All Russia-Ukraine conflict articles – Page 14
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NewsNPA calls out Tesco over lack of support for pig producers
The trade body has written an open letter to Tesco CEO Ken Murphy in a bid to attract financial support for hard-up producers
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Category ReportThe battle of baked goods: category report 2022
Sweet bakery is winning the war for shoppers as wrapped bread declines. But could HFSS regulations redraw the battle lines?
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NewsMedia Bites 6 May: McColl’s, Pig farming/Tesco, Ocado
The major consumer business story this morning is last night’s news that convenience chain McColl’s is teetering on administration
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NewsWaitrose adds £16m to support package for its pig farmers
The retailer said the pledge would cover the full cost of rearing and producing pigs across its 250 supplying farms – including labour, feed, and fuel
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NewsTurbulence hits edible oils markets after Indonesia’s latest palm oil u-turn
The South-East Asian archipelago supplies over half the world’s exports of palm oil
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NewsMedia Bites 5 May: Just Eat Takeaway.com, Cost of living, Ocado
Shares in Just Eat Takeaway.com fell 7% on Wednesday after the company revealed it was investigating a complaint against one of its top executives and that its chair was stepping down
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Comment & OpinionSunflower oil shortages are forcing a choice between food and biodiesel
The government must ease back or suspend biodiesel mandates in light of the sunflower oil crisis, says Gary Lewis, head of business: oils and fats, KTC
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NewsCity snapshot: April supermarket sales continue to slow as shoppers rebalance basket spend
UK supermarket sales fell 1.8% over the four weeks to 23 April, according to NielsenIQ, albeit spending during the Easter period helped lift sales from the 4.1% slump seen in March
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NewsMedia Bites 4 May: Morrisons, BrewDog, Business rates
The UK’s competition regulator is set to approve the acquisition of supermarket group Morrisons by Clayton, Dubilier and Rice in early June after the private equity group offered to sell 87 petrol stations
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NewsUK profit warnings spike as spiralling costs hit consumer industries
The number of profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies so far in 2022 has jumped 44%, with the beleaguered retail and consumer sectors amongst those worst hit by spiralling inflation
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NewsFood industry backlash grows over postponement of Brexit border checks
Last week, Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said imposing the checks and paperwork in July as planned would be “wrong”
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NewsBumper strawberry crop predicted thanks to dry and bright UK weather
This year’s harvest will be 50% bigger than last year’s, said British Summer Fruits
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NewsMorrisons takeover set to clear final hurdle after CMA accepts forecourt disposal plan
CD&R has offered to divest 87 of MFG’s petrol stations to “a purchaser or purchasers to be approved by the CMA”.
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Oils: 4 June
What are the prospects for sunflower oil as the war in Ukraine drags on?
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NewsFood and drink M&A withstands the pressure of inflation
Grant Thornton’s new quarterly M&A analysis found the 35 completed transactions in the quarter broadly matched total deal volumes in the previous three quarters
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NewsCity News: Unilever growth above expectations but more price hikes on the way
Unilever’s first quarter growth came in above market expectations due to an 8%-plus hike in prices
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Analysis & FeaturesAre Asda and Morrisons’ price cuts enough to win back shoppers?
Asda and Morrisons have both announced major pricing offensives. But will it be enough to win shoppers – and how are they funding it?
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NewsCity snapshot: Reckitt predicts margins will hold despite spiralling costs
Reckitt Benckiser expects to full year revenues to be at the upper end of guidance as it maintained sales volumes despite pushing through price rises of almost 6%
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NewsMedia Bites 29 April: Sainsbury’s, Unilever, Amazon
Sainsbury’s warned underlying profit would be lower than expected this year amid ’significant external pressures and uncertainties’
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NewsShop vacancy rates are falling but more uncertainty looms, warns BRC
It is only the second quarter in which the vacancy rate has fallen during the last four years