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Landmark Wholesale launches 'high demand' summer drinks push
All you Need summer campaign features Landmark’s 12 bestselling seasonal soft and alcoholic drinks
Booths launches site to deliver hampers all year round Subscription
The site will offer a selection of five hampers, five gift boxes and eight champagne and wine gifts
Co-op offers £100,000 at new Chester and Cambridge stores
The group’s latest food store opens in Christleton Road, Chester on 1 June following a £740,000 investment
Greggs promotes low-cal range with 'salad dressing' couture
Models dress in salad ingredients to celebrate launch of Greggs summer salads
Morrisons offers 5ppl off fuel for £40+ spend in store Subscription
The deal, according to the retailer, will make Morrisons petrol the cheapest in the country
Nisa reports £2m boost from Cider Festival sales
Three-week price promotion event surpassed last year’s by over £1m
Old El Paso and Green Giant prices rise as mults hike General Mills brands Subscription
Supermarket prices for General Mills’ UK brands are surging, prompting speculation the supplier has become the latest to push through Brexit-related cost inflation
Seven months after #Marmitegate, Tesco finally puts price up Subscription
Tesco has hiked the price of Marmite seven months after its public refusal to bow to brand owner Unilever’s demands
Inflation drops as big four strive to contain cost hikes Subscription
The big four are still trying to limit the extent to which they are passing on higher costs to consumers, data indicates
Sainsbury's revamps food-to-go range to include 21 new products
A choice of three Asian buns – char sui pork, bulgogi beef and honey & soy chicken – hit the shelves this week
Morrisons and Sainsbury's cut fuel prices for second time this week
Both diesel and unleaded will be cut by a further 2p
Tesco accused of 'mixed messages' by cutting HFSS & healthy food prices Subscription
Tesco is using its power aisles to encourage shoppers to ditch high fat, salt and sugar products in favour of healthier options
Morrisons hikes prices to compensate for Crunch cuts Subscription
Morrisons hiked the price of 700 items to pay for its latest Price Crunch campaign
Morrisons leads the way with fuel cuts
Morrisons takes 2p per litre off diesel and 1p off unleaded petrol; Sainsbury’s and Tesco to follow suit
Waitrose launches Duchy banquet competition
Customer initiative marks 25 years of the Duchy brand, which has racked up £200m in annual sales
Mults slash veg prices in response to spring crop glut Subscription
Warm weather during the spring has contributed to a glut of supply from UK growers
One Stop adds ice cream options to £3 meal deal
Shoppers will be able to choose one of 14 ice creams
Sainsbury's launches first Nectar 10X Points Weekend Subscription
Customers will be able to earn 10 Nectar points for every £1 they spend over May bank holiday
AmazonFresh 14% cheaper than nearest supermarket rival on brands Subscription
The online giant undercut Asda by 14% and the rest of the big four by more than 20% in Profitero study
Tesco slashes prices on number of fresh fruit & veg products Subscription
Price cuts follow pledge by CEO Dave Lewis for a post-Easter fightback against discounters and Asda
Booths looks to 'revive' the roast dinner with new campaign Subscription
Campaign comes after a survey of more than 14,000 consumers found roasts were becoming an increasingly rare occasion…
Tesco brings supplier talks forward to stave off inflation Subscription
Tesco has brought forward negotiations with suppliers to find alternatives to passing on inflation
Own label prices rising faster than brands, IRI study reveals Subscription
Grocery promotions are also “falling off a cliff”, the report suggests
Inflation reaches its highest level since Christmas 2013 Subscription
The Grocer Price Index shows annual inflation for the month to 1 April standing at 1.4%
Health report calls for regulation on sugary food discounting Subscription
Other recommendations include a crackdown on HFSS advertising and a call to implement portion caps on certain foods
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The Co-op and Waitrose buck trend for fewer promotions Subscription
The Co-op made a big promotional push last month, ramping up the number of featured space deals in stores by almost a fifth
How Amazon is radically changing grocery pricing - video Video
David Sables of Sentinel Management Consultants argues it’s not the discounters that grocers need to worry about. It’s Amazon
Impulse promotions on the rise as fruit & veg deals decline Subscription
Latest data reveals the mults are ramping up impulse promotions while cutting back on fruit & veg deals
Will inflation revive promotions?
Inflation is back in the UK food system, confirmed by the ONS CPI data for February 2017
MPs must eschew multibuys and head down the takeaway Subscription
A Health Select Committee report calling for a clampdown on supermarket promotions is out of touch
Supermarket prices rising as curtain falls on deflation Subscription
The industry-wide deflation that has gripped the grocery market since mid-2014 fell back to zero in the month to 1 February
Deals start to dry up at the mults as % savings also fall Subscription
Shoppers were faced with a dearth of deals in the mults last month, with both the number of offers and savings down
Bread, beans & beer brands soar in price as Brexit bites Subscription
Beer, bread and baked beans are the latest victims of Brexit, with shoppers facing price hikes on their favourite brands
Cost of basket of fruit & veg moves up 3% on last month
Some individual SKUs are significantly more expensive than a year ago – including those affected by widespread shortages
Stores must be convinced of electronic shelf label benefits Subscription
More than three years ago Tesco spoke about the brave new world of electronic shelf labels
Will electronic displays halt debacles over shelf pricing? Subscription
Experts tell The Grocer the issue of promotional errors goes much further than just Tesco
Tesco takes first Grocer 33 pricing win of the year Subscription
Tesco claimed its first G33 pricing victory of 2017 – and it was a convincing one at that
Co-op offers £100,000 at new Chester and Cambridge stores
Sainsbury's adds halal sandwiches to food to go range
Consumer insight: mobile phone use in store - video
Understand your customers - and show them
Both sociable and secure can play the game
Waitrose sizes up other locations for hit supper clubs
Iceland ramps up booze offer with premium world beers and ales
Musgrave looks to raise profile with new brand identity
Why is Britain saying ‘up yours’ to European wine? - video
Waitrose pushes on with digital services in Ecrebo deal extension
Brits concerned about rising cost of food following Brexit 
M&S unites food and clothing in new ad campaign
Tesco plans new vegan logo for own-label products
Tesco cuts fresh produce prices to encourage healthy eating
The Food Market raises £330k from the crowd
Tesco accused of 'mixed messages' by cutting HFSS & healthy food prices
CAMRA concern over Marston’s takeover of Charles Wells
Sainsbury's trials own sustainability scheme to replace Fairtrade
Tesco to trial removal of 5p single-use carrier bags
Edible insects are just one more hard to swallow 'miracle' 
