Economy – Page 31
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Supermarket price war to spell the end for hundreds of suppliers
Begbies Traynor predicts the collapse of more than 100 suppliers in new research
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Family spending power up £11, says Asda
Family spending power is up this Christmas, following the biggest annual increase to discretionary income in almost five years, according to the Asda Income Tracker.
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Analysis & Features
Food prices in the mults fall for seventh month in a row
The UK’s supermarkets are heading into the vital Christmas period with food price inflation remaining at historic lows…
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Each of the big four supermarkets sees market share declines
The UK grocery market has returned to marginal growth as sales picked up driven by pre-Christmas price discounts, according to the latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Black Friday helps arrest food sales decline
Grocery sales benefitted from a small boost in November as shoppers flocked to supermarkets to grab a bargain on a record-breaking Black Friday, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor released this morning.
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Analysis & Features
Premier is following a well-established supermarket playbook
The real surprise about Premier Foods’ demands for payment from suppliers is not that the company is doing it, but that it’s suddenly in the spotlight.
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Analysis & Features
Food prices have not hit the bottom yet
The British Retail Consortium has found that food prices have fallen for the first time since it began recording the data in 2006.
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Analysis & Features
Farms and meat processors bear brunt of supermarket pressure
The UK agriculture and meat industries are feeling the brunt of pressure from supermarkets as insolvencies in the UK food and drink sector increase sharply.
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20% supermarket capacity cut call is 'doomsday scenario'
A controversial new report by Goldman Sachs calling on Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons to shut 20% of store capacity…
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Analysis & Features
Is Waitrose getting its store formats right?
Waitrose MD Mark Price hit the headlines this week following a newspaper interview in which he suggested some of his rival…
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ABF warns of pressure on its sugar business until 2016
Associated British Foods has warned its sugar business will remain under pressure until 2016…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket struggles as much about volume as price
The escalating grocery price war has made for some great headlines, but the supermarkets’ plunging sales are at least as affected by falling volumes as they by battles over pricing.
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Europe Economics reports palm oil's £333m contribution to GDP
Consultants have quantified the economic impact of palm oil on the UK and EU economy for the first time…
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More food and drink IPOs likely to be deferred until 2015
As Marfrig delays its decision to float Moy Park until 2015, corporate finance specialists are predicting more owners of f…
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Analysis & Features
EU sugar prices set to fall in line with rest of the world
Sugar has fallen out of favour in some circles – even Sugar Puffs has dropped the word from its name…
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Analysis & Features
Woes in food retail extend beyond the supermarkets
Shoppers’ changing habits have hit the wider food retail sector Tesco will dominate the headlines tomorrow, but the beleaguered retailer is not the only UK food and drink firm suffering in the current market. One of the more notable findings of a report on the financial health ...
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Analysis & Features
The headache of food price deflation has no easy cure
Another day, another stark measure of food price deflation exacerbating the trading problems facing the beleaguered listed supermarkets.
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Nestlé boss calls for 'more effective' UK exports support
Nestlé UK boss Fiona Kendrick has called on the government to work more efficiently to support UK food companies…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket prices fall at record rate
UK food prices fell at their fastest rate of year in September as the supermarket price war continued to drive down the cost of goods in shoppers’ baskets.
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Analysis & Features
UK bucks the trend in Europe as food becomes more affordable
The supermarket price war has been given the majority of credit for driving down the price of food – but it is not only in the UK that prices are going down.