All Product prices articles – Page 16
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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 & 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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News
Grocer Gold Awards 2023: Grocer 33 – price award
Asda is once again the cheapest – but is also hit hardest by inflation
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News
Asda and Morrisons become the latest retailers to cut milk prices
A four-pinter in the retailers is now 20p cheaper than at the turn of the year
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Comment & 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 & 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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News
‘Crippling’ alcohol duty hike will hit consumers and brands hard
Another household budget bashing this summer as the government remains set to lift its three-year alcohol duty freeze
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News
Ocado boasts of ‘cheapest milk on the market’ after slashing prices
Milk is among more than 100 items to have been reduced in price, by an average of 10%
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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 & 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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News
Morrisons vows to stock Savers range in c-stores to help low-income shoppers
CEO David Potts announced the move as MPs grilled executives from the major retailers on what they were doing to tackle food inflation
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News
Sainsbury’s invests £15m in price cuts for store cupboard staples
The price of 500g packs of free-from penne, spaghetti, fusilli and macaroni have all been reduced from £1.20 to 75p
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News
MPs to grill supermarket bosses on food prices
MPs on the cross-party business and trade committee will quiz executives from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons
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Analysis & 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
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Comment & Opinion
In an ever-changing fmcg world, staying still can be the best strategy
Constant ‘pivots’ won’t benefit your brand as much as holding steady in turbulent times, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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News
Food & drink manufacturing costs starting to ease
Production costs fell for the first time since April 2016, according to the Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker
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KVI Tracker
Sainsbury’s Nectar Prices now available on fresh fruit and vegetables
The Nectar Prices scheme has been rolled out to cover six fresh fruit and vegetable lines
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News
M&S cuts the price of over 70 family staples
Products dropped in price include M&S Select Farms DNA traceable beef mince, avocados, Greek-style yoghurt and ciabatta rolls