All Cost of living crisis articles – Page 45
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Reports
How ready meals are adapting to cost strains
One way plant-based ready meals can adapt to cost of living fears is by repositioning themselves as alternatives to weekend takeaways or eating out
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Comment and Opinion
What could fall by the wayside in a pause on ‘all but necessary’ legislation?
If the call for a legislative pause is successful, it could involve a whole raft of major policies being suspended, or axed altogether
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Comment and Opinion
The word of the year is ‘permacrisis’. Food & drink must adapt to instability – and it can
We need to shift modes from firefighter to architect if we are to build better food systems, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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News
UK self-sufficiency contracting, industry leaders warn Efra committee
Minette Batters, NFU president, said she had ‘never witnessed anything like this’ when it came to the pressures the sector was under
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News
Tesco gives shoppers advice about reducing unnecessary food purchases
A YouGov survey found 92% of shoppers don’t know what they have in their kitchens before they venture to a supermarket
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News
Supermarkets call for year-long delay on all but emergency legislation to fight cost of living crisis
The BRC has told ministers regulation including the proposed rollout of extended producer responsibility should be put on hold so supermarkets can focus on keeping prices down
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News
Iceland freezes frozen turkey prices amid Christmas shortage concerns
The supermarket is guaranteeing not to rise the price of its turkeys, which start at £10
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News
City snapshot: Rising costs dent M&S food profits and slowing demand pushes Ocado Retail into the red
Profits have shrunk in Marks & Spencer’s food operation and its online joint venture with Ocado fell to a loss, with the group warning that market conditions would become even more challenging next year.
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News
Hilton Food Group warns of lower profits amid slow progress passing on inflation
Shares in Hilton Food Group have slumped following another profits warning
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News
Asda HGV drivers strike avoided after breakthrough in union talks
More than 80 outsourced HGV drivers employed by Wincanton had begun to ballot for industrial action in a dispute over pay
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News
Morrisons ‘permanently’ cuts café prices to help cost of living
The price cuts are in all 397 Morrisons cafés nationwide from today
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Comment and Opinion
How do challenger brands overcome spiralling logistics costs?
Amid the cost of living crisis, bigger players will be able to sweep up more cash-strapped challengers says Fiona Esom of Product Chain
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News
City snapshot: Record high grocery inflation sends shoppers flocking to Aldi and Lidl
Grocery price inflation has hit a new record high resulting in cash-strapped households turning to the discounters and own-label ranges to manage stretched budgets, according to the latest Kantar figures. Plus, annual results from Associated British Foods, a trading update from Hilton Food Group, a Q3 update at Coca-Cola HBC, the latest monthly data on retail sales from BRC-KPMG and consumer spending from Barclaycard, and Britvic is searching for a new CFO.
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News
Scottish deposit return scheme scaled back amid concerns over costs
Industry bodies welcomed the move and are now urging ministers in the rest of the UK to follow Scotland’s example
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News
City snapshot: Shoppers to spend less this Christmas amid cost-of-living crisis
Consumers in the UK are planning to cut back this Christmas as a result of a double whammy of soaring prices and having less money to spend, with the discounters set to benefit from cash-strapped households, according to new research.
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News
Frozen turkey prices soar by as much as a third due to bird flu
Exclusive analysis of Assosia data by The Grocer shows prices have rocketed in the major mults versus the same time last year
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Analysis and Features
Dine-in deals compared: Supermarkets attempt to rival restaurants
Supermarkets are pushing an array of dine-in-for-two meal deals
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News
Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts cautious over Christmas as cost of living bites into shoppers’ budgets
Roberts said he expected customers to shop early and “spread out the cost of Christmas”, as well as reduce basket spend
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News
Food shortages ‘significant risk’ if energy bailout not extended, ministers warned
The government’s Energy Bill Relief Scheme will provide support to eligible organisations until 31 March 2023
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Comment and Opinion
How inflation is changing consumer behaviour – and what’s next
Results season has shone a light on how consumers, retailers and manufacturers are dealing with record inflation