy Bond in claiming food inflation has peaked, less than two weeks after the Asda chief predicted prices would soon start to fall.
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Weak sterling yields 12% hike for pork producers
Pork prices are starting to rise at retail as farmers obtain higher prices and weaker sterling makes exporting more attractive to UK producers, says Michael Barker
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Grocer 33: Tesco's staff give Banbury store a win
Tesco’s Banbury branch excelled in customer service and availability, to scoop this week’s Top Store award. There were lots of staff available around the tidy store who proved most helpful, walking our customer to the items she needed.
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NewsGrocer 33: Lamb chops give £6 lead to Morrisons
We all know competition is fierce, but it’s amazing what a lamb chop promo can do for a supermarket’s performance. With Asda’s price on the chops up 62.1%, after a one-week promotion, Morrisons walked away with the prize, with a gap of £6.25 compared with only 26p last week.
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M&S scorns claims Waitrose is cheaper
Marks & Spencer this week hit back at claims by John Lewis that Waitrose is 10% cheaper. John Dixon, M&S’s director of food, said he was surprised at John Lewis’s chairman Charlie Mayfield’s comments. M&S products cost the same or less than at...