All Inflation articles
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NewsAldi stocks most British apples and secures major supply deal
New data from British Apples & Pears revealed the discounter held a 24.1% share of all British apples sold during May
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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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Spending on innovation slashed as suppliers forced to swallow inflation
The FDF said food and drink manufacturers had been more exposed than other sectors to the impact of soaring costs
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Comment & Opinion
How rising costs are forcing brewers to make tough decisions
The critics have moved onto ‘drinkflation’ and of course, beer brewers are the demons for not passing their abv reduction tax savings onto the consumer
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Defra unveils ‘simplified’ update to post-CAP farm subsidy scheme
The improved Sustainable Farming Incentive will offer a greater number of sustainable criteria farmers can be rewarded for
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Food inflation slows for second month in a row
Food inflation has slowed for the second consecutive month but the UK’s headline rate remained unchanged, according to new figures this morning. Plus, a trading update and exec appointment from THG ahead of its AGM, and Vimto owner Nichols appoints an interim CFO.
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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
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Morrisons launches sixth round of price cuts this year
The investment is worth £26m and the prices will be locked for at least eight weeks
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Bogof ban dropped again as Sunak says shoppers have ‘right to choose’
The ban will now not come in until at least October 2025, along with the similarly sidelined proposals for a ban on junk food ads before a 9pm watershed on TV and online
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Analysis & Features
The riddle of Lidl and its faltering plans to take over in the UK
With discounters booming in the cost of living crisis, what’s motivating Lidl’s move to slow down expansion?
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Ken Murphy: supplier tension caused by Tesco ‘fighting the fight’ on inflation
The supermarket giant today announced a 9% year-on-year increase in sales for the first quarter of the year
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Biscuits getting costlier as prices come close to doubling
The cost of a simple biccy break has rocketed as biscuit SKU prices soar in the supermarkets and discounters, The Grocer’s Key Value Item tracker revealed this week
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Allplants slashes valuation in pursuit of profitability
DTC plant-based player Allplants has slashed its valuation as part of a £10m fundraising from its existing backers amid increasing pressure on the vegan category
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Comment & Opinion
The DRS debacle is a wake-up call: industry, not government, must lead the way
Industry has been warning for years the scheme was rushed and likely to be immensely costly, says Ewan MacDonald-Russell, deputy head of the Scottish Retail Consortium
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Comment & Opinion
Food price caps should be resisted by ministers at all costs
The lessons of failed market interventions in the 1960s and 1970s are clear, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Inflation sees Aldi and Tesco plummet in GCA league table
Having topped the YouGov table for eight of the past 10 years, Aldi fell to a comparatively lowly seventh out of 14 retailers in this year’s survey
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Sainsbury’s cuts loo roll prices as pulp costs fall
It’s the latest in a series of early signs of deflation in some high-volume grocery lines, despite overall food inflation remaining high
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Meatless Farm officially collapses as Kroll appointed as administrator
Meatless Farm has officially collapsed into administration after losing its battle to secure new investment, leaving shareholders facing multimillion-pound losses
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Asda freezes prices of 500 food essentials
It comes with the latest figures from Asda’s Income Tracker showing household disposable incomes continue to fall on a month-by-month basis
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Farmison hires retail veteran Andy Adcock as new CEO
The upmarket online retailer has also partnered with rapid delivery business Gopuff, 50 days after it was relaunched by ex-Asda boss Andy Clarke
